Toronto The Roncy | 29.56m | 8s | Worsley Urban | RAW Design

Edward Skira · Sep 16, 2019

AlbertC · Oct 19, 2019

RZ12 · Oct 22, 2019

What's expected completion for this?

AlbertC · Oct 22, 2019

I predict somewhere around mid 2021.

junctionist · Oct 22, 2019

I hope it's not going to be haunted on account of the funeral home that used to stand on the property.

AlbertC · Oct 22, 2019

There's other examples of former funeral homes redeveloped in the city. 707 Dovercourt south of Bloor W comes to mind, a project early on in the boom. I wonder if they were able to avoid the ill-fated omen of being haunted. There's also many church conversions around.

Not a condo but on topic of spooky Toronto trivia, the old Hsin Kuang building at 346 Spadina Ave was well regarded as a haunted space.

The Old Hsin Kuang Restaurant

The Old Hsin Kuang Restaurant reports of ghosts and hauntings Toronto

www.torontoghosts.org

Haunted Toronto: Hsin Kuang Centre

In this blog post for Haunted Toronto we will be exploring the ghost of the Hsin Kuang Centre on St. Andrew's & Bathurst.

paranormalstufftoronto.blogspot.com

interchange42 · Oct 24, 2019

My great grandfather and grandfather were undertakers, and my mother grew up living on one of the two residential floors about the funeral home on Queen in Parkdale where there's now an LCBO. Friends wouldn't come over after school as they were afraid of ghosts, so she went to their places…

There were, however, no ghosts.

To tie this all in, the Turner & Porter funeral home on Roncy was seen as a competitor way back when (although I believe it was another operator in those days). It makes me wonder how many funeral homes have closed compared to how many are still around, because lots are gone.

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AlbertC · Oct 24, 2019

The other one that comes to mind is Ryan & Odette on Dundas W just west of Dufferin, which is a more recent departure in the funeral home scene in Toronto. That one along with its parking lot along Dufferin already have a proposal in the works and will also be reincarnated into a condo form.

DavidCapizzano · Oct 24, 2019

I think fewer people require traditional funeral home services these days. I don’t think many people are being buried anymore and are looking for greener more cost effective options. I can think of quite a few funeral home properties that could make good redevelopment sites.

AlbertC · Nov 24, 2019

WislaHD · Nov 25, 2019

interchange42 said:
To tie this all in, the Turner & Porter funeral home on Roncy was seen as a competitor way back when (although I believe it was another operator in those days). It makes me wonder how many funeral homes have closed compared to how many are still around, because lots are gone.

AlbertC said:
The other one that comes to mind is Ryan & Odette on Dundas W just west of Dufferin, which is a more recent departure in the funeral home scene in Toronto. That one along with its parking lot along Dufferin already have a proposal in the works and will also be reincarnated into a condo form.

For instance, 733 Mt. Pleasant