W. K. Lis
Superstar
30 stories and units the size of a shoebox. Thats what ever city needs or wants
True about the shoebox. Suites should be larger. Unless the developer has a public storage unit buildings as a side business.
30 stories and units the size of a shoebox. Thats what ever city needs or wants
Sometimes I just don't get many of the land owners and developers in this city. Bloor and Dufferin is the perfect location for a massive retail complex directly connected to the subway underground, with residential above. Bloor and Dufferin is a perfect location for a mixed use commercial / residential transit hub.
Why does it seem that many land owners and developers are opposed to connecting their projects to transit and focused on cheap narrow visions of what to build? If this was my land I would have already pushed or even paid the city to rough in a direct connection to my property underground from the subway and I would build a minimum of two storeys of full retail, effectively a shopping mall acting as a direct pathway between the subway and the Dufferin Mall. The residential component would go above but it would be the gravy not the focus of the development.
To me the focus on the condo tower at the corner and the resistance to the transit connections is a clear indication that there is no appreciation for the true value of the site and no one with business sense influencing the project direction.
To me the focus on the condo tower at the corner and the resistance to the transit connections is a clear indication that there is no appreciation for the true value of the site and no one with business sense influencing the project direction.
The mall's current configuration is not designed to take advantage of the subway being a block away. The south arm should have been on the north side of the mall. Maybe when it comes time to update the mall, they may do just that. At the moment, it geared towards the automobile.
Good point. And any redevelopment on the TDSB land may spur an expansion of the mall, hopefully with an eye towards urbanizing the built-form to fit its location. A mixed-use development on the TDSB land could act as a virtual connection to the subway and take advantage of the high volume of foot traffic between the mall and the subway that currently happens along Dufferin. That is a very unpleasant short walk currently, with vehicles racing by, and meandering awkwardly around the fast food joints at Dufferin/Croatia and the big parking lot of the mall.
I honestly don't see anything wrong with putting a 30 storey building at Dufferin and Bloor. This is just typical fear mongering about height from Bailao, cynically pandering to the selfish NIMBY's of the neighbourhood.