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City & PFR doing some "Ribbon Cutting" stuff in the PORT LANDS today (Saturday) -

13 x permanent "affordable rental" units for 99 years out of 520 total units, so it is a 2.5% ratio. It is a pretty decent deal, considering it is private land.

First virtual open house was held on September 27, 2021 - https://engageio.ca/fr/node/78 - almost 3-years ago. Current work is only for the underground CORKTOWN transit station for the Ontario Line. ToC housing construction won't start until 2029 or 2030 (at earliest).

That’s an (un)surprisingly low-ball deal on the “affordable housing” component considering the local North York planning staff and the local Willowdale Councillor.

Adding to the watch-list.

STOREYS - 18-Storey Student Residence Proposed Near Allen Gardens, TMU "A new 18-storey student residence has been proposed by Forum Asset Management, with the goal of bringing 223 rental units to the Cabbagetown neighbourhood, in close proximity to TMU, UofT, George Brown College, and OCAD."...

Talked about "UNION PARK" as an example in this Toronto Star Op-Ed today - Opinion | Pension plans should build housing their members can actually afford...

Public information is now in the AIC - "CITY INITIATED 35 BELLEVUE AVE" - Application Number : 24198168STE11OZ https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/application-details/?id=5494896&pid=579044 City Initiated Zoning By-law to construct a 4-storey residential building...

To be 100% clear, this appears to be a "reallocation" of pre-planned underground space from Bicycle Parking to Vehicle Parking, so it doesn't appear that the underground space became any bigger in this iteration. City just traded Bicycle Parking for Vehicle Parking on a 4.25-to-1 ratio. Each...

The Local Councillor got his wish... :rolleyes: Scarborough gonna Scarborough.

Talk-Radio interview about the Arbo lands on AM 640 this morning -

Passed this site today…

Pulled some history and context images about these specific parcels of Downsview lands -

Working under the assumption that the Federal Liberal-NDP agreement might hold for another 12-ish months, so -- our volunteers work with the people who are actually in-power today. Thus far, Pierre Poilievre's housing plan for "public lands" appears to be = SELL them all off quickly with no...

Already on site and talking to local media…

Always interesting to look back on what the City of Toronto used to do with it's "Surplus Parking Lots at a Subway Station" sites before CreateTO was formed in 2018 --- and their "Housing Now" model was passed by Council in early 2019...

Crane Days have begun..!

Providing on-site park-space is not "FREE" to the developer / operator / partner. The City's priorities for this HOUSING NOW site were (mostly) things that "all other highrises in the neighbourhood" are NOT being asked to deliver... New Seniors Housing New Affordable Housing Indigenous Partner...

140 MERTON is a 1-Minute / 64 Meter walk to the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail, therefore- there is no need for on-site Greenspace at this specific Seniors Affordable Housing site...