SpadinaBus
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Me thinks that Hive is moving from King Street East to King Street West.
Hopefully they will jazz up the building a bit. It needs some help.
Toronto 540 King West | 50.66m | 15s | Allied | Hariri Pontarini
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Me thinks that Hive is moving from King Street East to King Street West.
Hopefully they will jazz up the building a bit. It needs some help.
MetroMan
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What's going to happen to the little strip mall on King & Brant?
Currently the site of a closed Grand & Toy, a Pizza Pizza and a shared office space, there's been movement in the Grand & Toy with what looks like the beginning of a condo sales office.
I haven't found anything anywhere for this address. Anybody know?
Currently the site of a closed Grand & Toy, a Pizza Pizza and a shared office space, there's been movement in the Grand & Toy with what looks like the beginning of a condo sales office.
I haven't found anything anywhere for this address. Anybody know?
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MetroMan
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If the Jacobs Restaturant and Zoe's buildings are included, we're looking at a pretty large site.
allabootmatt
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Didn't Great Gulf buy this site years ago?
It is a ridiculously prime location.
It is a ridiculously prime location.
I don't know about the purchase. Could be!
Neither do I know about who owns Jacob's Restaurant to the north, but Zoe's wouldn't work too well because the building between Zoe's and 540 King West—544 King West—is owned by Allied REIT, and it's currently fully leased to The Hive.
Anyone know who owns the Jacob's or Zoe's buildings?
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ChesterCopperpot
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AHK
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I suspect the First Gulf add may not reflect the current status of the property - a liquor license application was posted on the building a while ago, I forget the date of the AGCO hearing, but I believe it was a while ago - and renovations are currently underway for a bar in the former Grand & Toy site.
City Council voted to send a solicitor to the AGCO hearing back in May to oppose the application. I don't know how to find the results of the application, but we can either conclude that the applicant won and the City lost, or an application for a smaller venue was approved. 'Early Mercy' is the name of the restaurant that was applying back in May.
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So this is Great Gulf with a Siamak Hariri-led HPA design. 2 storeys of retail with 8 storeys of residential above it. No application into the City yet, but it's being previewed at a pre-application community consultation at Metro Hall right now.
Sorry about the softness and lack of colour fidelity of the shots!
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Sorry about the softness and lack of colour fidelity of the shots!
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AlvinofDiaspar
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Very cozy in scale - and that penthouse sure looks interesting. Bonus points if it actually use single panes of glazing of that size on the King/Brant facade.
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Towered
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Finally!! Been waiting ages for this awful plaza to bite it. Nice mid-rise design - I'd love to see much more of this all over the city instead of just giant towers.
The large panes are the building's signature: there will be no balconies per se on the lower floors, but large sliding doors behind a juliette parapet.
Here's what the property looked like three and a half days ago, with a restaurant patio going in beside the Pizza Pizza:
This sailed through the community consultation, by the way…
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Adjei
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RZ12
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Will the School North of this development every get developed ? Nice North Views over looking Park
arvelomcquaig
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Finally! This hideous pizza chain and Grand & Toy (and concomitantly obnoxious parking lots) have been a stain on the area for far too long. I can’t wait for them to become something decent.
King is getting better and better; it’s becoming my favourite street.
King is getting better and better; it’s becoming my favourite street.