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| 308A and 308B |
They were vacuuming the lines outside 308A and 308B Rose Park Drive in Moore Park on Monday (March 10, 2014) as the work speeds ahead on these two new homes It was the Link Line firm at work getting gas service into the homes. Those who have followed the re-development story in The South Bayview Bulldog will know that just last summer this 70-foot wide lot was occupied by a single residence dating from 1920s Moore Park. With much collaboration on the part of neighbors the subdivision was done and plans approved. Demolition began last September and the pace of the work has been good. In that time the quality Oak doors were removed from the original 308 and sold to Habitat for Humanity. The home was listed for $2,495,000 in September 2012 with the sale price settling at $2,150,000 in October 2012. It will be interesting to see how the numbers are rationalized to drop the letters which now separate the two 308s. While this two-for-one scheme was acceptable to residents, the same can’t be said about a similar proposal in Bennington Heights in recent months. Critics of such land use call it densification — a definite term of opprobrium. A residents group, Save our Bennington, took local builders Howard Tencer and Tracey Fines to the Ontario Municipal Board over plans to divide the 95-foot lot at 21 Evergreen Gardens. That appeal was overruled and no doubt there will be two homes at that site in future months. The two neighborhoods are different. There are few 95-foot lots in Moore Park.
