[dt_toronto_geek]

Interesting idea. How would some of the units be more affordable than others if they are in the same building? The only way I could imagine it, would be by making the affordable units smaller. Is that what you mean?

Simple accounting by the property management firm that runs the building, the affordable rentals are flagged as such and when someone moves out of one, they fill it with someone else (or family) that can also prove they are low-income earners. I don't see why they have to be any smaller because they are less money. It could be the next step to de-ghettoizing the city.

 

[buildup]

Simple accounting by the property management firm that runs the building, the affordable rentals are flagged as such and when someone moves out of one, they fill it with someone else (or family) that can also prove they are low-income earners. I don't see why they have to be any smaller because they are less money. It could be the next step to de-ghettoizing the city.

I was just curious as to who would have to subsidize the low income earner who wants to live in a decent sized unit at Charles and Saint Thomas, for example. I was worried you'd suggest the taxpayer would, but you're saying the developer would.

Be wary of noble sentiments people other than yourself need to pay for because eventually 'we run out of other people's money to spend'.

 

[philofra]

Finally!

 

[Edward Skira]

Work starts. From this morning.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Moving down. The renders on the hoarding are different than those in the DataBase.

 

[salsa]

 

[greenleaf]

For what it's worth (and it is nice to share this kind of thing) I know residents in the St Thomas apartment building here and they have been really impressed with the consideration of all employees and construction workers who have been working on this site: PCL construction, KingSett, and Bentall Kennedy.

 

[Edward Skira]

Today.

 

[greenleaf]

Crane is up in the northeast corner. I would have guessed southwest corner since that is there the tower would be. Perhaps they will add a second one or move it later on in the process.

 

[Benito]

Hard to get in to take photos of the pit.

 

[salsa]

Hard to get in to take photos of the pit.

It sure is, however I managed to get a decent view in my December update. I went a few metres west of the spot where you took the photo, at the SW corner of the pit.

 

[UrbanLurker]

Render taken from the Hariri Pontarini 2016 Portfolio pdf:
http://issuu.com/hariripontariniarchitects/docs/hpa-commercial_residential_portfoli

 

[NBGtect]

Thank you! Been wondering what the final version will look like.

 

[ProjectEnd]

It has now grown to 26 and 11 storeys according to that HPA pdf. This may or may not exclude certain floors however.

 

[Benito]

From this afternoon.