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Who cares how close it is to the GO Station. It's an intrametro commuter line with only one station in the entire metro. It's a reason to build mixed use at higher densities. Residential skyscraper clusters in Durham Region as transit oriented developments ... I mean ... "communities" is a scam...

Trapezoidal prisms are more interesting than a boxes. These appear slimmer point towers too. However, this could be three identical tall trapezoidal prisms with the 25 metre separation feeling a lot less based on their positioning. It could end up just as boring in the skyline with greater...

The floor plates are a lot more interesting. The funded school is fully separated from the development. That clarifies things a lot. It can go ahead while the rest of the site may grow weed for the next 5 years.

NIMBY, Racist , Garbage? That's a little dismissive. It certainly is what is blowing this up however, building upon a finite amount of open space as the city continues to add more people is a valid concern. Add to that it's not a general public facility but, one geared towards a specific...

I feel a little dirty asking but, my curiosity is getting the best of me. Anyone have any inkling on the progress of the hotel and decided not to post it here? I've done my share of google search in the last couple months to no avail. It just seems strange to me there isn't a "coming soon"...

Survive? I guess. Dropping a tower on top of it changes the entire perspective of the retained office block and will require significant structural reinforcement. It's unlikely to get equal attention everywhere else being modernist instead of Deco era. However, the joy over this improvement and...

I'm not sure what a lively engaging sidewalk is. There are places in Canada with obnoxious inquisitive neighbours without much population density and in both walkable and drivable environments. You can pass a 1000 people in the GTA without having to saying hello. You can't pass by 5 people in...

There's a lot more competition in rental condos than the oligopoly of pension funds owner of purpose built rentals requiring a set minimum income and rising property values to make construction worthwhile. 5% is better than 0%. It's still more a populist gesture than actually accomplishing...

https://www.toronto.ca/news/city-of-toronto-celebrates-the-ground-breaking-of-172-affordable-rental-homes-at-300-304-the-east-mall/ City of Toronto, Government of Canada and Kingsett Capital's affordable housing LP. Private equity managers are going to create these affordable housing specific...

Me too when I said elephant office tower with condos selling at $200,000 below asking.

There's some sense investing in a billion dollar elephant office tower to unlock residential development. Condos are selling like hotcakes at $200,000 below asking.

The expression "waste of a site" denotes herding cattle. Often it's about number of units per hectare at today's overpriced investor driven marketplace than the quality of the homes. There's some merit to a single family home within the 416 being wasteful land use with respects to the...

The best intended podiums and facade still come across as podiums and facades on closer inspection. Planning can incentivize developers to purchase heritage buildings and restore them keeping them independent of tower development. There aren't any binding parking minimums where digging wider...

It would have been demolished if it was assembled with the development block. There always a chance for it to be restored instead of vertically extended or turned into a facade as it currently stands.

It's just a rendering. You're right about that. I misunderstood demolishing as happening or has happened vs speculative.

I wish I could see unicorns and flying pigs sometimes too.

This building is massive with roughly 700,000 leaseable square feet. If I remember correctly, it was completed in the early 1980s and has a class A status. There's nothing like this being torn down or considered for replacement. Don't be fooled by its 13 storey height near 50 storey plus towers

The lower floors facing east are a great place to see new people without getting off the couch. Very Lamb. Aesthetically pleasing by Toronto standards. The home living side is more in question.

I fully count on any new owner seeking more height. More height and more square footage just makes it more expensive and longer to construct and harder to finance construction and juggle the debt load over the extended period. I wouldn't count on a new owner popping up for this as there are a...

Reasonable upzoning conducted 10 years ago would be considered laughably underdeveloped today. As of right zoning would provide developers a targeted ceiling but, without binding maximum FSI, I don't know how long that would last. Look how many with decent as of right zoning 10 to 15 FSI are...