Toronto Yonge Eglinton Centre | ?m | 37s | RioCan | P + S / IBI

[Roundabout]

This morning:

 

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September 24 morning:

 

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October 1st:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I'm definitely getting the stripper vibe from this reno.

 

[taal]

I'm definitely getting the stripper vibe from this reno.

Seriously ? They're not even polls ... ; - ) ...

Honestly it looks good in person, just overkill in my opionion

 

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This morning:

 

[Tulse]

The interior seems much more cramped and closed to me -- the pillars are wider, and much more prominent with their Laser Floyd lightshow feature.

It looks like they're getting close to finish the framing of the new exterior structure. It will be nice when we finally get some cladding/windows on this.

 

[acornman]

I have now seen the interior in person and honestly it's not so bad, and will look a lot better when the rest of the work is done. I think sometimes we just need to let go and embrace the tackiness instead of being critical of everything.

 

[modernizt]

I think sometimes we just need to let go and embrace the tackiness instead of being critical of everything.

Naw. No thanks.

 

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October 8th update:

 

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This morning:

 

[hawc]

I have a real soft spot for the Yonge Eglinton Center (I grew up there) but it's never been able to get its act together. It's always just a mishmash of not quite cool stores. Never a destination, more of just something you pass through on the way in or out of the Subway. Kind of like a friend of the family that tried to be hip, but couldn't pull it off.

 

[pw20]

I have a real soft spot for the Yonge Eglinton Center (I grew up there) but it's never been able to get its act together. It's always just a mishmash of not quite cool stores. Never a destination, more of just something you pass through on the way in or out of the Subway. Kind of like a friend of the family that tried to be hip, but couldn't pull it off.

Agreed. I went to high school nearby. Its also the victim of too many renovations put on top of a fairly small plot of land. As a result its literally become a Frankenstein of a centre with different pastiche elements from different decades. 70's apartment buildings, early 90's "entertainment" centre PoMo and now millennial glass chic. The actual mall flow is still a mess and probably will never change.

Ah well - it successfully serves a purpose without being too distractingly suburban.

 

[Roundabout]

Agreed. I went to high school nearby. Its also the victim of too many renovations put on top of a fairly small plot of land. As a result its literally become a Frankenstein of a centre with different pastiche elements from different decades. 70's apartment buildings, early 90's "entertainment" centre PoMo and now millennial glass chic. The actual mall flow is still a mess and probably will never change.

Ah well - it successfully serves a purpose without being too distractingly suburban.

Went to high school around there in the 90s. Still remember when there was an Eatons store in the complex where Goodlife/ToysRUs is now.
Hopefully the supermarket will be widen its isles and increase the number of cash registers; I avoid shopping there as much as I can the way it is now.

 

[Mr.Tang]

The Yonge-Eg area is a major focus for intensification - does anyone have any insight into the typical market / demographic buying these units? How would the typical buyer in one of these towers differ from those being built downtown? Just curious (may be too broad a question - but I am just looking for a general answer).