If the existing tenant had a desire to lease space in the new building, they'd make an offer. This sometimes happens, like the McDonald's at Avenue Road and Bloor, but smaller businesses don't have the luxury of closing up shop for multiple years until a new building can be completed in the same spot.
Understandable, but yes it sometimes does happen, even with smaller businesses.
Yes, but it isn't the choice of the developer. The business has to be okay with closing up for a multi-year period and then paying increased rents in a new building. That just isn't realistic for most businesses.
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I sure am wildly confused at the cycle here. There was nothing wrong with the initial proposal. I've got my own theories about what happened but fundamentally, that we ended up here is disheartening.Application Information Centre
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Honestly, I think city planners think the only way to protect the character of heritage buildings is to plop glass boxes on top of them, and they have a history of rejecting buildings that mimic or blend in with their heritage bases. In the refusal report, they claimed that it would change the character of the heritage base and that the design isn't "high quality". It's very sad, the old design was really nice.
