ADRM
Senior Member
Nowhere did I say that it is; the purpose of pointing out loopholes is so that they can be corrected by regulation or legislation.
Nowhere did I say that it is; the purpose of pointing out loopholes is so that they can be corrected by regulation or legislation.
Downtown Toronto
Active Member
True but at the same time do want to end up as the next Panama?
jozl
Active Member
I’m not surprised. Real estate, when it becomes a significant contributor of gdp, as it has in BC and Ontario, always attracts the kind of low lifes and con men that are outlined in the Star article. A shell game that moves debt and deeds around without contributing anything to society but inflated prices. There is an elderly woman in my neighbourhood who collects bottles and cans that people leave out so she can collect the meger deposit they yield. In my opinion she contributes more to society and has more honour than many of the low life real estate speculators that have infested our city.
TheKingEast
Senior Member
Meh, nothing wrong with taking advantage of loopholes.
greg_cooke
New Member
From Bay & Bloor
someMidTowner
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Looks like some changes are coming. Minor Variance application to enclose south-facing penthouse terraces:
Kenojuak
Active Member
My goodness, that is quite the penthouse.
Ownership:
Layout:
I wonder if this is owned by Peter Gilgan? In the correspondence, the architect is getting answers about ownership from Jim McGill from the Gilgan Family Office, and Greg Wallace from Mattamy.
Smart to enclose the terraces. It is really stupid to have balconies this high in the sky. I just can't imagine them being usable with the wind levels.
Ownership:
Layout:
I wonder if this is owned by Peter Gilgan? In the correspondence, the architect is getting answers about ownership from Jim McGill from the Gilgan Family Office, and Greg Wallace from Mattamy.
Smart to enclose the terraces. It is really stupid to have balconies this high in the sky. I just can't imagine them being usable with the wind levels.
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NorthshoreCity
Active Member
It is owned by him. There's article related to the sale; he paid $31,000,000 back in 2018!
Peter Gilgan is the new owner of Toronto's most expensive condo
The new owner of downtown's swankiest apartment is a guy who made a fortune selling homes in the suburbs
torontolife.com
AlbertC
Superstar
Entrances for the hotel tower have been boarded up or blocked off by barriers.
khris
Senior Member
The podium looks so dirty. I don't think they should have used that material.
junctionist
Senior Member
aA really got the profile right with this building. The tapering 3-tier skyscraper profile was a staple of the Art Deco era. It elegantly emphasizes a tower's height. Here's aA created a minimalist Modern interpretation. The podium is the first and widest tier. Then, the hotel tower rises in the slightly narrower second tier. Finally, the ever thinner condo tower soars above the middle tier as the third tier.
It concludes with a light and glassy penthouse level that appears thinner because of the lack of corner balconies. I wish we'd see more such massing.
Koops65
Senior Member
A zoom-in:
Benito
Senior Member
Something is going on near the top of the Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville. I’m wondering if anyone knows what is going on?
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DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
I believe they're enclosing one of the upper balconies.
Benito
Senior Member
Glazing being installed.
