[salsa]

 

[interchange42]

From yesterday:

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[someMidTowner]

This project has grown steadily over the past few months, and is soon to top off:
http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/08/tridels-avani-metrogate-approaching-final-height

 

[GeneralGrievance]

The Metrogate drone video that everyone's been waiting for is here at last:http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/10/aerial-drone-video-shows-tridels-metrogate-community
(Don't tell me you weren't waiting for it)

 

[salsa]

The Metrogate drone video that everyone's been waiting for is here at last:http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/10/aerial-drone-video-shows-tridels-metrogate-community
(Don't tell me you weren't waiting for it)

Drone video my butt. I can't believe Tridel would build a large highrise community is such an isolated location, cut off by two rail corridors, a highway, and surrounded by industrial buildings. Is this the kind of place where a growing city should be encouraging people to live?

 

[interchange42]

There was originally meant to be a Sheppard Line subway stop and the relocated Agincourt GO Station at the northeast corner of the lot, so yes, that would have made this a very well located development.

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[salsa]

There was originally meant to be a Sheppard Line subway stop and the relocated Agincourt GO Station at the northeast corner of the lot, so yes, that would have made this a very well located development.

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I wasn't aware. Funny how transit priorities change so quickly. Add this to the long list of planning blunders in Scarborough, for which Glen De Baeremaeker blames entirely on the "downtown elites".

 

[Solaris]

Drone video my butt. I can't believe Tridel would build a large highrise community is such an isolated location, cut off by two rail corridors, a highway, and surrounded by industrial buildings. Is this the kind of place where a growing city should be encouraging people to live?
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I echo salsa's comments as a former resident of the area (obviously), it is disappointing that the City allows this magnitude of density to develop in an parcel of land that effectively is a peninsular with only 1 road access to Kennedy Road, Tridel was able to get away without putting in the road connections "envisioned" extending to the north or east and hence the traffic is a mess now at Village Green Square with ultimately over 2000 condos exiting on 1 road connection. What's even worst is now that the "transit hub" concept for the northeast corner of Metrogate has evaporated (original basis for the density), Tridel is getting City's support to put in a 7th condo tower where the office was suppose to be, in addition Delta is seeks to put 4 more towers on the hotel lands .... where will this mess end up ??

 

[salsa]

Another classic Tridel development. Good god.

And we can look forward to another tower coming right here in the near future.

 

[utwatch]

Spandrel manufacturers must love Tridel.

 

[neuhaus]

This is a good example to show what glass buildings looks like under the new Ontario building code's window to wall ratio for energy efficiency.

 

[FMCS]

Disgusting!!

 

[Solaris]

As a former resident of the Metrogate community, I feel Avani is certainly the ugliest of the bunch therein

 

[alklay]

I'm calling it: this is the ugliest building (high-rise) built during the last 24 month. Discuss among yourselves.

 

[salsa]

As a former resident of the Metrogate community, I feel Avani is certainly the ugliest of the bunch therein

You left that place just in time. Well done.