Not exactly pertinent to this proposal; but as I don't feel this merits its own thread, I'll stick it here:
Toronto Public Library has a signed a new lease, for a relocated, and drastically expanded library branch at Bridlewood Mall.
They will go from ~8,000ft 2 to ~20,000ft2.
In addition, they will be co-located (directly abutting) a large new lease by the City of Toronto's Employment and Social Services division (TESS), who are taking 33,000ft2.
So between the two agencies/departments they will have 53,000ft2 on the upper level of the mall.
Fixturing (subject to the relevant approvals) will be begin July 2021, with opening by September 2022.
Of note in all this is that it may has some relationship to broader plans for the mall.
First, the Library Board Report:
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca...h-relocation-new-lease-agreement-combined.pdf
From said report:
The new lease term is 20 years, suggesting that there is no intent to revisit the development of the portion of the mall to which the Library and TESS are moving in the near-term future.