Thirty years later, it’s goodbye to the McDonald’s building that was part of the burger firm’s historic expansion of the 1980s. A giant backhoe is ripping up the parking lot Tuesday and will soon take down the former restaurant, second home to casual eaters and Leaside High kids. The site will become the “Leaside” LRT station at Bayview Ave. and quite possibly a good deal more. Metrolinx has consulted with developers about a large, maybe quite high building on this site and has purchased two of the four-plexes to the south on Bayview to make a sizeable footprint for this new building.
We knew it was going to happen, but now that there is a proposal to look at, it's a little extraordinary to see. The new Leaside LRT Station will be integrated into the podium of the new development. According to the Application submitted to the City, it is described as…
The demolition of the now vacant McDonald's at Eglinton and Bayview and the also vacant strip mall at Eglinton and Laird is imminent. A portion of the Rio.Can Leaside Centre (where Canadian Tire is located) east of Pier One will be fenced off to permit construction of the supplemental exit/entrance…
Nicole DiCarlo is sunshine and light as she reports from the wild and crazy corner of Bayview and Eglinton about the demolition of the McDonald's. Nicole is the Crosstown Team Lead for Community Relations at the Metrolinx office in the remnants of Sunnybrook Plaza while demolition work is taking place to…
