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innsertnamehere · May 5, 2019

Today:

Midtown Urbanist · May 8, 2019

I look forward to seeing the interiors.

Miscreant · May 8, 2019

I look forward to seeing that lot right beside the Bond Hotel get developed. Aye yae yae.

DSC · May 8, 2019

Miscreant said:
I look forward to seeing that lot right beside the Bond Hotel get developed. Aye yae yae.

It apparently belongs to the Catholic Church so you may have a long wait.

innsertnamehere · May 8, 2019

St mikes had redevelopment plans from my understanding, but churches don’t exactly move quickly. Look at the condo Met United had approved for their parking lot, what, 15 years ago now?

isaidso · May 8, 2019

Miscreant said:
I look forward to seeing that lot right beside the Bond Hotel get developed. Aye yae yae.

I look forward to seeing the Bond Hotel get re-developed.

It's truly staggering the percentage of Toronto buildings that are functionally obsolete. Most of them were awful when they were new so it won't be a loss when they get demolished. We're 13 years into a construction boom and we're likely only a third the way there.... and that's just the downtown. Streets like the Queensway have practically nothing worth saving.

bilked · May 9, 2019

Miscreant said:
I look forward to seeing that lot right beside the Bond Hotel get developed. Aye yae yae.

You can thank the tax breaks we offer to His Holiness for that: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90a31#BK2

Parking lots are considered "land used in connection" with a place of worship. Recent example: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/d...ocompleteStr=2016 ONSC 1723&autocompletePos=1 at para 19.

Thus we have churches sitting on underutilized land with very limited carrying costs.

What happened to "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's"...