This site seems surprisingly quiet - no sign of demolition or any building or development permit.
 
That's exactly what downtown Toronto needs, even temporarily, more surface lots.
Why it should take more than 6 months to build a few lowrise restaurants is simply beyond me.
 
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The City prefers to say 'no' to new surface parking lots.

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Surface parking lots are considered a blight on the landscape, and you would never see an above ground parking garage go in here. Maybe restos are not lining up to occupy the space here, so they're looking to use the land for something temporarily until they can assemble enough to build what they actually have in mind for the site.

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Someone should figure out how to put a mixed use on the site. A small Bicycle Museum/Martini bar with live jazz/blues and a couple of condos on top. :)
 
interchange42 said:
The City prefers to say 'no' to new surface parking lots.

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Yes, the Planners tried to stop the one at the ex-Greyhound depot @ Front & Sherbourne. The developer got the OK from the Committee of Adjustment and the OMB agreed. This despite the fact that the Secondary plans says "there w ill be no more surface parking lots".
 
nextdoor said:
Someone should figure out how to put a mixed use on the site. A small Bicycle Museum/Martini bar with live jazz/blues and a couple of condos on top. :)
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Then the condo residents would oppose the bar, concerned that it would be too noisy and attract drunk people. They would oppose the bicycle museum on the grounds that it would attract poor people who don't own cars, which would lower property values. After much negotiation, the developer would announce with pride that new tenants had been found for the ground floor: a Subway Sandwiches and a Shopper's Drug Mart.
 
CityPainter said:
Then the condo residents would oppose the bar, concerned that it would be too noisy and attract drunk people. They would oppose the bicycle museum on the grounds that it would attract poor people who don't own cars, which would lower property values. After much negotiation, the developer would announce with pride that new tenants had been found for the ground floor: a Subway Sandwiches and a Shopper's Drug Mart.
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That's easy. Sell the condos to martini-drinking jazz musicians who ride penny farthings.
 
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