innsertnamehere
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As long as it has direct PATH access, I'm down with that idea.
Good luck with that. That won't have the universal tractions some thing it will either. Many of us lament the condofront too. And now those condofront residents want to destroy infrastructure that pre-dated them? To put up more condos?
I'd actually support a closure of YTZ, if they had a plan that created a proper public space on the entire Toronto Islands. I won't support one that results in simply more privatization of prime toronto real estate. We already have one set of entitled Islanders. I'd prefer not to add to that set. And I'm pretty sure, I'm not the only one with this opinion.
Just like today. For every resident who is vocal about living close to YTZ, you'll find many, many of us that don't care (I live at Bathurst/Fort York and don't even think about the airport) and quite a few that patronize the airport regularly. If you are going to take away the benefits the latter group is enjoying, you better off something in return beyond more condos.
It ain't Brampton.
I would be okay with some "privatization" of the island airport lands if the plan was to build a new low/midrise St. Lawrence Neighbourhood-type development on the site, with generous parks (including expansion/improvement of the clothing-required section of Hanlan's Beach); with conditions it remain car free except for authorized deliveries such as moving companies and store deliveries (and emergency services, but that's a given), that half the units be co-ops or other affordable housing types (not necessarily TCHC), and there are public and commercial attractions such as those enhanced parks, a few restaurants, brewpub and the sort. Cap the total units at 6-8,000.
Downtown could always use more living space
the only development in Toronto with 0 parking spots is RCMI condos on University. Its a couple hundred units.
What? You see a lack of space to live in downtown Toronto?
Sure... Why else would people be proposing 50-80 storey condos if there wasn't a lack of space?
By the time we'd consider anything like redeveloping something like YTZ, most of downtown's surface lots and old industrial sites will have been developed.
That will take a very long time. Take a walk from Eaton Centre to St Lawrence market and you will pass half a dozen surface lots with decent size.
And there are tons of nondescript two story or even one story shacks completely devoid of any preservation value. Downtown doesn't lack land at least for the next 30 years.
The analyst estimates Air Canada could lose more than $150-million in revenues on seven new destinations that he believes Encore will eventually serve out of Toronto.
Mr. Cherniavsky also suggested Porter stands to lose about $65-million in annual revenue on those seven routes.
As a result, the analyst believes it will be far more challenging for Porter to withstand Encore’s impact on pricing in the east due to its smaller size.