condovo
Senior Member
Great pics and link, Cityzen.
Jasonzed
Senior Member
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Now that's a big bathtub!
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Jasonzed
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unimaginative2
Senior Member
I'm with you, Torontovibe.
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Superstar
Sorry guys...this badboy is here to stay
and its not going anywhere....Redpath Sugar is staying put, condos be damned
Canada’s largest sugar refinery may be surrounded by shiny new knowledge industries and condominiums springing up along Toronto’s waterfront, but the iconic remnant of traditional port industry has no plans to uproot or follow distilleries, flour mills and war-ship-building plants into extinction. Instead, it is actively re-investing in its waterfront presence, as its new unloader shows. Its old cranes lasted 50 years; the company figures the new one will last at least that long.
“We have several hundred million invested here, and are investing more every year. We’re staying,” says Jonathan Bamberger, who has been president for the past five years. “With good planning, there’s no reason why we can’t have a successful waterfront with different uses.”
The remnant of another era raises questions on whether traditional industry still has a place on the gentrified waterfront. The answer is a resounding yes, despite challenges around mixing residential space with a 24-hour refinery, says John Campbell, president and chief executive officer of Waterfront Toronto.
Industry is part of the “theatre of the harbour” and people like the authenticity that brings, he says. “I’ve been to a lot of waterfronts around the world, and those that are the most boring are those that have razed everything and started from scratch, with just condos and sailing slips. Boring. There’s no soul.”
With 52 years in its current location, Redpath's story is a rich part of the city's history. It is also, now, a tale of globalization: owned by Cuban exiles and run by a Brit, it processes sugar from Brazil and Guatemala using a German unloader and Californian robots to pack sugar into bags – all while trading global sugar futures on its Toronto trading floor.
More.....http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...-staying-put-condos-be-damned/article2038010/
grey
Senior Member
Just to temper your combative pro-industry attitude, Red Path has been cooperative in undertaking changes to minimize any undesirable effects their plant's presence would have on neighbouring condos.
mysteryman
Active Member
Redpath refines sugar from Cuba. As long as the US embargo sticks, shipping to Canada makes sense. If the US ever starts trading with Cuba, this site will have a harder time being financially feasible.
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Superstar
Not Necessarily, did you read the article
..it processes sugar from Brazil and Guatemala using a German unloader and Californian robots to pack sugar into bags MDV3
Active Member
i dont like the location of this building.... this could have been a signature building(in meaning) or artwork, park. This is on the foot of one of the great lakes on the longest street in the world and we decide to build a condo?.... i have never been nimby before but... go away...
Ramako
Moderator
It is artwork. People just happen to live in it.
Yonge Street is not the longest street in the world: that is Toronto's most cherished urban myth. Nevertheless, the foot of Yonge is a significant site in Toronto. If the city wanted the site to be a park, the City should have bought it.
While the recent history of the site is complicated though, and can be deciphered by reading through the thread, it is worth noting that the City does own land around the private development here, on the water sides, so along with the signature condo, there will be parkland, and likely some art.
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Jasonzed
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taal
Senior Member
Didn't the city trade some land with this development so they could get the parcel right on Yonge ?
Solaris
Senior Member
yes ... the City swapped lands with Cityzen such that they now own a strip of land west of the Pier27 site, east of the Captain Johns(?) ship
You will see in the above photos those lands are unexcavated and represents the remaining surface parking area at this time (approx. 10 spaces in width)
You will see in the above photos those lands are unexcavated and represents the remaining surface parking area at this time (approx. 10 spaces in width)