The level of density developing along these Yonge & Eg side streets is pretty incredible. I just wished some/more projects were planned to have retail spaces at grade though.
 
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City plans to clear out homeless encampments and offer temporary housing in two apartment buildings slated for demolition

By Donovan Vincent Housing Reporter
Wed., April 29, 2020

“(The encampments) have begun to raise serious public health concerns about the risk of COVID-19 spreading in these large groups where there is often no physical distancing,” Toronto Mayor John Tory told a news briefing Wednesday afternoon.

But the city has a plan.

Rather than simply kicking homeless people out of these outdoor dwellings and leaving them to find someplace else to live, eat and sleep, Tory announced an agreement with a local property developer to make 125 residential units in two midtown apartment buildings slated for demolition available to the city for homeless people during the pandemic.

The spaces are temporary, with meals served, round-the-clock staff support and case management focused on finding residents permanent housing.
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Meanwhile, the Times Group Corporation, the owner of the two adjoining four-storey buildings near Yonge and Eglinton, is leasing them to the city for three to six months or longer for $55 a night per unit which includes operating costs and utilities. The residents will have their own kitchen and bathroom facilities.

Some homeless people have already moved in.

The developer has pledged to donate the net proceeds — in the neighbourhood of $500,000 — from the lease to Toronto food banks.

“Our partnership with the city at this unprecedented time in history enables us to provide living space for the most vulnerable when it is needed most,” Hashem Ghadaki, president of the Times Group Corporation said in a statement.
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City plans to clear out homeless encampments and offer temporary housing in two apartment buildings slated for demolition

The city is moving to empty out the growing number of homeless encampments in Toronto where COVID-19 could spread. But there’s a backup. 125 new temporary units in a vacant apartment building slated for demolition that the owner is leasing to the city during the pandemic.
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