A few quick updates from 10/14 The glass is looking good up close, doesn't fully come through in the pics.

Before the finance markets freezed up, you could buy an insurance policy for something like that. It is essentially like a calculated bet, if prices stay the same or go down, you have to pay the extra cost of the policy. If prices go up, you made a good bet and the insurance policy covers the...

A few more renders...

That is a part of the bridge condos north of king @ dufferin, south of the tracks. The same development/developer as the King Town, townhouses by Urbancorp. I haven't been into the sales office for bridge, I am not sure if they are selling it in phases, but they are well into excavation. It...

170% of what? You may want to check your math there :) If you really want to determine the amount of unsold units, you would need to determine the # of sold units over all projects divided by the # of unsold units, and there is no way that number will be greater than 100%.

The crane closest to Malibu is for West Harbor City Phase 2 (podium and tower). The other crane as you mentioned is for the podium of Phase 1. Thanks for the new pics of the windows!

The Hearthstone is there in yellow, it isn't in the 3d renderings though.

If you have a mortgage with the bank of the builder, the mortgage rate will be held until the building is complete. The bank is also financing the building so it is in their best interest to hold the rate on mortgages until the building is complete. If you have a mortgage with a bank other...

It really depends on what you are looking for. Waterscapes will probably have better views depending on the floor/exposure in Nautilus, but you will have to wait longer for it to be built and potentially pay more for it. If you want to move in sooner, Nautilus would be a better bet, if you are...

The crane is up for phase 2, but it will take them a while to get out of the ground. Most projects around the city are running around 12-18 months behind their original dates, so unfortunately it's somewhat to be expected

Can't say I can, I think they have used every delay possible (feasibility studies, building both phases together, etc...) so far as has been covered in this thread. They aren't really saying alot to the buyers, my brother bought a unit in the first phase here. The excavation happened in a...

The private equity firms involved in the BCE LBO got their financing. That financing was not for BCE's operations or anything of the sort, the financing was for the private equity firms buying the company to pay the shareholders for their shares. If they couldn't get the financing BCE would...

The original plan was to have a podium linking all 3 towers but the city wouldn't allow it. They wanted to preserve the view corridors between the towers.

Usually builders will ask for a pre-approval to allow you to put less of a down payment. ie. 15% down, they would ask for a pre-approval for the other 85% 25% down, they may not ask or need a pre-approval due to the significant downpayment. I have seen developers offer that at different...

There are some terraces in the podium portion of this building on the 10th floor facing the lake. They aren't setback like the tower, but they are terraces nonetheless.

What are the estimated maintenance fees for this building?

This is the site of the former brewery, they demolished the western half of the building and started excavation on the tower while leaving the eastern half of the building up with the rooftop sales office selling Phase 2. When they closed the sales center for phase 2, the demolition continued...

I was in the sales office for one of their previews and they are selling and building these buildings in phases. They mentioned they want to start construction ASAP, I am not sure how much of that I believe (I have purchased and been delayed in WHC), even if Plazacorp doesn't need financing it...

I think you are referring to the excavation/pit of the liberty towers/bliss site. They did their excavation last year and it seems like they are awaiting their financing before they can get started on construction.

The original occupancy date was Fall 2007, the last notice sent out that I was aware of (over a year ago) was delaying it until Fall 2008, it will most likely be Spring 2009