Increase in Unit-Counts... 👍

39 NEWCASTLE STREET is now on-the-market via CBRE, according to an industry ad today - but details are not posted on their CBRE public-facing website yet...

YouTube of deputation and Q/A with Councillor Saxe -

INSERT Jane Jacobs as O.G. (original gentrifiers) context HERE... GLOBE & MAIL 2006 - 69 Albany Ave. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-places-that-mattered-to-jane-jacobs/article707866/ A former rooming house renovated by her late architect husband, Bob Jacobs, Ms. Jacobs's...

Yeah, good to see that the agreements are kind of boiler-plate now = 2% of Total Units for 25-years as affordable rental which consumes ALL of the Community Benefits Charge.

We cannot speak to the intentions of the RA's logic... so we will choose to read it as Naivety rather than Nastiness. Some people are "Machiavellian" when it comes to affordable housing...but honestly, most people are just "Passionately Innumerate" on the topic. Their affordable housing...

Do we consider this a Toronto City Hall "Miracle"... a "Death-Bed Conversion"... or just "Atoning for Past-Sins" by Planning Staff in 2024..? ⛪🙏📿👼 Whatever it is -- we will happily accept a +50% growth in new purpose-built rental apartment delivery on this site via City Planning & Kindred...

When it doubt, always remember to POINT at the details on the Development Sign for the TV Cameras...

Used 931 YONGE site as a background location for the opening story on CTV NATIONAL news at 11:00 PM last night...

All depends on who the "we" are, I guess...? Our Affordable Housing volunteers are strong supporters of both converting well-located, transit-served sites currently zoned as 'Neighbourhoods' 🟨 (low rise residential) into to 'Apartment Neighbourhoods' 🟧 (much higher density), and we also advise...

Usually, we try not "over-think" the purpose of these TMU SURP studios given the limited time-period the 3rd & 4th year Planning Students have available to work on the project(s). Four storeys is silly short ✅Correct, yet that was the Maximum "as of right" height allowed under the by-laws...

Summary Note : Ontario Line (Proposed) - 2021

Continued, additional materials about that GREEN-P site on Denison from our TMU SURP Student team's work back in 2021 - MASSING ALTERNATIVES (Mass-Timber / Rapid Modular) - CONT'D Non-Housing Considerations IMPORTANT to note that this TMU SURP studio project was completed...

Here's some additional materials about that GREEN-P site on Denison from our TMU SURP Student team's work back in 2021 - HISTORY CONTEXT MASSING ALTERNATIVES (Mass-Timber / Rapid Modular)

...and the Provincial Liberal Leader - and one of her MPPs from further along the Ontario Line.

Talked to the local Federal MP too...

It was the Greek Independence Parade on the Danforth today, so we were neck-deep in politicians from all levels of government -- which is always a good opportunity to go and chat with them directly about the Ontario Line, Transit-Oriented Developments -- and Affordable Housing...

Can anyone local please post some updated / current photos of this STATION rebuild site under the Hydro lines (April 2024), please..? Thx!

Full PAPE ToC meeting slides - https://engageio.ca/sites/default/files/2024-04/240328_OL_Pape_OpenHouse1.pdf

SOUTH block -