I find it odd how many empty buildings there are in that area, and how long it took for work to begin on HQ. It must have been three or four years since I first saw a sign indicating plans to build a boutique hotel in this location. Since the two buildings next door emptied out I figured the...

I'm sure there are plenty of successful businesses in the area. But living as I do a short walk from the Exhibition grounds, I find the area overall is an embarrassment and a waste of space. It doesn't integrate into the city and doesn't make a good park. I agree it should remain...

I'm not sure this is the right place to post, since the building looks like it will be very small... maybe Retail would be more appropriate. Anyway, I noticed this afternoon that construction has begun on a tiny vacant lot on the south side of Queen near Beverley (I think this is where Active...

I'm glad they're suggesting better pedestrian links and opening up Ontario Place so that a large part of it is accessible without a fare. I'd like to think these two things would be enough to get people using those buildings on stilts which I agree are really beautiful. I think in general...

I think a major defining characteristic of the city is creativity. Before I moved here, I had been to the city only once briefly, and my impression of it was shaped more by the news: I think I imagined it as an amorphous, sprawling white suburb... The reality was much more interesting: great...

Has anyone else noticed that it's often very difficult to find a place to buy tokens and passes outside of subway stops? The corner store where I used to buy them, near Queen and Dufferin, stopped carrying them months ago. If I keep walking towards Yonge St. I have to go as far as Bathurst to...

I'm partial to the Barenaked Ladies' Cover of Lovers in a Dangerous Time. The video makes it especially Canadian. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v911j9IGv6Y

I quite like Cube and 2 Ossington by the renderings. There are a number of buildings like this, for example Riverside Lofts and the location of the new Urban Outfitters on Queen. They're all simple, contemporary, brick (Cube may not be, I'm not sure), and manage to fit in nicely in some of the...

I bought a stacked townhouse in "New Towns at Kingtowns". It was about 6 months before my particular unit was completed, it was about 3 weeks late.

I bought with Urbancorp. I don't regret it - it was the right price/size/location/move-in-date, but overall it was not a positive experience. Customer service is gradually improving, but still quite bad. Their approach seems to be to do the minimum required or less and hope nobody notices...

Thanks for all the advice. The condo isn't far off from the sales drawing. It doesn't help that they made some major errors in the drawing (extra window not in the original plan, dimensions for 2nd bedroom that are nonsensical, no measurements at all for bathrooms), but if you factor that in...

Thanks, carturo15 The dimensions are not in the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, and in the marketing material they include a disclaimer "all floor plans are approximate dimensions." I'm not sure how to read that Tarion document - does that mean they can sell me anything at all? It's off by...

I'm having a hard time finding answers to two questions: - how do I measure my condo? My developer says from the interior walls, my lawyer says it's complicated and I need to hire a professional. I decided to take my lawyer's advice, but I can't find _anyone_ - professional inspectors or...

I like the area, not so much that particular intersection, but Ossington and that general area of Queen Street. However I wouldn't buy property right across from Camh unless it was at a discount. Incredibly, the townhouses at 1 Givins, one block East, are advertised at 800k. The building looks...

Just noticed this on my way home today. The poster is on that former halfway house on the northwest corner of Ossington and Queen. I like the look of the renderings. http://2ossington.com/