Sir Novelty Fashion
Senior Member
Belgium
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^Howzit pronounced?
jmacmillan
Active Member
Cabbage Park?
urbandreamer
recession proof
Condos for the Cabbage Patch Kids!
Just call it "ye olde regent park by the wasp ghetto"
Just call it "ye olde regent park by the wasp ghetto"
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Cabbagecondocarpark
CanadianNational
Senior Member
Regentrified Park
Oh, you win CN!
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CanadianNational
Senior Member
Evening of October 1 - sorry that the pics are a tad dark.
The corner of Dundas and Parliament, looking northeast.
Looking east a little further along Dundas.
Looking west, at the East face.
Digging at southwest corner, viewed from the north
Rackhouse M
The corner of Dundas and Parliament, looking northeast.
Looking east a little further along Dundas.
Looking west, at the East face.
Digging at southwest corner, viewed from the north
Rackhouse M
CanadianNational
Senior Member
From Above: Oct. 5
Admiral Beez
Superstar
If a community of wasps is considered a ghetto, I trust you'd apply the same moniker to a community of Africans in Malvern, Chinese in Markham, Italians in Woodbridge, etc? She's not a nice word, ghetto.
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
While not as slow as Murano, this project isn't exactly racing for the top, either.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
I imagine the developers would blame their slow progress on the central heating plant.
drum118
Superstar
As of Oct 21-07
beaconer
Active Member
One Cole Condominiums
WEBSITE:
http://www.onecole.ca/home.html
(Dundas & Parliament)
Condo will spur development in Regent Park: Miller
Toronto's Regent Park revitalization project received a boost on Tuesday with the announcement of a condominium that will offer luxury units, rental suites and three businesses that will offer services not seen in the area before.
A ground-breaking ceremony introduced One Cole Condominiums to the downtown east neighbourhood, which is the oldest social housing complex in Canada.
The condo, part of the first phase of revitalization, will bring together low-income and middle-income families, spurring new development -- an essential "step forward in the renaissance of Regent Park," Mayor David Miller said.
"It's such an excellent start, that people are going to be saying, 'Regent Park is really turned around. It's one of Toronto's neighbourhoods that we're proud of,'" Miller said.
The first floor of the condo will house a Sobeys, Tim Hortons and RBC Royal Bank.
The three national retailers share the vision of a vibrant Regent Park, and other businesses will want to begin investing in the area, Miller said.
Martin Blake, of the Daniels Corporation, said One Cole will be an energy-efficient and eco-friendly building.
The Regent Park redevelopment began in 2006. The plan has six phases and is expected to be complete in 12 years.
The social housing community in the Parliament and Gerrard Streets area was built with great promise in the late 1940s. But many Torontonians have now come to refer to it as the city's ghetto, as the area has been plagued by crime, drugs and gangs.
Every building will be destroyed and replaced with new private and public housing. Parks and green spaces will be constructed to open up the neighbourhood.
The entire revitalization is expected to cost about $1 billion with half coming from the private sector. The other half will come from the Toronto Community Housing association and the city of Toronto.
About 85 per cent of residents who lived in the community have been relocated to nearby apartments. They will be able to return in 2009 once the first phase is complete.
With a report from CTV's Naomi Parness
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Also,
Press Release:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/30/c9840.html
WEBSITE:
http://www.onecole.ca/home.html
(Dundas & Parliament)
Condo will spur development in Regent Park: Miller
Toronto's Regent Park revitalization project received a boost on Tuesday with the announcement of a condominium that will offer luxury units, rental suites and three businesses that will offer services not seen in the area before.
A ground-breaking ceremony introduced One Cole Condominiums to the downtown east neighbourhood, which is the oldest social housing complex in Canada.
The condo, part of the first phase of revitalization, will bring together low-income and middle-income families, spurring new development -- an essential "step forward in the renaissance of Regent Park," Mayor David Miller said.
"It's such an excellent start, that people are going to be saying, 'Regent Park is really turned around. It's one of Toronto's neighbourhoods that we're proud of,'" Miller said.
The first floor of the condo will house a Sobeys, Tim Hortons and RBC Royal Bank.
The three national retailers share the vision of a vibrant Regent Park, and other businesses will want to begin investing in the area, Miller said.
Martin Blake, of the Daniels Corporation, said One Cole will be an energy-efficient and eco-friendly building.
The Regent Park redevelopment began in 2006. The plan has six phases and is expected to be complete in 12 years.
The social housing community in the Parliament and Gerrard Streets area was built with great promise in the late 1940s. But many Torontonians have now come to refer to it as the city's ghetto, as the area has been plagued by crime, drugs and gangs.
Every building will be destroyed and replaced with new private and public housing. Parks and green spaces will be constructed to open up the neighbourhood.
The entire revitalization is expected to cost about $1 billion with half coming from the private sector. The other half will come from the Toronto Community Housing association and the city of Toronto.
About 85 per cent of residents who lived in the community have been relocated to nearby apartments. They will be able to return in 2009 once the first phase is complete.
With a report from CTV's Naomi Parness
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Also,
Press Release:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/October2007/30/c9840.html
billonlogan
Active Member
Real work will be to fill the buildings
Selling condos tricky in 'mixed neighbourhood'
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
National Post
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
So ? do you want to buy a condo in Regent Park? Yesterday, Daniels Corporation, the developer, gathered about 150 guests, including Mayor David Miller, in a big white tent, complete with ceiling fans, on a five-hectare lot near the corner of Dundas and Parliament streets.
Until two years ago, 1,200 people lived in 418 apartments on this site, owned by the Toronto Community Housing Corp.
TCHC relocated its tenants and demolished the 50-year-old brick apartments last year, to make way for a "mixed-income" community that would take away the stigma of living in a social housing ghetto.
Daniels launched its portion of the redevelopment yesterday, saying it will put up two buildings along Parliament Street, one nine storeys and the other 19 storeys, with suites ranging from 497 to 1,238 square feet. Prices start at $189,000; occupancy begins in spring of 2009.
On the plus side: Downtown is 10 minutes' walk away. The city is building a new aquatic centre on Sumach Street nearby.
Daniels says its new condos will have an Energy Star rating, use green building practices, and have a green roof. Sobeys, the Royal Bank and Tim Hortons have signed up as tenants on the ground floor. Condo owners also get a fitness centre, cafe and 24-hour concierge.
On the minus side: As I left the presentation and crossed Parliament along with hundreds of Regent Park kids who were returning to Lord Dufferin Public School from their lunch breaks, a man in a First Nations baseball cap warned, "My kids will still beat up your kids."
This, of course, is the challenge of a mixed neighbourhood. Still, many in Toronto live amid a mix of incomes, as Mr. Miller, who lives in a house in High Park, pointed out to reporters after digging the requisite first shovel of dirt at the site yesterday.
"In my neighbourhood there is a Toronto Community Housing building across the street from me," he said. "That's what a neighbourhood should be."
As Dr. Mitchell Kosney, chairman of the board of TCHC, said at the presentation, "This is about building healthy, safe communities where people can live, work and play."
Derek Ballantyne, the TCHC chief executive, argued yesterday that it made more sense to tear down.
"These were built in 1950," he said. "The design of the buildings was very difficult to feel safe in. Almost all were walk-ups, and they had significant plumbing issues."
Still, this is an expensive venture for the housing authority. Mr. Ballantyne acknowledged that the cash-strapped TCHC, which has a $300-million backlog for repairs across Toronto, is spending $40-million right now to put up a 275-unit apartment building here.
About 60% of the apartments will be rent-geared-to-income.
TCHC will get only a little more than $10-million from Daniels toward its costs.
This five-hectare site, once fully built, will contain 340 apartments and 590 market condominiums.
Speakers at the event, including George Smitherman, the provincial Health Minister and local MPP, raved about the community involvement in this project, but there were signs the locals are getting a bit cynical.
Mo f a z z a l Howladar, who has lived 12 years in Regent Park and is the tenant representative, crashed the event, and told me, "It was not good that we were not invited."
(Daniels, Mr. Howladar said, planned a separate barbecue in the tent for the community yesterday evening.)
Mr. Howladar is a strong booster of this redevelopment, noting that, "These buildings will be a thousand times better than the ones torn down."
But he added, "There are lots of rumours in the community that the TCHC and Daniels are not going to keep their promise. They believe that once you move out, they will not be able to come back."
Selling condos in Regent Park is a tricky job. You have to make the area attractive for the new arrivals without alienating the existing community. If the locals get upset, they could (a) resist further transformation of the area and (b) beat up the new kids.
TCHC and Daniels have lots of work ahead.
'...a man in a First Nations baseball cap warned, "My kids will still beat up your kids."'
Nice
Selling condos tricky in 'mixed neighbourhood'
Peter Kuitenbrouwer
National Post
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
So ? do you want to buy a condo in Regent Park? Yesterday, Daniels Corporation, the developer, gathered about 150 guests, including Mayor David Miller, in a big white tent, complete with ceiling fans, on a five-hectare lot near the corner of Dundas and Parliament streets.
Until two years ago, 1,200 people lived in 418 apartments on this site, owned by the Toronto Community Housing Corp.
TCHC relocated its tenants and demolished the 50-year-old brick apartments last year, to make way for a "mixed-income" community that would take away the stigma of living in a social housing ghetto.
Daniels launched its portion of the redevelopment yesterday, saying it will put up two buildings along Parliament Street, one nine storeys and the other 19 storeys, with suites ranging from 497 to 1,238 square feet. Prices start at $189,000; occupancy begins in spring of 2009.
On the plus side: Downtown is 10 minutes' walk away. The city is building a new aquatic centre on Sumach Street nearby.
Daniels says its new condos will have an Energy Star rating, use green building practices, and have a green roof. Sobeys, the Royal Bank and Tim Hortons have signed up as tenants on the ground floor. Condo owners also get a fitness centre, cafe and 24-hour concierge.
On the minus side: As I left the presentation and crossed Parliament along with hundreds of Regent Park kids who were returning to Lord Dufferin Public School from their lunch breaks, a man in a First Nations baseball cap warned, "My kids will still beat up your kids."
This, of course, is the challenge of a mixed neighbourhood. Still, many in Toronto live amid a mix of incomes, as Mr. Miller, who lives in a house in High Park, pointed out to reporters after digging the requisite first shovel of dirt at the site yesterday.
"In my neighbourhood there is a Toronto Community Housing building across the street from me," he said. "That's what a neighbourhood should be."
As Dr. Mitchell Kosney, chairman of the board of TCHC, said at the presentation, "This is about building healthy, safe communities where people can live, work and play."
Derek Ballantyne, the TCHC chief executive, argued yesterday that it made more sense to tear down.
"These were built in 1950," he said. "The design of the buildings was very difficult to feel safe in. Almost all were walk-ups, and they had significant plumbing issues."
Still, this is an expensive venture for the housing authority. Mr. Ballantyne acknowledged that the cash-strapped TCHC, which has a $300-million backlog for repairs across Toronto, is spending $40-million right now to put up a 275-unit apartment building here.
About 60% of the apartments will be rent-geared-to-income.
TCHC will get only a little more than $10-million from Daniels toward its costs.
This five-hectare site, once fully built, will contain 340 apartments and 590 market condominiums.
Speakers at the event, including George Smitherman, the provincial Health Minister and local MPP, raved about the community involvement in this project, but there were signs the locals are getting a bit cynical.
Mo f a z z a l Howladar, who has lived 12 years in Regent Park and is the tenant representative, crashed the event, and told me, "It was not good that we were not invited."
(Daniels, Mr. Howladar said, planned a separate barbecue in the tent for the community yesterday evening.)
Mr. Howladar is a strong booster of this redevelopment, noting that, "These buildings will be a thousand times better than the ones torn down."
But he added, "There are lots of rumours in the community that the TCHC and Daniels are not going to keep their promise. They believe that once you move out, they will not be able to come back."
Selling condos in Regent Park is a tricky job. You have to make the area attractive for the new arrivals without alienating the existing community. If the locals get upset, they could (a) resist further transformation of the area and (b) beat up the new kids.
TCHC and Daniels have lots of work ahead.
'...a man in a First Nations baseball cap warned, "My kids will still beat up your kids."'
Nice