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Toronto Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Westbank | Henriquez Partners
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yyzer
Senior Member
Interesting article in the Globe, looks like there will be an announcement by the end of the month:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rebuilding-honest-eds-with-egalitarian-urban-planning/article20592747/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/rebuilding-honest-eds-with-egalitarian-urban-planning/article20592747/
bilked
Senior Member
No Bjarke Ingels for Toronto.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Unfortunately, but Henrequiz does very good work - and I am not sure if the site hugely visible for a BIG project anyways.
AoD
AoD
gabe
Senior Member
Because it's a rainy Saturday morning!
Stand there on a week day or on a Saturday afternoon when the weather is nice, and you will see a hell of a lot more activity!
taal
Senior Member
Yea, that's a silly comment to make, its plenty busy many times of the day .. not to say I don't agree with the overall idea .. maybe he's just trying to sell it ? : )
Waterloo_Guy
Active Member
Interesting article. I've never heard so much nonsense from a developer. He talks about "tempering the economics," yet it has to be profitable to be sustainable. He's a developer, so he knows this. All his talk about activism and raising the bar is empty talk. Let's just see the proposal. He sounds like a good salesman though.
Lenser
Senior Member
Yeah, not a lot of substance as of yet. No doubt there's lots happening behind the scenes. Maybe the guy is testing the waters a bit, looking to guage public reaction, see how ready the city is for a comprehensive, fairly dramatic change to that corner.
junctionist
Senior Member
If they're going to demolish Honest Ed's, it should be for a spectacular replacement project.
smably
Senior Member
Sad that this won't be a BIG project, but Henriquez Partners have done great work in BC, so there is cause for optimism.
Waterloo_Guy
Active Member
They should have demolished it years ago. Although it has become iconic, it's really just a tacky dollar store sitting on prime real estate.
junctionist
Senior Member
It doesn't matter. It's iconic. To lose it for some glass boxes would diminish the area's sense of place.
Henriquez Partners designs quality buildings, but they're ordinary buildings with some novel flourishes.
Henriquez Partners designs quality buildings, but they're ordinary buildings with some novel flourishes.
Big Daddy
Senior Member
I can't imagine high rise buildings being approved here - this is a low rise area at best.
Does anyone know what the current zoning permits here?
Does anyone know what the current zoning permits here?
It doesn't matter what the current zoning permits here. The City's zoning is out of date and was made so when the by-laws were not updated after the enactment of the Ontario Places To Grow plan. At Bathurst and Bloor the buildings will be at least mid-rise.
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ksun
Senior Member
I can't imagine anything lower than 10 stories being built here. The fact that Bathurst/Bloor is considered a low rise area is pretty ridiculous and only shows how our zoning laws didn't keep up with growth of the city.
And no matter how iconic the Honest Ed's is perceived by certain people, it has nothing to do with what will be proposed and built on this location.