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CORRECTING some of the errors in that Chart - We know that the DUNDAS St. W site has been reduced in unit-count.

...because STUDENTS are forced into some of the worst and most dangerous housing options near campus if the University doesn't provide an abundance of Safe, On-Campus Student Housing at various price-points...

Ontario’s Associate Minister of Housing, Conservative MPP Vijay Thanigasalam's site-visit video includes some interior shots - Expect to see gradual "move-in" of residents before Thanksgiving.

BlogTO story - https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2024/07/1113-dundas-street-west-toronto/

Here is the 2023 TPA revenue number from that Victoria Park TTC parking-lot, and a LINK to the source - https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/E34kw/4/

Will post some VIDEO later, it was a bit of a gong-show on the PARKING stuff -- but this motion was watered-down to just "REQUEST" status, rather than "REQUIRE" status... so it is mostly "Suburban Performance Art" by the Rookie City Councillor for Scarborough Southwest. For the record, the...

770 Don Mills needs at least ~$50+ MILLION from the PROVINCE to build the School-in-Podium... and there's also some "optics concerns" about it being adjacent and above the SCIENCE CENTRE station on the CROSSTOWN LRT and the ONTARIO LINE. There's also some LEGAL stuff between the City / TDSB /...

931 YONGE was originally going to be "Affordable Ownership" units (eg. Habitat & Options for Homes, etc)... now that it is under the new RENTAL HOUSING PLAN that was just passed by Council a few weeks ago, they need to re-work the pro-formas for revised CMHC submissions. Expecting it to return...

Continued...

SLIDES from tonight's WebEx meeting - LOCATION

New updated City Planning SIGN. Item will be at Community Council this week…

Almost 8-months since the media event at the old former LCBO site in Parkdale — and no noticeable site-prep work has started yet..??

No idea why this Modular Build in Parkdale has taken 18+ months when the City was able to deliver the first two (2) x developments of this type in just 8-months during the height of COVID in 2020..? DUNN HOUSE is not yet… DONE.

GARDINER next to EXHIBITION streetcar loop.

“…I like big lots - and I cannot lie…” - Sir Mix-a-Lot (Urban Design)

We fundamentally disagree on what changes can (and should) be considered "subverting democracy"... There would be much less pressure to develop "new sprawl on ecologically sensitive and agricultural lands" -- if we hadn't spent the last 40-ish years over-regulating and micro-managing...

Some updated (July 5, 2024) slides on the proposed "McLeary District Precinct Plan" - as presented today at the City of Toronto's Film, Television & Digital Media Advisory Board meeting. PDF - https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/fb/bgrd/backgroundfile-247476.pdf

adding to the watch-list... thx!

Scarborough Committee of Adjustment tends to be pretty "timid" in what they will normally allow for consideration as a "Minor Variance". It will be interesting to see how they respond to adding 11-Storeys and 194-Units to a City-sponsored project as a "Minor Variance"...?

WED. JULY 24th - Committee of Adjustment - Scarborough 777 VICTORIA PARK AVE application for a "Minor Variance" is being heard in the afternoon. PDF - https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/9794-CommitteeofAdjustment-Scarborough-Hearing-Agenda-July-24-2024.pdf