I'm pretty sure that fugly building at Richmond & Simcoe was Plazacorp and not Tridel. Tridel has built some ugly buildings, but it's not fair to place the blame for that monstrosity on them
Working drawings take a minimum of 3 to 4 monts to produce and are required for the submission of a building permit application. Therefore, construction will not start in 2009.
on p. 2 of the omb decision, the developers lawyer says that if the decision is not issued by November 30th, the developer is at risk to lose project funding
http://www.omb.gov.on.ca/e-decisions/pl081213-Nov-12-2008.pdf
It was purchased by Mayfair Properties from Vancouver for $11,750,000. They have been looking for a boutique hotel/condo location in toronto for a while now.