dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Some of the empty shops are where condos are going up/being proposed and a few are changing hands.
Some of the empty shops are where condos are going up/being proposed and a few are changing hands.
taal
Senior Member
Ah good point;
For example around Yonge and Eglinton there is a plaza just south of Broadway / prime location, where a couple of restaurants (Chimichanga) when bankrupt and have been empty for almost a year now ... well that plaza has a proposed development and the space it self is in need of an extensive renovation. So you'd have to be a fairly uniformed retailer to put the money down to pay for that (as most landlords don't).
rdaner
Senior Member
Some shots of the smallest units in the PATH level of Aura. Hopefully we will see these filling up with interesting niche retailers similar to what has happened at the containers on the southeast corner of Dundas and Bathurst. Pictures taken 7 December 2012.
Miscreant
Senior Member
Whoa. I do not envy the person who has to go to work in that every day.
000
Senior UT Member
That space is unusable unless they get rid of one of the glass walls, then you could run a ticket booth out of it or something...
Still ridiculous.
Still ridiculous.
uwaterloo2010
New Member
Miscreant
Senior Member
The beige is overkill. It's terrible.
caltrane74
Senior Member
I think there is the potential for someone with a solid business plan, and their first time out to make a go of it.
Those small units, and nonstandard ownership provide a real opportunity to up and coming entrepreneurs.
Those small units, and nonstandard ownership provide a real opportunity to up and coming entrepreneurs.
Johnzz
Active Member
As you can see from Caltrane's last photo, the North/West corner on the 47th floor is still square. The next level should be curved.
HotStuff
New Member
im still scared of the glass thats going to shape the building at top.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
we have seen the glass that will be at the top of the tower, it runs up the middle of the southern facade. looks quite nice.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
you have every reason to be frightened, because it is not a pure black, rather it is a weird kind of milky green-black for reasons that are known only to the geniuses at graziani and corazza 'architects' (sic)
balenciaga
Banned
I noticed it too.
Actually what surprised me is how could so many of those tacky stores offering sad products managed to survive on Yonge St in the first place. T-shirt stores? Money exchanges? Souvenir shops? They look horrible, not to mention all those low quality but overpriced fake Japanese restaurants.
We should have more good quality retail on Yonge st.
devjohnson
Active Member
The main reason why I'm all for new developments and new condos on Yonge Street. There's nothing to "protect" on Yonge Street other than rundown buildings, low-budget stores, and money exchanges. It's the major north and south street in Toronto. It's almost embarrassing that it's 2012 and Yonge Street almost looks like the most rundown area in the downtown core.
nopacnone
New Member
Agreed with the above two posts. I invite friends from France & Italy here every year and they are totally unimpressed by the yonge strip between gerrard and bloor, but fall in love with the city as a whole.