Occasionally, CityPlanning might sometime miss listing a property as a clerical error - that may or may not be the case here with 37 Glendora Ave - so this might be one larger parcel of assembled land.
"Mr.O", has a hobby of being a local land-assembler/investor who owns numerous strategic properties throughout Willowdale, including:
- significant portion of the block directly west - Yonge St, Bales Ave, Avondale Ave, Glendora Ave
- some of the properties in this land-assembly - when I last checked a couple years ago,... but now at 15 lots that's a huge jump!
- previously land-assembled and owned entire west side of Bonnington Place (13 lots) between Sheppard to Anndale Ave - which City need for Doris Ave south extension (stalled since mid-1990s), numerous negotiations failed so Mr.O submitted a development application for 55 Sheppard East! City expropriated land in 2016 at 2014 prices, Mr.O appealed to OMB and won more financial compensation.
All that means is 88 Sheppard likely sold out. It's already under construction. Doris service ring road south extension was always going ahead,... just a matter of how urgent and when,... in our lifetime or our grandkid's! Now basically a 10 year time line. Sheppard &...
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A stranger sight for marcus_a_j Thanks @sunnyraytoronto Forget Doris Ave. extension. Forget any condos or other buildings. Let's just turn the site into park space!
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Also, at least 2 times, about 3 years ago that north side of Avondale near Tradewind Ave - numerous houses under different owner listed for sale under the same "Real Estate Agent",... err, I mean agent,... which make instant Land Assembly easy! I vaguely recall seeing the same tactic on Glendora Ave as well. The "agent" in question is Mr.Most (Hossein Mostafavi) who technically is not a real estate agent since he lost his license - but he still act as one but isn't on MLS
Right now, I don't know if Mr.O is the current owner of this 15 lot land-assembly - all I know is he owned a significantly smaller portion of it a few years ago. Mr.O is a local "monopoly player" who does land-assembly, smaller development like lot severances & maybe townhouses but generally not condo towers development - Mr.O only did that 55 Sheppard East development application to force the City's hand in negotiation.
Here with Doris South Extension to Avondale via a widen TradeWind Ave (City still needs to expropriate 69 Glendora Ave - southwest corner of TradeWind and Glendora; City hates expropriation - this property might end up being conveyed to City as part of this project since development application usually takes 2 years and City wants Doris south extension done by 2023-2024) - that'll form a Service Road boundary for the North York Center Secondary Plan area,... so this site should see 80m (22-storey) just like the block to the north with Menkes 3 Cosmo/Savvy towers and townhouses or maybe even the 100m (30-storey typically allowed in North York Centre Secondary Plan) VS that adjacent Devron Developments 11-storey FLO project at northeast corner of Avondale and Bales Ave
I know Mr.O dealt with Tridel before,... but if I'm going to have to guess developer here, I'm guessing Menkes since:
- Menkes 3 Cosmos tower & townhouses to north
- Menkes has offices in Proctor & Gamble office building nearby
- Menkes very active in local area - 4800 Yonge 49-storey mix-use, 57 Linnelle Street, etc,...
- Menkes have dealt with "Mr.Most" before
Note: empty lot at 44 Avondale Ave was conveyed to City about 10 years ago by nearby Devron Developments 11-storey FLO project as part of Service Road requirements - it aligns with a westward south extension of Doris Ave to Everson Drive - this option was discussed at Community Consultation meetings but abandoned (it seems Menkes Savvy & Cosmo condo were designed with wide driveways and parkette to facilitate this). Doris South Extension will now be extended eastward through TradeWind Ave. Thus, 44 Avondale is likely no longer needed by Transportation Services and nearby properties will likely form the bases of on-site parkland dedication