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I didn't get a chance to take a picture, but the original commuter lot is now closed and excavators are on site beginning demolition.
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Toronto1834
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City of Toronto and CreateTO to break ground on 705 new residential homes
POSTPONED - City of Toronto and CreateTO to break ground on 705 new residential homes
Media Advisory June 22, 2025 This event has been postponed. On Monday, Mayor Olivia Chow, Councillor Parthi Kandavel (Scarborough Southwest), Vic Gupta, CEO CreateTO and City of Toronto staff will break ground on a new transit-oriented, mixed-use development with affordable rental and...
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Northern Light
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City of Toronto and CreateTO to break ground on 705 new residential homes
POSTPONED - City of Toronto and CreateTO to break ground on 705 new residential homes
Media Advisory June 22, 2025 This event has been postponed. On Monday, Mayor Olivia Chow, Councillor Parthi Kandavel (Scarborough Southwest), Vic Gupta, CEO CreateTO and City of Toronto staff will break ground on a new transit-oriented, mixed-use development with affordable rental and...
@EastYorkTTCFan would you care to explain why you're angry about lots of new rental apartments, the majority market-based, along with some additional affordable units?
rdaner
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^Cant they expand the school? 
north-of-anything
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This site is on the east side of Victoria Park Avenue, so this development would be going to Oakridge Junior PS, Samuel Hearne MS, and Birchmount Park Collegiate. From some Google sleuthing, only Oakridge appears to be over capacity.
Not that we should be holding up the construction of buildings with predominantly 1-bedroom apartments over school capacity, anyways...
JBR
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Believe it when I see it.City of Toronto and CreateTO to break ground on 705 new residential homes
POSTPONED - City of Toronto and CreateTO to break ground on 705 new residential homes
Media Advisory June 22, 2025 This event has been postponed. On Monday, Mayor Olivia Chow, Councillor Parthi Kandavel (Scarborough Southwest), Vic Gupta, CEO CreateTO and City of Toronto staff will break ground on a new transit-oriented, mixed-use development with affordable rental and...
I recall Tory holding a presser to “break ground” at the Warden site back in 2021 and nothings ever been built
Northern Light
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With respect, this project was launched with much fanfare under former Mayor John Tory.
There was pre-application consultation by CreateTO; then there was a Planning Application and even more consultation. This thing has taken years and years to get off the ground and tons of residents have provided input. This thread is 7 years old!
If you missed each and every opportunity to voice your concerns, I'm not sure how that's on anyone else. I'll throw CreateTO under the proverbial bus for any number of sins, but lack of public input here is not one of them.
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On 'danger' during construction...........I don't see why that would be any worse than any construction site anywhere else. While there will be some construction vehicles entering/exiting the site, this is offset by all the cars that will not be.
You can argue for/against the development, that's fine. You can argue about details, from height to streetscape to unit mix as to whether an optimal solution has been arrived at, but the argument that 7 years of public process was insufficient or that the construction poses undue danger to the public is more than a stretch.
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Technical Difficulties
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I have to agree with @Northern Light . Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but opinion cannot cloud the facts. Some of points above with respect to this development are simply factually inaccurate. This is a good location for development - it's connected to transit, and makes use of a surface level parking lot to provide more housing. The area needs investment (this is my opinion, and people may argue against this - I'm ok with that). Consultation was conducted - fair is fair. Like it or dislike it, the process was transparent with ample opportunity for input.
ChesterCopperpot
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Did you even look?
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Northern Light
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Of course, you use UT.........
But that aside, there was a Planning Application sign posted at the station site for years.
Public notice under the door in the mailbox of everyone within 150m is standard and there was lots of media coverage.
In all sincerity, what greater level of notice is required? Its expensive to do mail-outs, what distance is sufficient 200m? 300m?
I'm genuinely sympathetic to the idea that people should be able to give informed input; but I'm struggling with the idea that a reasonable effort wasn't made here.
Technical Difficulties
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Once again, this is simply inaccurate and incorrect. There was a development application sign on site for years . The public consultation information was shared in local media, such as beach metro, and flyers were delivered by mail to residents within a certain catchment area. These are simply the facts. Residents can chose to be aware and involved of things that are happening within their city, or not. That's a choice, but it's incorrect to say people were not informed, or the option to participate was not provided.
rdaner
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Relax everyone as this person is just upset because they lost a parking space and that has ‘destroyed’ their life! 
ChesterCopperpot
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Rental apartments, not condos.
I mean - if you are going to be outraged - at least try and get *some* information correct.
txlseries4
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JBR
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Not really stuck, it’s a perfect site for housing. Just skeptical on the project actually starting and finishing