Toronto Smart House | 82.6m | 25s | Urban Capital | a—A

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From Sunday, April 27:

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[urbandreamer]

 

[Roundabout]

Last night:

 

[achender]

There has been little activity on this site for several weeks now and when I went by on the street car this morning all the excavation and shoring equipment had been removed and they were filling the hole in with shale like material.

 

[Amare]

Hopefully that's a wrap for this project, because this micro-condo fad is actually ridiculous.

 

[TheKingEast]

Hopefully that's a wrap for this project, because this micro-condo fad is actually ridiculous.

That would mean a wrap for a lot of condos and while I hate the tiny condo fad....I'd rather a boom than a slowdown.

 

[arvelomcquaig]

That’s not a real possibility, is it? Since when do condominium developments get so suddenly aborted?

I dearly hope not. It’s important for Queen to get denser, especially so near the subway line.

 

[interchange42]

Hopefully that's a wrap for this project, because this micro-condo fad is actually ridiculous.

The small units here sold like hotcakes.

From a few hours ago:

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[matted]

The small units here sold like hotcakes.

From a few hours ago:

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Apparently there is a change in the shoring design and they had to fill in what was already removed. They will likely start up with the shoring once again and excavation to follow.

 

[P23]

Hopefully that's a wrap for this project, because this micro-condo fad is actually ridiculous.

There are plenty of people who prefer small units. I'm one, as are the many people who are buying them. There's already a huge stock of larger units if you prefer those instead.

 

[utwatch]

Hopefully that's a wrap for this project, because this micro-condo fad is actually ridiculous.

If people are buying them thats all that matters. This building will have 4 floors of retail, I hope it isnt scrapped.

 

[Miscreant]

There are plenty of people who prefer small units. I'm one, as are the many people who are buying them. There's already a huge stock of larger units if you prefer those instead.

I strongly prefer highly functional, well organized, small spaces. Not crammed, not inefficient. But small.

I think space is overrated--and overpriced.

 

[Amare]

I strongly prefer highly functional, well organized, small spaces. Not crammed, not inefficient. But small.

I think space is overrated--and overpriced.

Im on that same boat. Why buy an over-priced 300-400 sq.ft condo which would be extremely crammed, when you could pretty easily find a 700-800sq.ft at a similarly ranged price range?

If the cost reflected the actually size of the unit I can see where people are coming from buying these, but when you're paying almost the same amount as a moderately larger unit that's where the problem is. Unfortunately people are buying whatever developers are selling (which leads to a boom as was mentioned above, but also people just being plain robbed by them).

 

[Towered]

Sooo...anyone have an update on this? They excavated and then filled it in again a while back. I'm eager to see this rise.

 

[matted]

The site is saying that they changed the structural design of the building and that they will be starting up again soon. All the shoring has changed and they will be adding more of it because of the changes. It could be related to soil conditions as it doesn't make sense to have started the shoring and then fill it back in. - Something must be up with the ground conditions.