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According to an office worker in the building this evening (663 King West has both residential and office accommodation, as well as the Banknote bar), occupants of the building - both residential and office, have been given until the end of July to move out. Banknote, being ground floor might have a bit longer. But it is happening...
 
AHK said:
According to an office worker in the building this evening (663 King West has both residential and office accommodation, as well as the Banknote bar), occupants of the building - both residential and office, have been given until the end of July to move out. Banknote, being ground floor might have a bit longer. But it is happening...
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Love child Social house is on the ground floor too, any word on that?
 
Asked the Ontario line community team for more info, preparatory work is due to begin at this site in the fall, excavation in summer 2023.
However, they are aiming to take possession of all properties before the fall of THIS year and are still in active negotiations with the owners.

Expect all these bars (Banknote, Regulars, EFS and Love Child) to announce their closures/relocation in the next couple of months folks.
 
sam15989 said:
Asked the Ontario line community team for more info, preparatory work is due to begin at this site in the fall, excavation in summer 2023.
However, they are aiming to take possession of all properties before the fall of THIS year and are still in active negotiations with the owners.

Expect all these bars (Banknote, Regulars, EFS and Love Child) to announce their closures/relocation in the next couple of months folks.
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What a waste of density. To expropriate those buildings then not build above them as a part of the development? Pathetic. Muhhhh we need more affordable housing. Absolutely f'n ridiculous.
 
rbsx said:
What a waste of density. To expropriate those buildings then not build above them as a part of the development? Pathetic. Muhhhh we need more affordable housing. Absolutely f'n ridiculous.
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I mean, sure, if you ignore the fact that metrolinx is very much planning to build above them..

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Anyone know the reluctance of architects to incorporate brick into their designs to make it look like an actual cohesive building?
 
Bell Canada on site today - just completed stripping their outside cable access to 663 King Street in preparation for deconstruction / demolition of the building - in preparation for handover to the Ontario Line contractors on May 1.

A bonus photo - northbound traffic backup all the way down to the bridge on Bathurst Street with the curbside lanes closed - a harbinger of what is to come during the Onatrio Line / King Bathurst station works.

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Work has started on the Ontario Line King and Bathurst Station. Priestly Demolition (PDI) is on site at both the Banknote building, and the buildings on the north side of King Street, with interior gut and demolition activities underway.

The only visible sign of changes on the front of the Banknote building are the cuts and black asphalt patches on the King and Bathurst Street sidewalks (possibly to cut off the below ground utility accesses to the building, but which took place while we were away)

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Prior to the Metrolinx and the Ontario Line, the previous developer had also acquired the adjoining semidetached property at 54 / 56 Stewart Street. I did not know whether the Metrolinx acquisition of the 663 King Street West (Banknote) building included the adjoining 54 / 56 Stewart Street site - but apparently it does. The Yoga Studio tenant at 56 Stewart has to vacate the building by the end of July.

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Oh wow. I actually know the owner of that yoga studio. Haven't seen any details on their website or IG about where they'll be moving to yet.
 
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