Toronto Fashion House | ?m | 12s | Freed | Core Architects

[urbandreamer]

City Hall has no money. If I were them, I'd rubber stamp this development.

 

[gristle]

I seriously doubt this thing will save city hall.

 

[urbandreamer]

I saw lotsa hard hat types crawling around the site today--a sign construction is starting soon?

 

[gristle]

There is a construction office on the floor above where the Fashion House sales centre is, but I think the hard hats you are referring to are working on other Freed projects for the time being.

 

[carturo15]

What's going on with this project? Sales started 2 years ago

 

[SpadinaBus]

Peter Freed is holding everyone's money ransom. I would never buy into his projects.

 

[Ramako]

Peter Freed is holding everyone's money ransom. I would never buy into his projects.

The money is held in trust. In what way would he benefit from "holding everyone's money ransom"?

 

[simuls]

I didn't see it mentioned earlier in the posts, but recently found out a rather large piece of news and I wonder how happy the glitterati buyers of Fashion House condos are going to be when they find out that a gargantuan flagship KEG is going to occupy the entire bottom floor facing King West. This news is officially the end of cooldom for the area.

 

[gristle]

simuls, I heard the same. It's proposed to cover some 12,000 square feet.

 

[grey]

The historic building now being used as a sales centre was intended to become a restaurant. It would make sense that that's where the KEG is going, rather than the base of the condo.

It royally sucks that a Firkin bar is moving into the neighbourhood, and now a KEG.

What's next, an Olive Garden? I hope Bier Markt cleans the floor with them.

 

[Towered]

Wow, bland chains like those really are the death of cool. Bah.

 

[urbandreamer]

King St W hasn't been cool in years. It's become a yuppie residential area.

The cool people have moved to Parkdale, Blansdowne, Dundas West and the Junction. Basically, any neighbourhood that doesn't have any or hardly any new condos under construction is "cool."

 

[khris]

I'd rather live with "yuppies" than hipsters any day. However, that's a whole different topic.

 

[Jayomatic]

Ditto.

 

[Filip]

Ditto +2