Ed brings up a good point. Assuming this building will begin construction (and I too am *very* skeptical), just think of the controlled chaos that will be in the core south of King c. late 2007 and into 2008:
- Trump
- BA
- RBC
- Ritz
- Telus
- MLS (2 towers)
- Success Tower (and who knows, maybe even the fourth tower)
- ongoing CityPlace construction (Neo, Montage, Luna and who knows what else)
- Union Station reconstruction (?)
- London Condos (2 towers)
- Hummingbird (possibly)
- Festival Tower (possibly)
- Shangri-La (?)
- under-the-radar filler projects (M5V, Glas, Victory, etc.)
Cripes. Someone driving along the Gardiner around this time next year could, perhaps, gaze out at no less than a dozen cranes in a tightly packed grid. The loss in terms of traffic capacity downtown will be huge. I wouldn't be suprised if part of the core becomes a de-facto car-free zone. You will have cement mixers, dump trucks and construction trailers on virtually block south of King between Spadina and Yonge down to the Gardiner. A cop, literally on every corner, directing traffic. And add to that any other road/TTC construction, and 2007 is shaping up to be a very interesting year indeed.
Dundas? Full streetcar track reconstruction, Metropolis and AGO.
Bay? Murano 1 and 2, RoCP 2, and Encore at Yonge and College. Possibly MLG Loblaws over at Church, and continuing expansion of Ryerson down the street.
And up at Bloor? From Jarvis to Avenue we will have, hopefully, the Bloor Street revitalization. X Condo over at Jarvis, the towers over at Four Seasons (hopefully), 100 Yorkville, Lotus, Crystal Blu, Uptown (maybe), completion of the ROM, RCM, New Varsity and maybe even that new "museum" tower, in addition to One Bedford in full swing.
Interesting times ahead.