Adaptive reuse is the plan.

Night Views:

198.5m

Demolition is scheduled to start in the next couple of weeks.

I'm curious for all the people posting about "cheap" boxes or "cheap" whatever if they actually have any knowledge whatsoever of the hard construction costs? I see post after post claiming that such and such project is "cheap", which gets rather tiresome when very few people on the forum...

The maintenance fees do not go to the developer, they go to the condo corporation which is owned wholly by the unit owners of the building to cover the ongoing operating cost of the building and fund long term capital costs through the reserve fund. the developer only sets the first year budget...

That comment makes no sense and demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of real estate or construction logistics - which is somewhat surprising considering how long you've been on this site. Smaller units are actually more expensive to construct in terms of hard $psf costs and there are...

Clarification point - sprinklers are mandatory: Mandatory residential fire sprinklers were adopted into the Ontario Building Code for buildings 4 storeys and higher on June 18, 2008; The new requirements apply to building permit applications for Part 3 buildings filed on or after April 1...

King West:

King West:

Night Views:

Bright Lights - Big City:

Burano crane is the brightest light in the sky:

Looming above everyone else:

A couple points: Doors are bolted shut from the exterior The flawed tempered glass is nearly all down Lanterra has put forward a couple of proposed solutions which are being tested by Toro, but ultimately require municipal approval (permit issued by the Chief Building Official - Ann...

Nuit Blanche:

Nuit Blanche:

It's going to be fairly significant...

It was considered and options were reviewed by the city during the approvals process - however the College station box is actually situated quite a bit further north of the property, therefore access was deemed to be problematic and plans never proceeded beyond initial discussions/reviews.

The statements and concern about how long this is taking are getting a bit old. The closing on the site was September 2009, just under two years ago. While some preliminary work was initiated prior to the deal closing that is a remarkably quick time period to put shovels in the ground given...