waterscapes-guy
Active Member
Not mentioned in the letter
Not mentioned in the letter
dventura
Active Member
I am already living in CASA and have been told that there will not be any condo package for cable...their reason is that they do not want to force residents into using one provider. Also, if you get bell right now it's not going to work. I have been told that they are making arrangements with bell to have one sattelite on the roof but it will likely take a couple months. As for rogers, mine works...so I'm not sure why it wouldn't work on all floors, must be a reason due to construction or something.
As for areas to develop. I don't think that park is going to go anywhere, due to the subway and because I beleive it's pretty narrow (then again they built a big tower in a narrow spot in the form of Crystal Blu). It would be very problematic if the public lot at Charles and Yonge ever went. There is already no guest parking in CASA (which I seemed to think there was going to be as stated in the original parking which would be shared with government parking and available evenings and weekends). I'm not sure about BSN but wait until both buildings are complete and fully occupied and people want to have visitors...that will be a serious problem if there's no green P. I think that green P defenitely does have to go though as it occupies tremendous real estate and is a good size. It work great in the form of the manulife center if they built it with lots of below grade parking and then retail space inside on the lower floors with condos up top. I suspect though that the subway is probably right beneath and would make this impossible.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
That is very cool (and rare) that the developer didn't sign a contract and lock-in with one television provider to get the per suite payout that the provider offers as incentive. When the dish is up you'll be able to choose from Bell ExpressVu, Rogers or Bell for Condos, whomever you can negotiate a better package deal with along with land line, cellular and Internet.
Respect.
Respect.
DanishC
New Member
I've already moved into Casa (11th floor) and am currently using Bell Entertainment (iptv) for internet/satellite.
What does the satelliete have to do with this? Unless you want to go with Bell Expressvu instead of Bell Entertainment.
There was a 50% off for an entire year if you ordered before the new year. If you call you may still be able to get in on it.
What does the satelliete have to do with this? Unless you want to go with Bell Expressvu instead of Bell Entertainment.
There was a 50% off for an entire year if you ordered before the new year. If you call you may still be able to get in on it.
DanishC
New Member
Anyone get word on the progress of the amenities, specifically the gym?
tissot
Active Member
Yea, I have no idea why anyone would want satellite or even cable when they can get BES.
How long did it take to install?
pepper79
New Member
I have heard that YMCA is looking to sell that building and move to a cheaper location, it will be interesting to see who will buy it though. It would also be ince to see that Canada Post building move and to have the Sanctuary relocate as it no longer fits in with the neighbourhood.
jmacmillan
Active Member
casaguy
Senior Member
I couldn't live without Rogers on Demand and TMN on Demand so I'll be sticking with Rogers.
The Bell deal wasn't much of a deal. I can never understand why they don't "WOW" people with a much better offer to take the business away from the competition rather than give me about the same price.
tissot
Active Member
I don't know how many times I have to post this, but Bells Entertainment Service is so much better than anything Rogers has to offer.
http://entertainment.bell.ca/en/package.html
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Does BES offer high definition? Bell ExpresVu does however the consensus on the Canadian Home Theatre forums is that the quality of Rogers high definition channels exceeds that of Bell ExpressVu.
waterscapes-guy
Active Member
This isn't really the purpose of this thread but one last comment. I found out your internet speed is affected when you watch TV and worse with 2 TVs on. You can only have a maximum of 2 TVs and the signal comes to you by twisted pair copper (fibre node is on the street). Bell only guarantees 3 mbit download speed while Rogers is typically 10 mbits. There is no way it can be better than Rogers but I'm sure it is more cost effective.
adma
Superstar
Because of its size, I can see the Y as a condo conversion rather than a demolition.
And as for Sanctuary: I find it benign, and as long as Yonge St maintains its magnetism for street-youth types, it'll "fit in"...
Traynor
Senior Member
They tried that many years ago. If memory serves, after CTV moved out, the building was vacant for a while in the early '90's and I remember a large billboard with an artist's render on it. It depicted that building as a condo conversion and I believe they even had a sales center located on the premises.
cdr108
Senior Member
it's probably more cost effective to demolish and construct new ... less problems with retro-fits, etc.
also, one could take advantage of the height limits available in the area now.