AlbertC
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Nov 14, 2020
Toronto 1598 Queen East | ?m | 6s | Assembly Corp | SMV
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A Torontonian Now
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Loving the oko skin!
Prefabricated modular condos can help address Toronto's housing shortage, builders say
Shift in the construction industry long overdue, experts say
People searching for an affordable home in Toronto could soon have a choice never seen before in Canada's largest city: prefabricated modular condos.
Inspired by a style of building found in parts of Scandinavia, Germany and elsewhere in Europe, a trio of companies is hoping to construct three mid-rise condo buildings and do so quickly and sustainably, says Michael Barker, co-founder of R-Hauz Solutions, a firm that builds prefabricated homes.
"The traditional way of construction is flawed. It failed," said Barker. "It's too intensive … There's a lot of waste on labour, a lot of mistakes get made, things get dragged out."…
…etc: click the link!
Not sure how we never had a database file for this one during construction…
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Application Details
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1598 QUEEN ST E
Ward 14: Toronto-Danforth
To alter the existing 6-storey mixed-use apartment building by converting two ground floor commercial units into two live-work units. The apartment building will have a total of 12 dwelling units.
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Application Details
1598 QUEEN ST E
Ward 14: Toronto-Danforth
To alter the existing 6-storey mixed-use apartment building by converting two ground floor commercial units into two live-work units. The apartment building will have a total of 12 dwelling units.
So they can't get retail tenants for this horribly designed monstrosity with terrible retail space. No surprise there. I can't really support converting ground-floor space here to residential though. If it were an interim use, that would be one thing, but it likely wouldn't be and that messes w/what this whole retail stretch should be about.
There should actually be a fine for the proponent for having proposed building this in the first place, a fine for Planning for approving it; another fine for building it, another fine to Toronto Buildings for issuing the permits.
I could care less if everyone followed the letter of the law, it's a non-functional eyesore.
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I'd add in a fine to whoever decided on those finishes and materials too.