condovo
Senior Member
Wow. That looks great. Thanks for the pics.
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kettal
Banned
Is this true of TCHC units? You can stay in them indefinitely even if earning six figures, so long as you pay the rent?
I can't decide if that is a good or bad thing, but it does explain the wait lists.
marcus_a_j
Senior Member
The wait lists are for the RGI units (rent geared to income). I don't believe there is a waiting list for the market rate units, since they show the availability of these on the TCHC website.
Edward
Senior Member
Massive tree planters on the King side. Can barely pass someone with a stroller. Yet no trees on the Adelaide side. Not sure what they were thinking.
Torontovibe
Senior Member
For some of the better buildings you can wait up to a year, to get into a market rent apartment. Some buildings are much harder to get into than others. I also know a couple who together, are making over 100,000 dollars a year and sharing a 3 bedroom apartment on The Esplanade. (ex-boyfriends lol) It's actually a really nice 2 level apartment, with a big solarium and as far as I know, they have no intention of moving.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
TCHC has a small number of five and six bedroom units.
urbandreamer
recession proof
7 November 2009 photo update
Locals, any photo updates would be appreciated. I never realized how close BJL's K East is gonna be to the edge of King e.
Locals, any photo updates would be appreciated. I never realized how close BJL's K East is gonna be to the edge of King e.
urbandreamer
recession proof
4 Feb 2010 update: There's an excellent update on ssc but here's my update from today--still one of my favourite Clewes' buildings!
With Downtown Porsche site in the foreground:
With demo of Toronto Sun building beginning in foreground:
With Downtown Porsche site in the foreground:
With demo of Toronto Sun building beginning in foreground:
maestro
Senior Member
"demo" isn't the best choice of wording. Unfortunately, we're stuck with this PoMo complex and at grade parking. Fortunately, the ground floor retail is a nice upgrade from the newspaper operations. Maybe Staples can shift over and let Lamb redevelop that property.
Johnny Kay
Active Member
Contractors have been working late on the interior of the King St. street level.
Paper is covering the windows. But peeking into the small cracks, there appears to be a multi-level, white open space with a large stairway. There is also custom cubed shelving throughout.
Anyone have any idea what's going in there? Furniture store seems like the obvious choice. But the space is huge.
Either way, it's getting close.
Paper is covering the windows. But peeking into the small cracks, there appears to be a multi-level, white open space with a large stairway. There is also custom cubed shelving throughout.
Anyone have any idea what's going in there? Furniture store seems like the obvious choice. But the space is huge.
Either way, it's getting close.
Johnny Kay
Active Member
Torontovibe
Senior Member
I really like the cool design of the retail space in this building. (288 King St. East)
[video=youtube;ep3HWG8ccTU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3HWG8ccTU[/video]
[video=youtube;ep3HWG8ccTU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep3HWG8ccTU[/video]
freshcutgrass
Senior Member
This provides 3 benefits to the city...
*Having mixed-income buildings help prevents the stigmatization and "ghettoization" found in "the projects" (think Regent Park), and the problems associate with that.
*Having a percentage of the units at market rent helps offset the city's cost of subsidizing the RGTI units, saving taxpayers money.
*The building is more likely to be of higher aesthetic quality, to attract the market renters, which enhances the public realm.
urbandreamer
recession proof
I've noticed this before and gotta laugh
ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
So its a very nice building but it gives a chilling impression. looks very cold. And side note:Lol really, why do people gotta put dumb things like that in their windows.