I get that it's a very popular thing to say that the Ford government "scrapped all the plans" and "started from scratch". It gets people worked up emotionally, especially if they are predisposed to dislike the current government. But it's not actually true, is it? I mean.... compare the plans...

You probably don't want building construction going on directly above an active TTC station. No, the design would need to be integrated from the outset. Residential properties need things like loading bays, elevators, bike parking on the main or B1 levels. Now I say all this, but how many OL...

That's got to be a good thing. Look at the station designs for Crosstown.... they are pretty much all standalone buildings that could've been a multi-story, multi-purpose building of some sort. Sherbourne Station is an example of what I mean. If nothing else, it'd have given more people an...

You asked if there were "shovels in the ground", not "are they building subway stations". I gave you the correct, factual answer, which is "yes" -- there are actual, literal shovels in the actual, literal ground, today, on February 18, 2020. Head on over to the site at Cherry just south of the...

Including design, planning, procurements, utility relocations, etc., sure, you're looking at 10+ years for a project. That's a normal amount of time in many places around the world. Example: Paris's newest subway line, a 9km route, took about 10 years to design and build. Example: Tokyo'...

Actually yes, there are several places where preliminary construction and geological work is taking place. It's all documented on Metrolinx's Ontario Line web site. Here's the current list of work sites, it's updated every few days.

Ah yes. There are 10 penthouse units planned across 57-58, and 8 larger units replacing 12 smaller ones on 53-56. But none of those floorplans have been published, so far as I can see, so we don't know how many are 3 bedrooms. Still though, this building will have almost 100 squishy 3-bedroom...

Well now hang on a minute there. The Broadway extension is going to take 5 years to build, which wasn't significantly less time than the pre-Ford Relief Line construction timeline estimate of 6 years. The study and planning phases of extending mass transit across Broadway stretches well back...

Those are the largest two layouts in the building. Yep, that's a 3 bedroom + 2 bathroom in under 800 sq ft.

Another view from further up.

There's a 306sf layout going for $770k. That's over $2,500sf.

Demolition of Galleria Mall has been going on this week.