Details of the mid-rise residential development that will include the historic 1922 Capitol Theatre building at Yonge St and Castlefield Ave have been released. The theatre and its long commercial block were made a heritage building in 2016. Urban Toronto
Slate Asset Management, owners of just about everything at the corner of Yonge St and St. Clair Ave, are proposing a mixed retail, office and residential tower rising 49 floors on the southwest corner. Urban Toronto
Surprise, North Leaside. The latest LRT-inspired tower proposal is a 25-storey mixed-use condominium building at the designated address of 1837 Bayview Ave on the southeast corner of Broadway Ave. Urban Toronto
The familiar commercial flatlands of Scarborough’s Golden Mile are facing the same upward development frenzy as the rest of Eglinton Ave. As reported by Urban Toronto, as many as 12 active development applications along the new LRT route would see it transformed into a residential and commercial canyon.
A reader of the development site Urban Toronto has photoshopped pictures of the signs at what was the Logan Ave ramp to the Gardiner Expressway. He changed the signs from Road Closed to Road No Longer Exists. Cute.
Manufacturers are seeing a post-pandemic push for fully touchless washrooms. The ordeal of 2020-21 has apparently hastened demand for complete conversions. Touchless taps and dryers are already universal but now touchless soap joins them. The picture above shows another innovation — dryers located over the sink so we don’t drop water all over the floor. The principal of automatic washroom devices relies on an infrared light, which sits next to an infrared detector. The sensor works to signal the faucet valve to turn on when your hands come within a few inches of the lip of the spout, bouncing the infrared light off of your skin and to the detector. Urban Toronto
Demolition has begun at the second of two sites on Bayview Ave. where Gairloch Developments will build condominiums. This one is in the 1700 block and sits across the street from the Leaside station. A Facebook post describes what was called a “Platinum Broker’s Event” at the site which left the author more than a little cynical. And the single-family home reaction to the condofication of their neighbourhoods also inspires opposing namecalling too. One comment from “Condovo” on the Urban Toronto site calls the people of Leaside “City-privileged, veteran homeowners with a giant sense of entitlement”. Yep, that’s us.
Urban Toronto reports this week that a 35-storey residential tower is proposed for Brownlow Ave immediately south of the playground for Eglinton Public School. The tower would rise on the east side of the short sidestreet where there is now a row of townhouses. It is the second tower plan announced next to the school in a matter of days.
Another tower is being proposed for the vicinity of Yonge St. and St. Clair Ave. The 39-floor structure is shown on a site on the west side of Yonge at Pleasant Blvd. This is the low-rise 1400 block. It’s the location of many long-time businesses including one of the only Home Hardware stores remaining in the area. Urban Toronto
Urban Toronto, the building site, has posted information on a panel discussion Thursday at noon hour on the number of cranes in Toronto. There is apparently a charge to attend. Cranes continue to multiply in this City at a breathtaking rate. The US-Canada map above is fascinating although one comment points out the New York City count represents only Manhattan. It’s remarkable to think that there are probably more cranes on Toronto’s Broadway Ave. than on the Great White Way. Urban Toronto
The push to remake South Bayview main streets continues with the proposal for a 35-storey condominium tower at 750 Mt. Pleasant Rd. It appears to show a commercial element at street level. This condo would be built next door to the playground of Eglinton Public School which sits on the southwest corner of Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton Ave. Also of note, the project will see the end to the busy little strip mall with parking. Urban Toronto
The City is reviewing plans for a proposed 14-storey residential tower at 11 Pleasant Blvd. That’s the site of a long-time convenience store. The project is opposite St. Clair Line 1 station. The store has been there forever and the picture above shows it in 2015 as a Mac’s. That lovely little parking lot may not be there much longer. Urban Toronto
