Unknown, and I doubt if Great Gulf knows either. They'll probably try to market it as the first tower is completed so they can use that excitement to sell higher-priced units in the taller tower. They're going to be looking for hundreds of people willing to pay ~$2500/sqft. The high-end market...

It's a bit more clear on this:

Article on the 6 tower project. https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2024/07/bloor-dufferin-site-to-deliver-2000-units-within-three-years?utm_campaign=DCN%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=317946754&utm_content=317946754&utm_source=hs_email

Agreed. Cheap wood-frame construction can be up to 6 floors. Adding a 7th floor adds significantly to the cost. AFAIK adding the 5th/6th floor gets into some fire-rating strengthening and dynamic analysis requirements but it's not a costly.

8' ceilings are coming back in a number of projects. Lower construction costs and lower maintenance fees.

"Anson Kwok, vice-president of sales and marketing with Pinnacle, said the building is now at 33 storeys and it’s rising at a rate of one floor every five days." "The third phase of the north parcel will be a 92-storey tower. Kwok said no timetable has been announced for its launch."...

Normally you're to presume that there are no updates unless they were posted. That said, your request for an update resulted in an actual update which kinda proves the above point isn't always correct.

Agreed. However, anything non-trivial would require incremental funding anyway because the vendor delivery (and payment) is several years after the order is placed OR there is a long but relatively cheap design/consultation phase first before a large construction tender.

I think I'd prefer to see the next 2 trips (or any leaving within 15 minutes) in any given corridor. Ordering this information by departure time is not useful when they will operate "just show up and board" frequencies. I really don't care that it's the 10:03 train and not the 10:10 train; nor...

The separation is particularly annoying during the border periods when if you're 20 minutes early/late and the mode changes. Or when there is bus replacement service due to construction and you make it all the way to York concourse before noticing your train is missing from the screens entirely...

Oh, I see. So they tap into a station and 4 hours later they're still hanging around in the system somewhere through no fault of the TTC (no service delays, etc.). Rather than a fare issue, they're more likely to run afoul of the Bylaw 1 anti-loitering section and has a fine of $195 (same fine...

"If you are on a vehicle or enter a station with a few minutes remaining on your transfer, you can continue to complete your journey and do not need to tap if the transfer expires while you are on that vehicle. For example, if you tap on a streetcar 1 hour and 55 minutes after your first tap...

Indeed. And a some of that heat will come from allies like Ford and Smith; both have non-trivial underfunded transit ambitions at the study stage (Sheppard subway, and an Edmonton/Calgary route). If not publicly, then they'll be pissed in private meetings. The program name could be changed and...

Don't forget you can continue to travel on TTC after your 2-hour window expires, you just can't tap anywhere. So if you manage to end up entering Finch Station in those final minutes of a valid free tap you can still travel to Spadina station and transfer to a streetcar to your final destination...

Unrelated to the Portlands issues, natural gas stoves produce more in-home pollution than you might expect, even when they're not in use. https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/have-a-gas-stove-how-to-reduce-pollution-that-may-harm-health-202209072811...

Land ownership boundaries: https://trcaca.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2023/04/24113651/OSC-news-release-map_04-24-23.pdf

TTC projects are presented as: Here is the service we intend to offer, and here is the project to get us there. Metrolinx projects, until recently were: Here is a project we intend to build, and there may or may not be service improvements. Crosstown and Finch are the first projects they're...

It's a legal document, and as a result those small words we normally gloss over (like "and" and "to") have significant meaning. Honestly, reviewing contracts is tedious and brain draining. Lawyers won't duplicate a line when 3 letter word makes it technically the same [understandably, if that...

AFAIK there have been no changes from the court approved Reconfiguration Plan (88 additional units between floor 62 and 81), which builds up to floor 85. As a reminder from Steveve's post: https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/sites/default/files/canada/Second%20Report%20of%20the%20Receiver_0.pdf

Indeed. There's also a March 2024 tender for "Next Gen Bus" communication (electric and hydrogen). https://www.metrolinx.merx.com/public/solicitations/2829946356/abstract