Agreed, 7.7 times density is a decently sized tower. Anything more and you're creating an island off of the coast of Manhattan. Personally, I find very dense areas to be less desirable to mid level density. (But I am totally down with reforming the yellowbelt in Toronto to midscale to boost...

Hasn't Porsche moved like...3 times in 3 years? Clearly these buildings are designated to the waste bin of history quite quickly. It's a quick and dirty source of cash flow for whomever owns the land, otherwise known as the highest and best use on an interim basis. I wouldn't worry about this...

This is the correct way to determine FSI in my opinion. You typically include site area which might include some area that is to be dedicated to the City upon completion (setbacks areas), but you don't typically include roads, since usually roads are set out prior to development. In this case...

It did? I don't see anything positive about this project, except the profits from the density achieved, and I guess the 'vibe' in the courtyard? If in the photos above, they just took off the tower portions, this would have achieved a 'meh' for design and an decent, contextually appropriate...

Hopefully in time this area will become less industrial. But, maybe I am in the minority on this, and that's ok. I just don't really love the idea of going to a park in a busy industrial area with a lot of vehicular traffic (read: large polluting trucks.) Perhaps, in the future the trucks will...

I've seen peak speed cameras for years going to Switzerland a lot to see my (awesome) in-laws. I would love to see peak speed camera here, with fees tied to income capabilities. I once got a questionnaire for going 90 in a 30 near the border in Geneva. I didn't really the drop in speed was...

Is there any known plan for the parking lot in the foreground of the above?

^Amazing work from Sir Nick.

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Jon is like Mike instead of Michael. Hardly a big deal. ;)

Let the great Kingsett bait and sell begin! Btw, anyone see the rants by John Love of Kingsett on LinkedIn? Poor fella doesn't know he's not on Reddit or Twitter I guess, perhaps he got confused? But to summarize, its basically a constant stream of "let them eat cake" mentality, with lots of...

Tags are trashy, but you sure have to have some ultra low level of civic pride to tag public structures that you may or may not have had a small part in paying for. I get railing against capitalism, I agree with a lot of what Picketty has to say , but this is not the way. ;) Ok, I should have...

You tease!! Now I have to think of a good reason to go by there today.

I don't dislike either version. If the newer version were built with those details, I would be happy, but I imagine it will go all shitty flute on us pretty quickly from here.

Wow, this Gillespie person sounds like a real piece of work. And I agree, absolutely should go after costs on appeals with frivolous justification.

That’s very kind. I try to contribute where I can. ;-)

It would be (should be) valued based on the highest and best use, as vacant, and on a buildable rate basis. (Approved GFA x buildable rate which would be derived from similar properties which sold around 2016, since we are still stuck in 2016 when it comes to assessment.) The tax class would be...

Vacant zoned multi-res land gets a different tax class, with a lower rate, iirc. I haven't done assessment for a while, but I we got a lot of tax applications to seek relief for newly vacated (vacant) land. Could be this as well.

Saw a presentation on this one at a conference, which suggested it was the largest project in Ontario (or maybe Canada(?) to use geothermal to provide energy for the HVAC and climate control.

I didn't realize there was that much hotel GFA in the plans. Does that include any kind of convention space? Now I am curious how many square feet the Bremner Delta is.