The colour variations are bad enough, but within each brick colour, it's sometimes horizontal, sometimes vertical? 😵‍💫

Unfortunately, this very slow progress does seem in line with the milestones they have given the city: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-239572.pdf Looking back at the photo history, we are at the 1 year mark since the crane was erected.

What the hell is that rendering on the sign?

Interesting. Given that planning processes are so localized, I wonder how they decided the "budget" consultant would be just as effective.

Shot I took yesterday - very cool to see this grow so distinctly in the context of its surroundings.

I don't get the lack of parking argument. It looks like each unit gets a garage and a driveway. The site plan literally shows cars in driveways and there are additional visitors spaces, all away from Drewry Avenue itself.

While I would love to see this happen so families have better urban housing options, I just can't see a market where this is viable, unless there's a severe downturn. The terrible investor units of today are just priced too high to add construction costs on top. The other issue is that it's...

The brick looks even more beautiful up close. This building is a real standout on the Queensway.

How can they afford to buy Neiman Marcus when they can't afford to run air conditioning in their existing stores? Who is funding this?

Unsurprisingly, this one is going to the OLT: https://jus-olt-prod.powerappsportals.com/en/e-status/details/?id=73b902ae-b134-ef11-8e4e-6045bd5f4fd0

Drove by this weekend and it's definite a "better from a distance" thing. Up close it looks like plastic panels wanting to be precast.

No! 😭

I'm with you, @A Torontonian Now. Bloor West Village definitely doesn't have a shortage of medical offices as it stands. I suspect they wanted more large-format retail here given the number of parking spaces in the development, but with the delays with the project, couldn't firm something up...

Walked by today and there is signage on the hoarding advertising retail space available with this website: www.bijoucommercial.ca. Looks like it'll be medical office space and smaller retail at grade in this location.

Don't forget the cookie cutter cannabis store with window film to cut off all integration between the retail space and street life.

My jaw dropped when I saw this rendering. Just absolutely beautiful. The Baby Point BIA interestingly posted about this (as Batay-Csorba is based in Baby Point) and they're saying it's at grade retail.

First Canadian Place is possibly getting a go kart track in the basement: https://www.blogto.com/sports_play/2024/04/go-kart-downtown-toronto/ Might be good for team building events.

The Chair of Planning and Housing is Gord Perks, also the city councillor for this ward! 😂

I also watched this item at TEYCC and have some observations: 1. The representative for the Swansea Ratepayers Association was a poor presenter, which is unfortunate, because any points of merit were lost in her stumbling delivery. She was not well prepared and did not seem to know a lot of...

Thanks, @Northern Light! Adding images of the original vs. approved massing from the decision doc here. I do think it's nice to see the city reward sustainable development practices with the broader floorplate. I'd love to see more these types of incentives throughout the city. I know this...