Toronto M5V Condominiums | 118.87m | 35s | Lifetime | Core Architects

marcus_a_j said:
I agree that the area is great for restaurants, theatres, nightlfe, etc. I am always walking around there and I love the atmoshere and action, but where are all the day-to-day amenities? Where is the nearest gym? community centre? A decent sized grocery store? library? Barbershop? Basketball court?
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See above, plus there's the Healthy Butcher close by on Queen, Shoppers Drug Mart on Blue Jays Way, a Sobeys going in at Spadina and Bremner, and probably a Loblaws or even a Superstore coming to Bathurst and Lakeshore. There must be a dozen high profile gyms in the area because I keep getting pamphlets for them in the mail. There's a library down the street on King West somewhere, I guess. The Municipal Reference Library is at Metro Hall at King and John (which is the next block over). Community centre? Seriously? I'm sure there's a basketball court somewhere close by.

marcus_a_j said:
At M5V you are about 2-3 blocks from the centre and busiest part of the club district (Peter/Adelaide/Richmond). Around there is where most of shootings, stabbings, and figths occur.
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This area poses absolutely no danger to you unless you have a habit of getting into fights or neglect to pay your dealer. Visit the ultra-NIMBY residents association for the area at www.king-spadina.com if you want to read news reports about shootings and stabbings compiled by grandmas. Could you honestly picture yourself in any of these situations? I can't figure out for the life of me why some of these people aren't living in Uxbridge.

marcus_a_j said:
Pardon me for all the clubs stuff, but it is relevant for the M5V location. But hey, if the clubs all go away, this site is amazing for such a great building!
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I'd love to see MORE clubs. I, for one, welcome our new 905 overlords.
 
marcus_a_j said:
It's not their reputation that will affect sales, it's the location of the building.
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It may be a minor factor - you can't really know unless you asked people who walked out of the sales centre empty handed - but reputation can matter...Tridel could build a condo out of quicksand and sell it out in 20 minutes.
 
grey said:
See above, plus there's the Healthy Butcher close by on Queen, Shoppers Drug Mart on Blue Jays Way, a Sobeys going in at Spadina and Bremner, and probably a Loblaws or even a Superstore coming to Bathurst and Lakeshore. There must be a dozen high profile gyms in the area because I keep getting pamphlets for them in the mail. There's a library down the street on King West somewhere, I guess. The Municipal Reference Library is at Metro Hall at King and John (which is the next block over). Community centre? Seriously? I'm sure there's a basketball court somewhere close by.
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Don't forget Dominion at king/straughan and the new longos at MLS and all the shops along Spadina. I was aware of everything that was mentioned (except for the gyms, thank you for pointing them out), I was merely posing rhetorical questions to counter the "restaurants, theatres, nightlife = everything" statements. And what's wrong with community centres? There are two I can think of off hand near by, Grange and McCaul (forgot the name) and Harbourfront Community Centre at QQ and Bathurst (where there is a really nice basketball court as well). Another one is going in at Cityplace, and a regional library there too.


grey said:
This area poses absolutely no danger to you unless you have a habit of getting into fights or neglect to pay your dealer. Visit the ultra-NIMBY residents association for the area at www.king-spadina.com if you want to read news reports about shootings and stabbings compiled by grandmas. Could you honestly picture yourself in any of these situations? I can't figure out for the life of me why some of these people aren't living in Uxbridge.
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I agree, but the media, the police cameras and the large police presence can alter ones perception about the area. I don't envision myself being a target (too lazy to fight and my dealers are all paid up;)), but I've also been caught in the middle of minor scuffles that break out as I'm walking by. shit happens that you can't control.

grey said:
I'd love to see MORE clubs. I, for one, welcome our new 905 overlords.
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Good for you. I'll be happy if new drum and bass/jungle clubs open up as well. But how many more clubs do you honestly think are going to open up? or even stay open? I wish the district had more protection and not allow so many condos to go up. I do think it will cause more clubs to close and in effect ruin something that was great.
 
grey,

I can't figure out for the life of me why some of these people aren't living in Uxbridge.
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Because they want to live downtown. The concerns they have are for the community they live in.
 
... aerial view, older photo and another from this weekend

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interchange42 said:
I wonder how many clubs we'll see shut down without being replaced in that area in the same time - I assume a few doors will close.
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... the "Klik" nightclub site (1) was purchased in July/07 by Aspen Ridge (DeGasperis) and the "Joe" nightclub site (2) was purchased by CTV in August/07. Both companies own a good chunk of adjacent land/buildings in their respective blocks, so it appears the two clubs will eventually be taken out of the mix as development proceeds.

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That rendering shows 30 floors.

It's missing 4.

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Yeah, other than the trees, it looks like it's going up in Dog River.

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I wonder how the residents at City Place feel about their entire development being bulldozed for this little building? Also, the hot dog vendor outside the Mountain Equipment Co-op (which, apparently, also fell victim to bulldozers) must be thrilled about the large, park-like trees they're definitely 100% positively going to plant, and on BOTH sides of the street
 
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