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The hearing is scheduled to continue until Friday. It could take several months, or longer, before a decision is announced.

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mcornett said:
News site reporting that the LPAT limited this site to six storeys:

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/...ribunal-decision-to-restrict-building-height/
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That’s ultimately a good thing. There is a ton of capacity on that strip at 6 storeys, without engaging in height creep.

Ideally they can use 6 storey buildings to get rid of the crappy strip mall-type buildings on the south side and add a floor or two to the original “character” buildings on the north side.

You could argue the north side is better for development because of the parking lot buffer, but the original buildings are so much nicer on that side.
 
animatronic said:
That’s ultimately a good thing. There is a ton of capacity on that strip at 6 storeys, without engaging in height creep.

Ideally they can use 6 storey buildings to get rid of the crappy strip mall-type buildings on the south side and add a floor or two to the original “character” buildings on the north side.

You could argue the north side is better for development because of the parking lot buffer, but the original buildings are so much nicer on that side.
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How is this happening with MTSA requirements? This should be 60 storeys, not 6.

Ok, a bit of a stretch - but still. 6 storeys isn't an appropriate density for being right on a subway line.
 
animatronic said:
That’s ultimately a good thing. There is a ton of capacity on that strip at 6 storeys, without engaging in height creep.

Ideally they can use 6 storey buildings to get rid of the crappy strip mall-type buildings on the south side and add a floor or two to the original “character” buildings on the north side.

You could argue the north side is better for development because of the parking lot buffer, but the original buildings are so much nicer on that side.
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Considering this site is a 5 minute walk to a subway station, 6 storeys is undersized. And while Bloor is fairly nice through here, I'd say there aren't too many heritage buildings worth saving.
 
The Sunnylea-Kingsway Community Association fundraised more than $100,000 to hire its own professional advisers to defend their opposition to the project’s height at the LPAT hearing.
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Amazing what happens when you screw around with rich people. This is utterly silly though.
 
ProjectEnd said:
Amazing what happens when you screw around with rich people. This is utterly silly though.
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Reminds me of when the neighbourhood of grumpy, old, white, rich farts around Humbertown hired their own architect to design a counter proposal to that chosen by the developer...
 
Densification doesn't necessarily mean very tall buildings. Sixty story buildings have their place but not here. Equating decision making to ones race and age is inherently racism and ageist. I live near between Chester and Pape and the area is very low in height architecturally. If a very tall building was proposed here on the Danforth... and it was reduced in height, who would you blame that on?
 
Look how many years it took just to get to this point. Want to know why homes are so bloody expensive here? This is part of the reason. Takes too bloody long to get shovels in the ground. Nice looking design that is replacing crap. Should be open and shut.
 
TheKingEast said:
Look how many years it took just to get to this point. Want to know why homes are so bloody expensive here? This is part of the reason. Takes too bloody long to get shovels in the ground. Nice looking design that is replacing crap. Should be open and shut.
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As well, if they do not get the 8 storeys they may decide not to build, or again ... just as time is money, lack of density is money. Meanwhile the prices continue to climb and will continue to climb. That is the bottom line here. Undersupply, NIMBY attitude and too much time wasting knuckle dragging by local and provincial governments.
 
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