TOareaFan
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Not laughable at all given the history of the site
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2009/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-20290.pdf
There is supposed to be a restrictive covenant on the Ice site to ensure that residential development does not occur on the non-residential portion of the site for a period of 50 years from December 31, 2008.... so assuming that the paperwork went through as described in the staff report, they wouldn't be allowed to convert the Ice office site to condos until 2059
What I said was laughable was the notion that the entire downtown core was eroding (it is not, it is thriving and adding new office space) because, as someone had suggested, all of the office sites had converted to condo......every city goes through rezonings as time evolves and the correct use for any individual lands becomes more apparant.....to suggest, however, that one site changing use was an example of an eroding downtown is what I suggest is laughable....and I still feel that way.