ushahid
Senior Member
^have you been to CN tower? that's tall brother.
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Automation Gallery
Superstar
Yup go up to the SkyPod @ 447 m (1,465ft) it's twice as high as that observation thing in Berlin and probably the tallest observation deck we will see here in Toronto for at least the next decade
FengShuiGirl
New Member
And good thing the government is keeping the area around CN tower free from high rise. It is one of Toronto’s most attractive (profitable) tourists attractions after all.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I wouldn't say it's the government's active planning policy preventing it - just luck that all the sites nearby are lower densities for various non-policy related reasons.
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
For now. I expect that Druggie in Chief will force the sell of the bus parking lot at 305 Bremner to developer friends.
It won't cover the CN Tower, but a tower there would ruin all photos of the sky dome from the central waterfront.
(Then again, maybe Rogers will swoop in and purchase it, one can hope)
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Haha, what nonsense, if that land goes for sale it will be sold to the highest bidder, and yes maybe Rogers will purchase it to build a couple 83 storey mixed use buildings
...also Omers owns most of the land around the CN Tower and may also plan 100 storey structures that may block the CN Tower., that's all out of our hands
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I believe Rogers would already own that lot as a part of the sale of the Skydome to them 15 years ago. I would be very surprised if the province retained a bus parking lot for the Skydome while selling the Skydome itself..
Midtown Urbanist
Superstar
It is provincially owned with a parking management agreement with Rogers.
Ontario wants to speed the sale of more than 200 surplus properties. But the process isn’t always easy
There are 243 pieces of real estate on the Ontario government’s list. Here’s a glimpse at some of the provincial properties that could be sold.
www.thestar.com
and it is listed as a surplus site by IO:
tstormers
Senior Member
Not sure where I had heard it, but I believe the parking lot has a limit of development due to a Toronto By-Law preserving the view of the Dome from the Islands.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/2013/law0468.pdf
Page 16* has a reference to it.
Cheers
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cc46
Active Member
Back to 1 Yonge st. Slow start today on site but they are “making hay while the sun shines” and “before the white stuff flys” pour concrete at nearly 6 pm.
mburrrrr
Senior Member
Feb 15 & 23
fatboy
New Member
Druggie in Chief? and your a senior member..Grow up. You seem to forget what 15 years of Libs did to this city and province...and the anti-business City council continues to do.
Christopher Brown
Active Member
You are correct. Hence the reason the new park is going where the City owned QQ parking lot is to the south. Had a cap of 2 floors, effectively.
Archii
New Member
Does anyone happen to know the current progress with phase 2 and 3?
ericmacm
Active Member
Phases 2 and 3 don't have site plan approval yet. It will probably be a couple years until phase 2 even gets close to starting.