May 14 - Getting taller and taller. Forms in place in several areas to start the next floor. The mountains are becoming more visible from the south side.

May 14: Hoarding is down.

May 14: The King Bathurst station sites are at a kind of boring stage, with the repetitive shoring activities currently underway. However, this was something I had not previously seen - what appears to be some maintenance activities on one of the shoring rigs:

A picky point, but the Saint-Jerome line uses the CP rail network, comes into / goes out of Montreal the Lucien-L'allier station outside the Bell arena, via Montreal West, Park, and so on, to St. Jerome. Does not, and never did use the tunnel as part of its route.

This may be one of the instances where both are correct. Finishing of suites and occupancy generally starts from the lowest levels of floors (first to be finished and receive their occupancy permits), and works their way up. So, first occupancy in December, and completion of interior finishing...

Thanks - corrected. Regarding license plate / vehicle registration data - it had previously not been considered to be personal protected information. I believe there was a $5 service charge for every license plate query. The incident which triggered the change took place in Ottawa. A male...

The basic morning commute drive route from the western portion of the Don Mills area (and points north) was south on Leslie, west on Eglinton to Leaside, through Leaside, one way or another, to Bayview / Bayview Extension southbound, to downtown. Reverse in the evenings. Upset with the amount...

May 12 - Notes on the new REM system from our visit to Montreal over the past few days (Home town up to 1979 when we moved to Toronto): 1. The McGill College location is still a very active work site at the service. McGill College is almost completely closed north of St Catherine - just one...

From earlier this week - crew busy at work, and from what can be seen over the hoarding, looking more and more complete:

From yesterday (May 9) - ongoing progress in removing the external construction hoist:

May 10: Updating here to continue the theme regarding population growth and it only being a matter of time for the next office tower. From Table 8 of the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey released this morning, the one year (April 2023 to April 2024) Toronto CMA 15+ population segment...

Do they need to? Could they be like Pinnacle, and start on a largely self-funded basis? When Freed Developments brought Broccolini in as joint development partner for their buildings on Redpath a number of years ago, I asked about the joint venture rational, as Freed had previously used...

Announcement regarding the commercial space at 300 Bloor Street West (Cielo Condos redevelopment): Anglican, Presbyterian and United churches sign leases to share national office space Move to 300 Bloor St. W. in Toronto in 2026 will reduce costs and carbon footprint as denominations share...

May 7: A couple from this morning.

May 7: The external construction hoist is coming down. First photo is from mid-morning, second photo, showing the day's progress, is from later this afternoon.

Announcement: WilkinsonEyre's Equinox Bridge Downtown to Port Lands: Federal government invests in pedestrian bridge to span Toronto's Keating Channel TORONTO, May 6, 2024 /CNW/ - Spanning the Keating Channel, the accessible Keating Channel pedestrian bridge will link Toronto's mainland to...

Thanks. Such a beautiful day yesterday - my cell phone and I just could not resist getting out for a walk...

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