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Thanks for the reply. I would consider resale, but it would have to be a really great deal from every angle. I prefer to buy pre-construction because it would give me the time to save a bit more money. Giraffe was supposed to be ready in winter 2012, so a move in date anywhere from May 2011 to...

Well done friend lol. Fantastic. If you care to look at a few of my more recent posts in this thread you'll quickly notice that we just made identical points lol. Thanks for the support. I'm glad to see that not everyone is delirious enough to think that any old developer can just plunk down a...

As many may already know, Giraffe Condominiums by TAS had their appeal turned down at the OMB. As a "former" owner in this development, I of course am saddened by the news. But I turn to the urbantoronto nation for help with a few questions. 1.) When an appeal is denied by the OMB, is that...

Thank your for sharing in my opinion

Any reason for that street to be a two way operation?

I agree, the prices are quite high. Sure the location is impressive, but over $700,000 for a 900 square foot 2 bedroom is quite a lot. I'm on the fence concerning the architecture too. One side of me likes it, the other doesn't. Does Plazacorp have anything to do with this development? The...

The corner isn't totally a black eye? The building on the southwest corner is atrocious. Crossways isn't pretty either. Just south of the intersection lies the ugly power centre before power centres were invented Loblaws/Coffee Time/Firestone/huge parking lot complex. To each their own, but if...

Don't kid yourself. Unless TAS is willing to realize a loss on this property, nothing will be built for quite some time in my opinion. Giraffe's point of profit was 20 floors. If they had to build a property that was shorter than that they would have lost money, or had to raise prices. If Perks...

Is this some kind of sick joke?

Cloud. Wouldn't call it "cozy" though.

Wow. Does that ever look bland and anonymous. So it fits right in with the entire city of Vaughan. But I guess any density is better than no density for the bedroom communities. Does anyone else wonder if this will fly? I'm not really all that familiar with Vaughan's condo market, but 2 or 3...

Subway ride from wall street to central park = 20-25 minutes too. What exactly is your point? If it is that neither Downtown Toronto or Downtown Manhattan have massive parklands, then I agree. If not, then I don't. Moss Park, U of T, Ryerson quad, Allen Gardens, Queen's Park, St. James Park...

If it is the corner of Queen and Dufferin then I'm all for it. Get that sorry looking L-shaped strip plaza out of here. However, when one googles 1205 queen street west, it takes you to Queen, just west of Jameson. So who's incorrect here, google or the proposal/thread?

Let's add the parking lot at the corner of Queen and Soho. How has that one managed to stay undeveloped for so long? There must be a reason.

Looks like they dumbed it down. I liked the first rendering with the slanted roofs. Oh well, better than nothing I guess.

I dislike comparing Toronto to other cities as much as the next guy because I like to think as Toronto as neither like Chicago or New York or wherever but as its own unique thing but I totally agree with you. Chicago can polish up Michigan Avenue, Wacker and Millennium Park as much as they...

It doesn't look like the biggest of lots (based on my memory of walking by from time to time), but smaller lots have been developed. Does anyone know what that piece of land is zoned for? An office tower was proposed and then cancelled, but now it will be a condo?

You may be right about the requirements being relaxed, but I would never even consider a unit that used only drywall to separate units. Noise in my family's home and lack of privacy is one of the many reasons I am moving out lol. Just walking and driving around the city and seeing various...

Agreed. Eventually the area itself and those who live/work there will decide what is necessary for the area. Not everything has to be laid out beforehand. On another note, I absolutely hate this area. As someone else said, this is the definition of the suburbanization of the waterfront. This is...

I second that. That stretch of Yonge between Queen's Quay and the Gardiner is positively ghastly. It is such an anonymous, even a tragic beginning for what is Ontario's main street. This city is built on diversity, yet our most famous street starts with the blandest, ugliest stretch of monotony.