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Nobu is an ultra upscale Japanese restaurant with locations around the world. It is a popular jaunt for celebrities. I have never been to a Nobu, but I have eaten at Matsuhisa in Aspen long ago (before Nobu restaurant started) and had the pleasure and honour of being served at the sushi bar by...

In the condo documents Nobu has an escape clause, so they could back out of this project if they wanted to. The building has been designed to accommodate their hotel and restaurant, so finding another location would mean more delays for them to open their first location in Canada. It’s too bad...

Kind of reminds me of the monstrosity and bait and switch that happened at 243 Niagara: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/243-niagara-st-concept-lofts-4s.19572/ What a terrible shame what they did to this poor church -- it looks so poorly and cheaply done. Seems like this project has been...

Many street side patios are not very pleasant to dine or hang out in due to the traffic, noise and pollution from cars and here is no exception. Adelaide has very little street life and gets a ton of traffic and the cars often queuing before the intersection at University is annoying, but this...

The brick actually looks better than in the renderings. I like how long and thin the bricks are. The random lengths and slightly tumbled texture along with subtle shade variation gives it almost a stone appearance. I‘m happy they didn’t scrimp on the brickwork and the labour that’s involved to...

Also the King West and Entertainment District is often visited by 905’ers (mostly on the weekends) due to the club/bar scene that it creates a huge influx of vehicular traffic in these areas. Luckily, I tend to go to bed early and don’t experience all sorts of chaos, crime and mischef that goes...

Here is a recent statement from Westbank: Summer 2022 Construction Update Construction on KING Toronto is advancing well as we head into summer. Aside from the heritage facade structural supports, nearly all temporary structural supports have now been removed. The final king piles supporting...

I am very fortunate to have purchased a nice unit here and the location is excellent, especially on King Street where there are traffic restrictions which have greatly reduced congestion and noise and made it very friendly to pedestrians and cyclists (I live a block away). Traffic is terrible...

and less maintenance (cleaning-wise).

Or even just a light dotting of coloured panels would make it more interesting and attractive.

the faceted precast panels should’ve had more depth and dimension, it was the main distinctive feature of the facades but these panels became so shallow and thin that these facets are barely noticeable. Not only that, the angle of the folds don’t seem to be well coordinated with some awkward...

That unit would be a 1-bedroom + 4-dens (all of those dens being in the hallway).

I still can’t get over how bad this building is. This was a huge missed opportunity to do something great, or at the very least something passable. Kirkor should at least be more sympathetic to the retained facade — the windows are not even correct to the era of that building (mullion pattern...

The Apple Self Storage property has been for sale for a long time. I don’t remember how much they are asking for it but it seems that they are in no rush to sell and waiting for the right offer. They are are doing good business especially given the proliferation of new condos in the area.

There has been some assignment sales here at favourable pricing. Looks like some purchasers are slyly bailing out while/if they can. Either their agents don’t know anything or not disclosing nor acknowledging the delays and difficulties of the developer — essentially screwing over the new...

An article on BlogTO with photos and updates from Ellis Don. It’s always both entertaining and annoying reading all of the ignorant and uneducated reader’s comments on BlogTO. It seems that all real estate posts on BlogTO are filled with comments of NIMBYs of everything. These people should get...

Concrete pouring at street level is anticipated early April.

The window walls still have the dull putty grey colour for the mullions. A richer and warmer metallic bronze colour is what it should have been and would be a big improvement. Also, the faceted solid panels should have been twice as thick. I had doubts from the start about the proposed design...

It’s like a cut and paste from nearby buildings, but not as nice. Beige portion: The Hudson, to the west Red portion: Boutique Condos, to the east

Any nook, dead space or even part of a wide hallway or a corner of a living room could be called a den as long as it could fit a desk. I think it’s rather stupid and usually take dens with a grain of salt as most of them are not real rooms nor very practical. I’d rather see these spaces be...