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    Niagara Falls Toronto | 6609 Stanley Avenue | 254m | 72s | Hariri Pontarini

    It's not getting built because of the construction price: the value to the customer isn't there. If it cost $100 per sqft to build then there would be hundreds of buildings like that under construction in Niagara Falls today. The interesting bit, to me at least, are the market forces dictating...
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    Hydrogen Fuelled Trains

    https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/transport/world-record-hydrogen-train-travels-nearly-3-000km-without-refuelling/2-1-1617599
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    Niagara Falls: Travelodge Redevelopment, 5599 River Road

    It has as much chance of being built as any other 50 floor residential project in Niagara Falls: note this is not a positive statement. I mostly found the cost-estimate interesting as it's equal to what you mind find in Toronto for a similarly sized project.
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    Niagara Falls: Travelodge Redevelopment, 5599 River Road

    Old article for a potential redevelopment the Travelodge on River Road with some impact to Bird Kingdom. I didn't see it in the database. https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2017/05/niagara-highrise-partners-eyeing-asian-clientele-1023469w Project round-up from yesterday...
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    Niagara Falls Toronto | 6609 Stanley Avenue | 254m | 72s | Hariri Pontarini

    This building, at least I assume it's this one (might be 6880 Stanley) has a construction price tag of roughly $400M. https://canada.constructconnect.com/canadata/forecaster/economic/2024/03/top-10-major-upcoming-hotel-motel-and-shopping-centre-construction-projects-canada-march-2024
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    Toronto TD Terrace (160 Front W) | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG

    It's impressive that the 7th largest USA bank by branch count has such a large presence in Toronto.
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    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    That's the big question: How many $5M+ units do they think they can move. Competition, for locals, at that price range includes single detached houses just across the road in Rosedale. Being over 2 subway lines isn't all that beneficial to someone in that income bracket. Do we still get...
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    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    They're fairly equal at the top end (millionaires by net worth) but I suspect Sydney's bottom quartile has higher purchasing power than Toronto's bottom quartile simply because Australia has a much higher minimum wage but most goods (not food) are similarly priced...
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    Toronto Toronto | The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

    Any speculation on which developer picks up the project? Westbank might be able to swing it. 19 Duncan, King Toronto, and Mirvish Village are their only active Toronto projects and all are very close to being finished (occupancy/registered warranty repairs). Concord seems an obvious candidate...
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    Toronto Toronto | 646 Yonge | 254m | 75s | KingSett Capital | AS + GG

    Simple: It worked for Mirvish. He got quite a bit more value out of his lot by having press and public interest in the site. Question is, was Mirvish's success a one-off or can it be repeated by Kingsett.
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    Toronto Toronto | 461 Sheppard Avenue East | 144m | 44s | 461 Sheppard Ave E Properties | Graziani + Corazza

    That's what I meant when I noted the frequent convenience customer is also one of the first to switch to EVs.
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    Toronto Toronto | 461 Sheppard Avenue East | 144m | 44s | 461 Sheppard Ave E Properties | Graziani + Corazza

    The bulk of station profits for the franchise owner are in the convenience store. The moderately wealthy, the ones willing to pay those convenience store prices on a regular basis, are also the first to switch to EVs (they simply buy cars regularly). Chocolate bar sales don't need to slow by...
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    Intercity Bus Services

    BusBud, an aggregator, has tickets for FlixBus, VIA, Megabus, OurBus, Rider Express, Book A Ride (from VMC Station), Ontario Northland (from Yorkdale), Red Arrow, and Maplebus (from Terminal 1).
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    Toronto Toronto | 19 Bloor West | 301.8m | 94s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis

    Nobody in Toronto is going to pay $30M for a 5th floor unit: NY buyers are somewhat unique for the continent.
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    Agreed. Local LRT would be a better investment, and would serve far more destinations as Niagara attractions are somewhat distributed. That said, there is a potentially interesting solution in the ~$2B range. CN services that small industrial area near Thorold Town Line Road and Welland River...
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    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    I've wondered if they'll run additional eclipse service. I'd think they could get decent revenue running 8 trains (every 15 minutes from 10am through noon, then return from 5pm to 7pm).
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    Finch West Line 6 LRT

    While I agree, the main benefit to ISO8602 is that alphabetical sort and date sort are the exact same, which meant you could sort it in a programming language like COBOL without a lot of additional code to transform the string first. It's also a language agnostic format. North American banking...
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    Toronto Toronto | Rogers Centre Renovations | ?m | ?s | Toronto Blue Jays | Populous

    Retaliation due to the strike wasn't the reason. I found other interests and things to do over the following summer (strike interrupted by routine) and by the time I went to another game all the players had changed so I lost interest.
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    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    20 years ago One King was under construction, the first new 150m tower in 10 years. I think 45 floor Pantageous Tower, completed a couple years before One King, was the tallest residential building since Manulife Centre in the 1970's. 40+ floors at that time was as rare for residential as a...

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