When a major developer tells the city and TTC in 2014 that the tunnel will be open in early 2015 and 2 years later is still making excuses, blaming others for their mistakes and delays, unable to comply with standard building codes, unable to correctly install a relatively simple fire safety...

TORONTO STAR ARTICLE ON POYNTZ TUNNEL: By MEGAN DOLSKI Staff Reporter Thu., Jan. 12, 2017 Years after it closed for construction, the tunnel entrance to the Yonge-Sheppard subway station facing Poyntz Ave. still hasn’t reopened. The West Lansing Homeowners Association, a non-profit that...

ALLWYN'S REVIEW: Apologies for turning this into a food blog but many living in or near EP would like to know. I heard on the vine that they had opened today at Emerald Park and developed a sudden craving for jerk chicken. I ordered a small jerk chicken with coleslaw and peas and rice for...

TUNNEL UPDATE: I was advised that Bazis staff have scheduled another "final inspection" with the city of Toronto and TTC for this Friday January 13th 2017. It may be a "Good Friday" but we've heard the words "final inspection" too many times. Let's hope for...

And the award for "best Googler" goes to Ray. It's appreciated, but I've previously seen and read all that you just posted, and I didn't feel it was that important for me to show all the "Gold" photo-ops. Others may find it of interest. The best line of all in their promotional ad is...

The soap opera continues. Following testing of the building's fire safety systems on Thurs. January 5th 2017, Jonathan Gold said, "it was discovered that some devices were not operational. These devices have been re-ordered and will be re-installed next week Wed. January 11th 2017. Following...

TUNNEL UPDATE: The city building inspector was there on Thurs. Dec. 29 with builder TMG and Bazis architect Roy V. to review progress to the deficiencies list. The "Fire Do Not Enter" sign was not installed yet (promised for this week) and project manager Jonathan Gold was going to do a...

LCBO: Their staff are well trained and told not to give out any pertinent details. Here's the latest generic info. "Unforeseen circumstances have caused this new store opening to be delayed much longer than anticipated." I'm looking into other ways to get more detailed info and...

Sorry, but no tunnel opening in your Xmas stocking. What I'm about to tell you may be shocking to some but fully expected by others knowing it's Bazis and their lack of on-time engineering and construction. Part of the problem may be Jonathan Gold, Bazis project manager who is looking more and...

Property tax rolls and assessment are public record. The office is at the North York Civic Centre, 5100 Yonge St. next to Mel Lastman Square. The staff are very helpful and will get anyone started on the office computers. Here's their link with more info...

Bill; what was the extent, duration and source of the flood? How did maintenance staff respond?

Here's a generic reply I got today from Bazis which was written earlier this week. They got the date wrong for the walk-through but that's part of their attention to detail. The email tells us very little but Bazis calls it "good news" and it's amusing that they "hope" to open after every...

I emailed the mysterious Jonathan at Bazis last week, the same guy whose cell number was posted on TTC signage. It's Jonathan Gold, Bazis project manager who replied that it was the TTC causing all the delays which is not true. He said the city building inspector will not attend until all...

UPDATE ON THE POYNTZ AVE. TUNNEL: A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR EVERYONE Here's a memo I received from Bazis staff this afternoon. "I would like to inform you that all the work required to occupy the TTC tunnel connection to the Emerald Park development has been completed today by both electricians...

SunnyRay; Have you contacted Councillor John Filion regarding the ongoing fiasco of the Poyntz Ave. subway tunnel? Not that he can strong-arm Bazis but every bit might help at this point to complete it sooner rather than later. I emailed him on Nov.6 but have not received a...

Nobody is more annoyed than me and TTC staff. This project was 99% complete a month ago and I thought that the late Oct. deadline was easily attainable; a quick cleanup, remove the hoarding, and it's open. I checked the site on Oct. 23, found a few deficiencies which were the responsibility of...

Update on the tunnel from my TTC sources. I asked a few questions; here's their response. What work remains at this location and do you have an opening date yet? TTC electricians are scheduled this weekend to complete the electrical connections required for this entrance connection including...

And now the rest of the story. The Poyntz Ave. entrance connection from Emerald Park to the subway is being constructed by Bazis Inc., not the TTC. As part of this development, Bazis removed an existing open TTC stairway entrance and constructed a direct pedestrian entrance, connecting the...