Digging has commenced on North side (Front St)

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View towards Front St from Sherbourne. Can see the commencement of digging on the North side.

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This is taken off south lot (The Esplanade and Princess). Seems there’s a huge hole.

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WislaHD said:
That is a fairly privileged take on it. Built form might serve existing residents well, but does nothing for the large swathes of people priced out of housing in this city, or for local shopkeepers that depend on walk-in traffic.
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Most of the city is either overbearingly dense or autocentric. People would have more options and prices would be more competitive if we actually put more into built form and creating complete neighbourhoods with a human scale all across the city Throwing density at the award winning St Lawrence neighbourhood for the sake of it and in the process making it as mediocre as everywhere else is ass backwards.

Does the density here make the condos more affordable to all or is it a product of Pemberton paying too much in a bidding war?
 
maestro said:
Most of the city is either overbearingly dense or autocentric. People would have more options and prices would be more competitive if we actually put more into built form and creating complete neighbourhoods with a human scale all across the city Throwing density at the award winning St Lawrence neighbourhood for the sake of it and in the process making it as mediocre as everywhere else is ass backwards.

Does the density here make the condos more affordable to all or is it a product of Pemberton paying too much in a bidding war?
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Pemberton overpaid. There is no other side to that as it relates to this specific development.

If you want to lead the charge to up-zone the Annex and its 5 subway stations, alongside with the rest of the city so that density is more spread out, you have my support.
 
WislaHD said:
Pemberton overpaid. There is no other side to that as it relates to this specific development.

If you want to lead the charge to up-zone the Annex and its 5 subway stations, alongside with the rest of the city so that density is more spread out, you have my support.
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5? Are you referring to separate entrances, or separate stations? Bathurst, Spadina, St. George, Dupont...?
 
Miscreant said:
5? Are you referring to separate entrances, or separate stations? Bathurst, Spadina, St. George, Dupont...?
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Dupont, Bathurst, Spadina, Spadina, St. George.

Spadina should be counted as two. They are different lines/platforms and 300m apart.

In any case, we are too busy making the Annex into a live-in heritage museum (both architecturally and demographically), when it could support thousands of new families with transit.
 
Construction Staging Area - 177 Front Street East​

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Recommendations​
The Acting Director, Traffic Management, Transportation Services recommends that:

1. City Council approve the closure of the sidewalk and the southbound parking lane on the west side of Princess Street from Front Street East to 20 metres north of The Esplanade, from March 29, 2019 to January 31, 2023.

Saddlebrook Management Consultants Inc., is constructing a 30-storey mix-use condominium building with 1531 units, with one level underground parking facility at 177 Front Street East. The site is bounded by The Esplanade to the south, Front Street East to the north, Princess Street to the east and Lower Sherbourne Street to the west

NOTE TO MODS: Change name of developer here and on Real Estate thread?? Saddlebrook is a subsidiary of Pembereton.​
 
This thing is a monster and quite hideous. Would have been a great location for a cultural building.
 
DSC said:
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Recommendations​
Saddlebrook Management Consultants Inc., is constructing a 30-storey mix-use condominium building

NOTE TO MODS: Change name of developer here and on Real Estate thread?? Saddlebrook is a subsidiary of Pembereton.​
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Units were sold by Pemberton, and remains on their website, so will continue to be labeled as Pemberton.

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DSC said:
Construction Staging Area - 177 Front Street East​


Recommendations​


NOTE TO MODS: Change name of developer here and on Real Estate thread?? Saddlebrook is a subsidiary of Pembereton.​
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Virtually every major project is actually built by a project specific limited company, owned by the parent developer. In addition to the issue of legal liabilities, limiting risks of damage from a failed project to the overall developer, this is the only effective way to effectively track and manage all the project specific costs, and report back to any joint venture funding partners on the project.

If the thread titles were to reflect the site specific company name, instead of the parent development company with overall responsibility for the project, it could be very confusing and result in the overall profile and activity level of a given developer being obscured.
 
This is also yet another example of a project where a developer has started excavation etc without actually having an approved building plan. They achieve this by applying for a permit for 'soil remediation'. Apparently, these permits do not require permanent fencing etc and if a site has been 'remediated' this can be used to get approval of a building with same footprint.
 
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