I'm honestly curious why these new rental towers don't temporarily lower the rents and then after a year or two increase by 5% or 10% instead of just charging market rents day 1. That's what I would do. Perhaps they want to avoid the PR nightmare that might be tenants complaining about...

Seems like they're trying to get these things filled quicker than they've been filling:

It doesn't actually vanish, it just goes around the parking lot in a not straight line. Because the city websites and GIS pages aren't working it's hard to tell, but I'm betting that either: A) The city has an easement with Fortinos for the use of the city owned property as a parking lot with...

I could see mid-rise 6-8 storey residential with limited parking below grade and sole commercial surrounding a central plaza.

I recalled Joey mentioning that on Twitter, but I didn't even see the City say anything official about that, so I don't know who to even ask about the ETA on that. I asked the staff behind the DRP and they didn't even know about it...

It's my opinion that cities/province should be doing more to incentivize things they want. If they want an office tower beside GO then they should offer a 10 year discount or waiving of property taxes for the areas they want them if an building starts within the next 5 years. As it is, we kind...

Made a trip to the Dundas Transfer station today, and stopped by. Very much still beneath grade, deeper than I expected, this picture is looking east from Traymore: Travelling along Main Street it's hard to overstate how huge this project looks to be. It takes a massive amount of Main St...

To be fair, Burlington didn't want the Walmart and fought it at the OMB from my recollection. I think my biggest criticism is that the government isn't having Metrolinx redevelop their parking lots into mixed use rental and condo towers with affordable housing mix and market housing. It's the...

From last I heard they are refining the design and reviewing their plans and they are planning to start no later than December with a probably start in the fall. I'm not in the direct know though so that's subject to change.

That would be incredibly disappointing. Hoping they can hold off a bit longer and sell the units. It's too bad Emblem doesn't seem interested in rental units. The rental market in Hamilton is incredibly lucrative for investors and it's a benefit to both because investors stand to make money...

Some work was being done today on the exterior:

Wowza. Loving it. Looking forward to going by and seeing the cladding going up and eventual retail spaces filled.

Many worry about the strike pay, but don't realize it's tax free and actually not bad compared to normal rate of pay. I don't know what your partner makes, but when I striked I was earning $276/day at my job, which after tax was closer to $189. My strike pay was a bit higher than your partner's...

Definitely make sure they pay strike pay asap. Also is this at the LCBO at Jackson Square by any chance? That's my go-to after work on Friday!

It's actually referenced in article 17.3 of the Geneva convention.

They must be at grade level now? I would have to guess so considering the speed they're moving at.

Is there a public place the Formal Consultations are now published that's back up?

Ew lmao