No doubt they'll try and adjust their approvals, but this entire thing was predicated on it being a huge office hub so to fundamentally change that is going to be very difficult. Again, not impossible, and adjustments are going to be the easiest way, but a wholesale change is not something with which the City is going to be on side.
Love it! Deny, deny, deny!
With the way they'll probably go to the province and beg for it, I wouldnt be surprised either.
One would expect they could refurbish/bring it up to snuff if they ever did that...
IIRC the key to CF unlocking the site is they need to start (Building #1) with the big KPF '1B' office tower they're currently SPA-ing. After that, I bet they'll go back, but my understanding is that they need to do that one to even contemplate building the rest out, regardless of building use or typology. I agree, a mix of uses here is definitely the best outcome, but how that might actually play out over a 20-50 year build timeline? Who knows.
Do you know why the commercial tower is needed? Is it because of infrastructure? All may not be lost with it as they might be able to use some of the space for a hotel or institutional uses.
Animal habitat, fishes etc. Simulates wild marshland....what's those felled trees left for in that pond? Beaver trolling?
Or even better, they divide it into parcels and sell them off one by one.