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    46th Canadian General Election

    Indeed, throw everything you knew out of the window. Age is not a strong indicator of voter intention anymore, in Canada or elsewhere in the Western World. The below age data (dated December 17, 2024) mirrors trends about the young vote trending conservative in many polls in European countries...
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    Green Party of Canada: Leadership Race

    Where can I place my protest vote then? Paul's leadership forced me away from my safe protest vote and forced me to hold my nose and vote a party which I did not like in the last federal election. I want my safe space back.
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    Toronto Sunnybrook Plaza Redevelopment | 56.92m | 16s | Concert | Turner Fleischer

    Well that's certainly a Christmas surprise.
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    Hamilton The Design District 41 | ?m | 31s | Emblem Developments | Arcadis

    They do have to build the parking structure as it is connected with the other towers. Will be curious to see what they do as the investor market is not likely to return in time to sell units there before construction completion. Flip the tower to rental?
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    Hamilton Westgate on Main | ?m | 8s | Matrix Development Group | HB Design

    The project never fully sold out, so probably marketing the final few units.
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    Hamilton 117 George Street | 78.96m | 23s | Coletara Development | Kozlowski Architect

    Doesn't have the sales to proceed. Coletara should consider flipping some of their sites (like Apex) to rental and moving forward. A few of them are in attractive downtown Hamilton locations.
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    Hamilton The Brockton | 75.4m | 24s | Effort Group | KNYMH

    The docs report that 57 of the 220 spaces are what is retained in the existing building. In reality it is 163 parking spaces for 248 units or 0.66 ratio, which seems pretty reasonable.
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    Hamilton 173-177 Dundas Street East | 12.09m | 3s | Hawk Ridge Homes | J. Milcic

    Planning committee approved this August 13, 2024 https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=420613 Summarized comments from the open house if you're curious: https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=420744
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    Toronto Union Park | 303.26m | 58s | Oxford Properties | Pelli Clarke Pelli

    We are already seeing that dip with labour* but material costs are connected to international markets and are probably beyond the control of individual firms. It seems material costs have also gone down this year with that trend expected to continue in 2025, but the impact of the past few years...
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    Transit Ridership Statistics & Tracking

    One of those things that I would never have thought about but in retrospect is really an obvious 'duh!' moment. Those international students are not buying cars.
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    Hamilton 399 Greenhill Avenue | 42m | 12s | Medallion | Arcadis

    Interesting. This project was approved by City Planning but refused by City Council. The case was received on Oct 23: https://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/OLT-24-000827-NOV-08-2024.PDF Hearing will be on Monday, March 24, 2025.
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    Toronto Leaside Common | 29.98m | 9s | Gairloch | BDP Quadrangle

    The short section between Soudan and Eglinton is rough for cycling (I cut through side streets) due to the elevation change, fast cars going south down Bayview, and the pedestrian crossover at the intersection (why is this not a proper traffic light, I don't understand), but afterwards and all...
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    Hamilton 459 Rymal Road West | ?m | 8s

    Refused back in Feburary: https://pub-hamilton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=395914
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    Toronto 4800 Yonge Street | 168.24m | 49s | Menkes | Arquitectonica

    It'd be nice if Menkes were to formally confirm it somewhere, but yeah it has to be rental.
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    Oakville 420 South Service Road East | 148.5m | 48s | Rose Corp | Graziani + Corazza

    I always thought these lands would be a good location for a soccer stadium and a CPL team for Oakville.
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    Toronto 808 Mt Pleasant | 204.55m | 61s | Reserve Properties | Sweeny &Co

    They are certainly going dense here, but in my experience of visiting buildings the build quality at Reserve's projects are significantly higher than a lot of the other garbage that has been built around Yonge + Eg.
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    Toronto Bike Share

    Every morning on average, even though I have three bike share stations within a 2 minute walk to my building, I am walking > 10-15 minutes to find a bike. They are not rebalancing them much. I thought it would get better with the colder months and there being less competition for bikes in the...
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    General cycling issues (Is Toronto bike friendly?)

    Only until Doug Ford is out of office, which will eventually happen. The Feds are going Conservative, and we all know what that means in Ontario politics.
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    Toronto Breweries, Brew Pubs, Bottle Shops

    Really feeds into my suspicion that the West Don Lands was not built dense enough. Despite being nearly built out, there doesn't seem to be all that much foot traffic on the streets for local businesses when I pass by. (Though, perhaps that changes when Maple House fully leases up.) Shame about...

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