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yyzer
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very nice pics, Red Mars....................
drum118
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Cyril Sneer
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Just registered on these forums and its great seeing this tread. I work in that office building back there and we all get a kick out of watching the work on this site.
Red Mars
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hockeybuddy
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Hot Property Jan 15, Pt 2. A quick discussion about the Q&P project. Nothing really new, but worth hearing as its from a Tribute rep. Check out the video from about the 3:00 to 5:00 mark.
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/HTMLTem...tml&cf=ctvlocal/cp24.cfg&hub=CP24Hotproperty#
http://www.cp24.com/servlet/HTMLTem...tml&cf=ctvlocal/cp24.cfg&hub=CP24Hotproperty#
yyzgyy
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I really hope the Loblaws people are busy working on a redesign of the facade. The original version looks as bad as the Ryerson business school at Bay and Dundas.
waterloowarrior
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Developer should pay city bill with condos, committee says
Owes $300,000, but arts groups could use the space
Published On Sat Feb 06 2010
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...pay-city-bill-with-condos-committee-says?bn=1
Paul Moloney
City Hall Bureau
Will that be cash or condos?
A developer who owes the city $300,000 should be allowed to pay by turning over two condominium units in the Queen St. W. development that would then be turned over to arts groups, a city council committee recommends.
The city sold to the developer a laneway needed for the project. The sale price was $1 million – of which $700,000 has been paid.
Normally, the city would demand a certified cheque for the $300,000 balance from RioCan PS Inc., which is building a seven-storey retail and residential building on Queen St. W. at Portland St., west of Spadina Ave.
However, at the urging of the local councillor, Adam Vaughan, the government management committee voted to accept two commercial condo units, each 500 square feet, on the Richmond St. side of the development. City council will make a final decision by Feb. 22.
The plan would see the city put up $75,000 to outfit the units and rent them for $1 a year to the Toronto Arts Council, which would sublet them as spaces for artists and galleries.
"It's a new project for the Toronto Arts Council to try and find a way to find footholds for new and emerging artists in the city," Vaughan told the committee Friday.
Vaughan said it would help the neighbourhood, where land values are "extraordinarily high" and make it tough for fledgling enterprises to set up.
"We want to try to give Richmond St. a bit of a shot in the arm," he said. "We came up with this notion of community arts space to build on what are a couple of galleries already on Richmond St."
Councillor Mike Del Grande, who would normally be against such deals, went along after he said Vaughan made a strong case.
"I personally like clean transactions without any this and that or convoluted stuff," Del Grande said. "But Adam Vaughan came and made a case for it."
Owes $300,000, but arts groups could use the space
Published On Sat Feb 06 2010
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/art...pay-city-bill-with-condos-committee-says?bn=1
Paul Moloney
City Hall Bureau
Will that be cash or condos?
A developer who owes the city $300,000 should be allowed to pay by turning over two condominium units in the Queen St. W. development that would then be turned over to arts groups, a city council committee recommends.
The city sold to the developer a laneway needed for the project. The sale price was $1 million – of which $700,000 has been paid.
Normally, the city would demand a certified cheque for the $300,000 balance from RioCan PS Inc., which is building a seven-storey retail and residential building on Queen St. W. at Portland St., west of Spadina Ave.
However, at the urging of the local councillor, Adam Vaughan, the government management committee voted to accept two commercial condo units, each 500 square feet, on the Richmond St. side of the development. City council will make a final decision by Feb. 22.
The plan would see the city put up $75,000 to outfit the units and rent them for $1 a year to the Toronto Arts Council, which would sublet them as spaces for artists and galleries.
"It's a new project for the Toronto Arts Council to try and find a way to find footholds for new and emerging artists in the city," Vaughan told the committee Friday.
Vaughan said it would help the neighbourhood, where land values are "extraordinarily high" and make it tough for fledgling enterprises to set up.
"We want to try to give Richmond St. a bit of a shot in the arm," he said. "We came up with this notion of community arts space to build on what are a couple of galleries already on Richmond St."
Councillor Mike Del Grande, who would normally be against such deals, went along after he said Vaughan made a strong case.
"I personally like clean transactions without any this and that or convoluted stuff," Del Grande said. "But Adam Vaughan came and made a case for it."
urbandreamer
recession proof
RioCan doesn't have $300,000? Something stinks here!
BobBob
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The plan to give the two commercial units on Richmond to TAC as part of the laneway deal has been there for a couple of years. The story makes it sounds like it's a last minute idea.
Dan416
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Thanks for clarifying that. I was misled by the article as well.
Red Mars
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BobBob
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Thanks for the updates, Red Mars!
achender
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Quick shot from today.
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