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So I guess when they built the student residences across the street, being limited to the 'low-rise' status, that didn't mean anything. Building something 3x taller across the street, impacting the streets all around it, and asking to be smack up against the street, on all impacted streets, is...

Some people say toe-mah-toe, some say to-may-toe, some say Bay/Wellesley, some say Yonge/Wellesley. That park is smack in the middle of Yonge and Bay, where there are exponentially more people going to be entering that park from the Yonge side rather than the Bay side. Just like this crack head...

Thanks for concurring. The Opera site site isn't big enough for any kind of public park, unless someone has a vision to turn it into a Dundas Square type park/square, but since it's surrounded by condos, everyone would complain about the non-stop noise. Therefore, since it's not a Dundas Square...

No wonder it's taking soooooo long ... did anyone check out the super-tiny, totally inefficiently-designed floor plans ... AND ... trying to get people to spend half a million bucks to live in a unit that's basically the size of a student residence dorm room ?!?

I'm willing to bet quite a big chunk o change that this isn't going to get built as per original proposed application, nor the modified reduced height submission to the OMB. It will get developed eventually, but not as '365 Church' that's for sure. Rule of thumb ... if there's a street with...

I think Menkes appealed directly to the OMB with 25 storeys instead of the 30. I don't even think the city would agree to the 25 storeys considering the building just does not ease away from any of the streets impacted, Church, McGill and Granby, i.e., there's no podium to speak of. This might...

I wonder what's being appealed ... they want their 30 storeys back, or maybe even more considering what's been approved elsewhere since they applied to develop that parcel of land, or they've agreed to 25 storeys but want something else changed. I'm kind of surprised that the city might've...

This proposed park at this very site is perfect for all the crackheads who gravitate towards the area. Don't know what it is about Yonge/Wellesley, but there's always a bunch of crackheads floating about, and crackheads just love parks.

Hi. Does anyone know if there have been any imposed changes to this development ? I went to go search for it, and found this link ... which indicates an appeal has been scheduled to be heard at the OMB. Also, there's reference to 25 storeys, not the 30 storeys proposed, so how come there's an...

So, the folks at 192 Jarvis just can't seem to catch a break, being sandwiched between 2 towering construction projects to the north and south of it. It'll be interesting to see if there's an exodus from 192 Jarvis, a lot of people paid 350k back in the late 80's for their units and now they...

Organic waste disposal certainly does impact LEED buildings ... they're all inter-related. Air flow is at a minimum due to the stringent energy requirements with LEED. Therefore, one had better plan for how to manage organic waste disposal. Some Einstein at Daniels thought it was a brilliant...

I wonder if there will be people enjoying their after work martinis on their balconies in their west-facing units, the ones facing 25 Grenville's east-facing concrete wall ? Maybe that's where those 277 square footers will be positioned, the ones the overseas investors will snap up like there's...

They're priced higher than the recent resale values at 1 and/or 25 Cole, and another round of massive overseas investors will be snapping up the inventory hoping to flip as soon as it's registered ... so basically would NOT be a good investment or a place to buy for regular homeowners.

Very cosmopolitan neighbourhood scene, no ? Laundry on the balcony everyday for everyone to admire, very Hong Kong-ish.

Is this where that cheap building with the tiny apartments is going to be built, sort of a Super City building set type building, mostly owned by overseas investors ?

As per a recent meeting with Daniels and the residents of 1 / 25 Cole, Daniels' LEED buildings are apparently a big flop. The people at 1 / 25 Cole are freaking out about organic waste disposal requirements for LEED certification making their buildings reek of garbage all the time, and Daniels...

The Sky Garden pic is hilarious !! Everybody enjoying drinks on one of the Sky Gardens, martini glasses abound ... was it a depiction of the end of Ramadan or something, but from an Anglo-Saxon point of view, considering the neighbourhood and all ?

It's a prohibitively expensive venue to host anything, and that's for those that want to use the space. Blame it on red-tape and unionized labour for all we know. These venues should be booked non-stop and filled nightly, but they aren't.

Is anyone going to get excited living in those Ice condos with a south view of the traffic complete with traffic audio ?

Yup, that's exactly what they love doing, clinging around the ceiling, windows, and then attacking you as soon as you come out the door. But I found that they only attack you for about a minute, then they get bored and go back to hanging around. I was able to hang around outside and was not...