[Towered]

^ Absolutely - this is a golden opportunity to transform this seemingly eternal wasteland into something beautiful and urban. There's hardly another corridor in the city with such a blank slate to take advantage of. Considering Eglinton is Toronto's true mid-town arterial road and will be getting rapid transit in the next decade, this entire strip should be lined with mid-rises with retail.

 

[kram74]

construction has started.

this area will look different a year from now.

the shopping mall is across the street.

more townhouses will be built here. in a few years the whole
area will look different.

 

[ProjectEnd]

construction has started.
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Ha! One of my first girlfriends lived in the y-shaped building in this picture. How time flies.

Thanks for the update kram.

 

[blahblahblah]

Community Meeting October 15th, 7:00 pm at St. George's Golf and Country Club for 4750 Eglinton at Kipling. Hate what I see in the preliminary report. Traditional looking stuff suitable for Ajax, which is where the architect is from.(with apologies to Ajax).

 

[Conrad Black]

where is that in relation to W&E?

 

[blahblahblah]

Northeast corner Kipling and Eglinton. So east of W&E. National Homes. The piece in front of Richview Plaza(further east again) is for sale by Build Toronto as well. Higher density.

where is that in relation to W&E?

 

[Towered]

The old Richview Expressway ROW finally bites the dust after 40+ years. I'm glad to see this land get filled up, but street fronting retail is essential to create an urban avenue.

 

[jje1000]

I thought that some people were concerned about this, as it would mean the loss of a potential transit ROW for the Eglinton West LRT line.

 

[CityPlaceN1]

Who owned the ROW land and when was it sold off?

 

[blahblahblah]

Build Toronto owned it. Sold it a few years ago. The piece at the northeast corner Kipling and Eglinton sold this year to National Homes. They are building boring townhomes(when they can build higher and aren't-wish they would and don't know why they don't). The piece in front of Richview Square is on the market and is the jewel in the crown. I always thought it was held off for a bus lane. I think the future plan is for centre dedicated LRT lane. I guess there is room so they decided to sell it all off. I think it is the right move. We get the money from the sale, a bigger tax base and density along Eglinton.

 

[CityPlaceN1]

Yes lots of room along there. Thanks for the clarification.

 

[kram74]

who knew you needed a crane to build
townhouses.

 

[Palma]

No street fronting retail?!?!?!?! This is a perfect opportunity to urbanize this wasteland of Etobicoke. As of one of the biggest and most important streets in Toronto with a major transit line in the future running to the airport, why is something so small scale getting proposed on a stretch that should become an "avenue"? There are so few good retail strips in the suburbs as is, and now they're going to repeat the mistakes of the past? This is a blank slate!! What the hell is wrong with the local councillor and the idiots at city planning?

Thats the problem - there is no planning. Just like that awful retail going up in the Stockyards. They could have put in residential homes but have smaller scale condos with retail on St Clair. But nope, they had to put in a cheap mall. As if thats what toronto needs. And then they have those awful town homes on the other side of the street there on Keele and are calling the area Upper Junction. Are they for real.

 

[junctionist]

Thats the problem - there is no planning. Just like that awful retail going up in the Stockyards. They could have put in residential homes but have smaller scale condos with retail on St Clair. But nope, they had to put in a cheap mall. As if thats what toronto needs. And then they have those awful town homes on the other side of the street there on Keele and are calling the area Upper Junction. Are they for real.

The mall is a step in the right direction with all that retail fronting onto St. Clair, the main street. Future development should be mixed use and urban, but the Stockyards area is evolving into something urban. The Upper Junction name is fair since everything up to the Stockyards along St. Clair was part of West Toronto--the city that became the Junction neighbourhood when it was amalgamated with Toronto in 1909. The Stockyards was the Junction's industrial core: it was where the money was made in an industrial place. That's why it's still associated with the Junction.

 

[Palma]

The mall is a step in the right direction with all that retail fronting onto St. Clair, the main street. Future development should be mixed use and urban, but the Stockyards area is evolving into something urban. The Upper Junction name is fair since everything up to the Stockyards along St. Clair was part of West Toronto--the city that became the Junction neighbourhood when it was amalgamated with Toronto in 1909. The Stockyards was the Junction's industrial core: it was where the money was made in an industrial place. That's why it's still associated with the Junction.

I was trying to imply the look of those homes and lack of retail on St. Clair. And i don't mean that mall or the home depot plus walmart. Not what I would call urban