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Y'know, I am beginning to wonder if all these recent announcements regarding new and/or substantially expanded film and television production space in the GTA is in fact sustainable... on the other hand, it's a sign that the industry here is no longer in its fragile infancy. But still. I wouldn't be surprised if one or two owners of these colossal spaces doesn't end up taking a rather painful bath. All it takes is a harsh economic downturn or the rise of American cultural and economic protectionism and we'd be in a situation where we have significantly more studio space than the market demands. Hope I'm wrong on that score.
 
With the streaming stuff, there are so many productions going on now because they just need all that sweet, sweet content. I guess it could change and I have no idea how Toronto's studio space now compares to LA or Vancouver, for example, but there's definitely been a consistent uptrend, notwithstanding the pandemic. I remember seeing a Toronto ec dev report... where was it?
Oh here:
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Toronto’s screen production industry sets record with more than $2.5 billion in direct spending in 2021

News Release March 25, 2022 Today, Mayor John Tory announced that Toronto reached historic investments with more than $2.5 billion in direct spending in film, television and digital media productions in 2021. After a record-breaking year in 2021, Toronto’s screen production industry is set to...
www.toronto.ca www.toronto.ca

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I guess things could change but it seems like things have been going gangbusters for a while.
 
TJ O'Pootertoot said:
With the streaming stuff, there are so many productions going on now because they just need all that sweet, sweet content. I guess it could change and I have no idea how Toronto's studio space now compares to LA or Vancouver, for example,
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LA had just over 5M ft2 of sound stage space in 2020, total.

This report is a couple of years old, but gives a good sense of comparative scale:


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Here's the driver for new space:

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Northern Light said:
LA had just over 5M ft2 of sound stage space in 2020, total.

This report is a couple of years old, but gives a good sense of comparative scale:


From the above:

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Here's the driver for new space:

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Was curious so looked it up, but this article said Georgia had 4M sq ft and growing as of August 2022. I knew they were a big player, but didn't realize how big compared to above.
 
canarob said:
Well, this is unexpected and exciting!

It looks like the site is at 14th Ave and McDowell Gate, just south of the 407 from Downtown Markham. http://firststudiocity.com/contact/
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I think the actual site is around Birchmount and McNabb, on the site of the Oasis Fitness:
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