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“It is easy for our politicians, and many of the rest of us, to get behind the concept of housing affordability. To talk about how high a priority it is, and even come up with plans to act on it. And for some of our politicians, to talk big about slashing away the process hurdles that stand in...

Posting just for SIGN comparison and History purposes… “16-Storeys becomes 32-Storeys in a mid-town Apartment Neighbourhood with ZERO renoviction / displacement” - is a great narrative to share on our walking tours…

More demolition photos -

Bonus points for a fly-thru video of one of the half-demolished buildings..??

“Before and After” view…

For context, Adam Smith is a "Green Anti-Capitalist" who regularly runs in local elections in Beaches East-York... from his 2022 Councillor Election platform - "Our planet has finite resources, yet we live in an economic system that requires infinite exponential growth or it collapses, and we...

For those who are interested - "Assembly Corp" is the re-branding of the MASS-TIMBER group that used to be called "R-Hauz"... https://assemblycorp.ca/about/#assembly_team

If we read back thru this thread -- I think we will find you were strongly in support of the various vexatious appeals against this project by the various local NIMBY cranks -- and NOT using a MZO on this site... all of which are directly responsible for these added costs. Could you maybe ask...

QUOTE : "Reached for comment Wednesday evening, a lawyer for the appellants in the recent court case blamed the province for not acting on the city’s zoning request, and said the city was free to move ahead with the project."

New Updated City Planning Sign (2024)… Previous City Planning Sign (2020) for comparison…

CreateTO mass email - "Throughout April, we refined the building’s design and submitted a revised, final application to the City on May 3, 2024. The most significant adjustments were related to accommodating the City of Toronto’s waste pick-up requirements, which necessitated removing the...

Based on when this application was filed -- and the recently passed changes to BILL-185 at Queen's Park, does anyone know if this site (*assuming that it will be approved by City Council this month) -- could still be subject to an OLT appeal by the neighbours in the Condo building on the other...

Facing the rear - and the adjacent building / parking-lot (*Future Redevelopment Site)... so, my assessment of the Units was mostly correct.

Community Benefit Charge contribution -- so going to assume that the deal is for "permanently affordable rental to be managed by a not-for-profit partner" -- BUT it would be good to get some confirmation on that assumption. The Affordable Housing block is 7 x Total Units with 12 x Total...

This weekend was the AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUMMIT 2024 at University of Toronto Scarborough Campus, this Modular-Housing site was the final-stop on our volunteers' 3-hour Sunday morning "Affordable Housing Development Bus Tour" for Conference attendees. We met with Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie as...

Long story -- but Full Council did not change anything on this agenda item or Councillor Perruzza's road-block attempt, and therefore it must now go to the OLT... City Council adopted this item on May 22, 2024 without amendments. https://secure.toronto.ca/council/agenda-item.do?item=2024.EY13.1

For additional information visit - https://www.bdo.ca/services/financial-advisory-services/business-restructuring-turnaround-services/current-engagements/dundas-shorncliffe

Toronto Star - “An Ontario court has rejected the latest attempt to stop the construction of supportive housing in Willowdale for people escaping homelessness. The Superior Court of Justice has refused to hear an appeal of a January decision by the Ontario Land Tribunal that seemed to finally...

The specious NIMBY appeal to the Divisional Court has been thrown-out..! 💚 "The motion for leave to appeal the order of The Ontario Land Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) dated January 2, 2024 is dismissed without costs." LINK -...

Street Level Update...