The one bright spot of Finch and Eglinton being built over Sheppard first is that it allows the citizenry to see for themselves why Sheppard needs to be done correctly.

My apologies, it was not my intention to derail this thread by bringing up the Eglinton LRT. From what I can gather a major point of contention with regards to this project (Sheppard East Extension) is whether or not the project is necessary and fundamentally sound. The point I wanted to make...

Now add in common Toronto mishaps like inclement weather, people driving onto the tracks, accidents at the intersection (where do most accidents happen?), etc. etc... People are slowly going to wake up to the fact that the city spent 14 years building what is essentially the 512 St Clair...

A high capacity line north of Bloor that moves people laterally is simply non-negotiable for Toronto's future. As I've said, when people experience Eglinton LRT for themselves they will instantly realize it is neither high capacity, nor is it pragmatic in any sense of the word. Eglinton will be...

When the Eglinton LRT finally opens, the public backlash against LRTs as a whole will be immense. The Sheppard subway is the correct decision both politically and pragmatically. People just don't know how bad the Eglinton LRT is actually going to be in terms of speed and ridership...

https://insolvencyinsider.ca/p/scarborough-s-town-centre-place-project-placed-in-receivership-after-loan-default Trouble in paradise.

Excellent discussions happening right now. This is what makes UrbanToronto great. 👍

Unless you're a pension fund with an infinite time horizon, PBR is significantly less attractive than condo development. In a "market" economy you can't "force" anyone to do anything. If something makes sense economically it will get done, if not... it simply won't.

Again, my intention was to push back on the idea that penalizing a developer's approved density would create an environment where more units are created. From what I can see, in the current environment, even if you were to enact such a penalty, nothing would be built regardless. The economics as...

Is this a real issue or a hypothetical one? Basically I'm asking if it's necessarily true that after the land is up-zoned, the value is immediately "jacked up". Wouldn't the counterparties engaging in these transactions be aware of the current weakness in Toronto's development land market and...

If Menkes can't get shovels into the ground on a development, what hope do other smaller firms have?

Kennedy and Sheppard gearing up to become a major hub, which makes sense given it has both GO and a future subway planned. But is anyone else drawing strong parallels between Agincourt and Main/Danforth? Surely I'm not the only one who sees that both areas are served by subway+GO, and both...

hopefully it ends up like income taxes, temporary until deemed permanent. ;)

With the new Roger's stadium at Downsview opening soon, this line becomes even more important. Forcing a concert-goer from Markham all the way down to Union, before they make the trek back up to Downsview isn't efficient. Not to mention that once Eglinton opens, and everyone finally realizes...

Owners have been placed into receivership. https://insolvencyinsider.ca/p/736-bst-corp-and-2657819-ontario-inc-receivership

doing an upzone exercise before they flip this over to mattamy?

Any guesses on who will end up buying this flip out from REACH/Ripple? :p What's most surprising to me is they weren't able to grab more of this "super-block" as Northern so eloquently put it. I guess this means the residential homes to the south and the Bell lands are still in play! Alas...

City Council will be making a decision on this proposal next week at the direction of their solicitors. Given the proximity to a future high value transit node, it is very likely a settlement was reached with the developers—the details of which are confidential for now...