Great news: Cactus Club Cafe has taken a 10,000 sq. ft. unit next to Longo's. They're quality, casual dining but not cheap. They have many units in B.C., one on Adelaide St. and one at Sherway Gardens. Shoe repair is returning opposite the food court. Fuzz Wax Bar just leased a unit next to Miniso.

The south side of the south bldg. is not even waterproofed (painted black) yet. The first of the exterior glass wall was installed on the first floor of Pivot.Teriyaki Experience is coming back to the food court next to Villa Medina which leaves one vacant unit next to Popeye's. Other new...

L.A. Fitness is open. A very attractive facility of almost 50,000 sq. ft. with the best equipment.

More than a rumor: (from the Toronto Star) Miniso’s Canadian operations are facing a court fight that could force newly-opened operations of the Chinese discount retailer into bankruptcy. According to Supreme Court of British Columbia Court filings, Miniso Guangzhou LLC has filed an...

Princess Consuela; I spoke to the owners of Five Guys and Blaze Pizza and they were unable to set an approximate opening date. I'll update when info becomes available.

The top floor was poured on Mon., the concrete set over-night, Tues. morning wall forms went up and Tues. afternoon concrete was poured into the wall forms. Wed., wall forms were pulled off and the floor form modules were pulled out from the space below and raised to prepare for the next floor...

Construction on "Pivot" is proceeding at a good pace of one floor per week. The unit configurations look small, condo size compared to the large 1 bedroom units in Forest Laneway built in 1975. In the photo, the larger areas on the east and west sides are probably living-room, dining-room...

The LCBO is now open with some special free bonuses. A local brewery is giving beer samples, cheese, crackers and various dips and a large re-usable carry bag at the checkout. The store is bright, wide aisles and a large walk-in cooler room for beer and wine. It,s about 3 times larger than...

Here's an update on approximate opening dates. L.A. Fitness- Dec. 2018 IQ Foods- Jan. 2019 Whatabagel- Feb. 2019 Flock Rotisserie- Mar. 2019 Potatopia- late Dec./18- Jan. 2019 Longos- Fall- 2019 Surprising that L.A. Fitness will be ready so quickly yet Longos will take almost 1 year more to...

The next floor of the "Pivot" building was poured today. Note how many conduits are placed in the floor to carry various electrical and internet cables. They won't be using high level concrete pumping as was done at Emerald Park, just crane hoisted large buckets. The loading dock exterior is...

Starbucks is now open in Sheppard station just past the Presto gates in the former Cinnabon location. They'll do well here.

Ray; I couldn't find Prudys shop but I got some dark chocolate at Purdys. Next to Purdys, a large skylight section was revealed and Shoppers Drug Mart pulled down the hoarding to fully open their newly renovated store with a larger beauty boutique. Their big free refreshments were cups of...

A new entrance has just opened. It's off Greenfield Ave, east of Yonge and takes you into the north end of the food court steps from the tunnel to the Madison Centre.

Here's what the "old" crane looked like.

The original crane, called a luffing jib in which the boom moved up and down to change its radius was taken down beginning Fri. A couple sections of the vertical support structure were left and a hammerhead crane with a fixed horizontal boom was installed. The load travels back and forth on the...

Construction update. A "green" roof was installed today on the loading docks, one office building cladding is almost completed on the south and east sides and a large amount of rebar is going in for a 5 ft. thick concrete pour.

More stores coming soon. "Copper Branch" with a vegetarian menu will be on the west side of the food court opposite Popeye's Chicken and "Rickies," a casual ladies clothing store will occupy about 3000 sq. ft. next to the larger relocated TD bank. Sushi will be served from a kiosk to be built...

The post office has finally moved into its permanent location and Freshii salads just opened next to it.

Some wind damage occurred to the loading dock roof during Saturday's storm. Workers had taken a few days to put down black plastic sheeting on the entire roof and there was no adhesive backing. It was held down with sand bags and foot square concrete "patio" stones that were no match for the...

Getting ready for the next big concrete pour at Pivot. Only 35 more to go.