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Just got word from TAS yesterday, all purchasers are being released from their contracts and deposits will be refunded starting in mid-July. The letter stated that this is being done due to timeline constraints and not because of the OMB situation. The letter was dated June 7th. So even if the...

I think you mean the Don, but I get your point. South of Queen looks quite good though in comparison I guess.

In my opinion, Bay Street sort of has a split personality. Solidly financial below Queen, solidly residential above Dundas(ish). I'm generalizing of course, but you get my drift.

^^^great picture. But it tells the story of our current office vacancy situation... a brand new gleaming office tower and an "office space for lease sign" in the same shot.

I'm sorry, but for the city we are, or at least want to be, property taxes are very low. But since we live in the world of American-style politics, where tax is a bad word, Miller has resorted to nickle and diming residents with things such as the vehicle registration tax in an effort to avoid a...

I cannot believe this. Who in the name of all that is good are the current Brantford councillors to decide whether heritage buildings, some of which pre-date CONFEDERATION, are still needed in their town? How old are some of the councillors? Are they still needed? This mentality smacks of the...

How exactly would the mayor/council go about slashing the number of councillors anyway? Does the mayor have the power to do this? City-wide referendum via putting it on the ballot? If it's put to a vote in council I would really struggle to see just how many councillors support a motion that...

What a shame

This is just another typical piece of Richard Florida's work. And by that I mean stating the obvious. When I first heard of him a few years ago, he sounded brilliant. Then I made the mistake of buying his book and reading what he was really all about. While he is right in his assertion that the...

It's kind of sad to see prices starting so low for such an important building in the city's history, but then again they're likely to be almost cubicle-like for $400k. I was hoping this renovation would be our version of Manhattan's Plaza Hotel where tons of units were going for upwards of $10...

That would be a fantastic idea, but sadly, it isn't happening. I do like this new plan however. I've lived not too far from her for the past 15 years, and I've always wondered who came up with this mess of on ramps, off ramps, sidewalks that end, lanes that end, going through a plaza to get...

I've been registered with Post House for what must be the better part of a year now and I haven't so much as had a single email as far as I can remember, other than the one confirming my registration. So who knows when this project is slated to start up.

Haha I agree with you on the blah architecture but oddly enough you chose the only 2, other than Absolute World, in mississauga that actually try to look different. In my opinion there are more than a handful of much more blah buildings in the mississauga centre than these two, but I see your...

I dont entirely understand that chart either. Although I have read in various places that Toronto is right up there in terms of highrises (although most people seem to think we aren't)... Ottawa ranked higher than Sao Paulo? Really? Sao Paulo...

Why not? Lots of tall towers south on Spadina at Cityplace. Also the Festival Tower and the ones of similar height going up right next to it are all around 40 stories, and they aren't far either. Things do seem to get substantially shorter once you go west of Spadina around King though...

Giraffe at Dundas & Bloor (if it ever actually gets built, waiting on a decision on their appeal at the OMB) The Address At High Park (Bloor between Dundas and Keele) 20 Gothic (already built, north of Bloor, west of Keele) High Park Lofts (or something like that) on Roncesvalles, also...

Craft Burger can be pretty hit or miss. I've had both great and so-so burgers at both locations. Apache is a great one. I'm surprised that nobody mentioned Oh Boy! Burger Market on Queen near Bathurst, love that place. Ditto for Burger Shoppe Quality Meats on Ossington. I've also had the...

Great idea, but I think getting rid of the gas station, or both gas stations, would be the best first step in making the park and the area around it more urban and inviting. Then the restaurant idea could work a lot better, nobody wants to eat next to a gas station.

Great news, surface parking lots on Front Street West may very well be a thing of the past entirely quite soon. And a 49 storey tower, wonderful. If memory serves correctly, Fly Condos is starting construction soon as well. Does anyone know if there is any sort of development planned for the...

Please go back to lurking. Having your development fit in with its context, or as I put it earlier, looking like it's always been there is an art form in itself. Having a developments get denied (re: Giraffe) for not fitting in with their surroundings is commonplace in many mature urban...