An application has been made to the City of Toronto to open a restaurant at 1617 Bayview Ave. That’s the north half of the TruValu Hardware building. The owners of the hardware store have recently consolidated that business on the south side of the double store, placing 1617 up for lease. You can look at the application particulars yourself by going here. The application is in the name of the Yeh Yogurt Restaurant and proposes 30 seats or less. The application was accepted on June 6, 2012. The status of the application is “not started”. The website of Yeh! Yogurt glace and cafe indicates the firm has stores in Montreal and in Burlington, Massachussets and Albany, New York. It advertises the Bayview store “bientot” (soon) and also stores bientot in Montreal and Halifax. It should be noted that the owners of 1617 Bayview continue to show a For Rent sign in the window of their store at that address.
Many people at all levels are concered by the surprise annoucement that the consumer’s friend and Canada’s antitrust watchdog will quit two years before her term ends. Melanie Aitken, head of the Competition Bureau, will step down on Sept. 21, her office said in a statement. She joined the bureau in 2005 and took on the top job there in August 2009 for a five-year term. Ms Aitken says she was not fired but does she say what she’s going to do next. She has been dividing her time between her office in Ottawa and her home and family in Toronto. Many will hope that Melanie Aitken, who is a lawyer, is not heading into the obscurity of private practice or complete retirement. More
The decision this week to name the original rink at Leaside Gardens Arena after the late Bert F. Grant recognizes a family whose history is intertwined with that of Leaside and the South Bayview area. Mr. Grant was the second generation of the family’s construction and property dynasty in Toronto. It began with Bert H. Grant, an English immigrant who started Lawrence Construction, a firm that built much of the local housing and a number of the signature commercial buildings on Mt Pleasant Rd. His son, Bert F. Grant carried on the family’s work and most significantly, was responsible for the construction of the Crestview Apartments in South Leaside. This tranquil and treed development of modest rental homes is one of the company’s proudest possessions. The present president of Lawrence Construction, Bert A. Grant, speaks of the “quiet pride” taken in Crestview. He notes that the firm keeps a full-time gardener on the property to keep it clean and well-manicured. Although these days Lawrence is more of a property management company, it carries the historic name that built much of our neighborhoods. The naming of the rink after Bert F. Grant is a fitting recognition of the contribution the company has made.
A second body has been removed from the wreckage of the Algo Mall in Elliot Lake. Authorities say they don’t think there is anyone still trapped in the fallen building. Natiomal Post.
Ottawa has offered to send the army, if it will help. Globe and Mail. Heavy equipment on the way from Sudbury. National Post.
