taal
Senior Member
There seems to be a building under construction right at the north east corner of the 404/401 intersection, in the office complex, anyone have any idea what is being built here ?
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car dealership
car dealership
Hmmm, that's kind of boring. Hopefully it's a nice-looking car dealership!
It'll be Toronto's flagship Audi dealership to rival the BMW and Mercedes buildings that you see while driving along the DVP.
Proposal for a 3 storey Porsche Dealership beside this one popped up in the January community council agenda.
Jim McFarlane, vice-president of nearby Total Credit Recovery Limited, whose head office is at 225 Yorkland Blvd., said the dealership is inappropriate for the area.
“We’re taking opposition to this development proposal,” he said.
He is “disappointed with the approach of the city to date” for allowing new types of companies to encroach into the traditional business park.
Arguing Total Credit Recovery has spent millions of dollars upgrading its property since the 1980s, McFarlane said a car dealership would “deteriorate” the business park because it is not compatible with the area, would increase traffic and would adversely affect his staff.
But York Centre Councillor James Pasternak was left scratching his head, saying he doesn’t understand how a dealership could negatively impact the staff at Total Debt Recovery.
“They’re making phone calls trying to get money from people,” he said. “I’m missing (something).”
re: Audi
Looks pretty interesting to me - on another note, the now deputy mayor DWM was against it:
http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/2536565-flagship-audi-dealership-bound-for-north-york/
And of course, this is pure gold:
AoD
I find that fairly entertaining, I don't see a huge issue as its fairly dense and probably employees quite a few folks. With that said, more pure office use is clearly ideally but there hasn't been such a project in this area in over 20 years.