What if the Main Square Community Centre was moved to the corner of Main and Danforth instead of tucked behind high-rise apartments like it is now? Or how about creating an amphitheatre at Shoppers World? Maybe Main Station could be integrated into a shiny new mixed-use building. The real estate professionals gathered at an open house inside Hope United Church last month had lots of ideas […]
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Residents voice concerns about Kingston Road condo proposal
Community members, city staff and representatives, developers and other interested parties met May 4 at the Beach United Church to discuss the nine-storey condo proposal for 507-511 Kingston Road. The development, as proposed by Vista Nova Development and designed by architectsAlliance, would have two four-storey townhouse units facing south onto Wheeler Avenue as well as […]
Residents, developers butt heads over ravine condo proposal
A skeptical and at times vocal crowd packed Beach United Church on April 25 to hear plans for a proposed seven-storey development that would face Kingston Road at Beech Avenue, backing onto the Glen Stewart Ravine. Before the meeting even began, opposition to the 29-unit development was building, with a petition created by Friends of […]
Residents oppose Danforth condo height
A group of residents who live near a proposed East Danforth condominium development say the height in the rezoning application is too tall and have submitted a petition to the city underscoring their concern. A community meeting for the eight-storey development at 2301 and 2315 Danforth Avenue between Morton Road and Patricia Drive, the site […]
Residents say Danforth condo needs closer look
Residents at a recent community consultation meeting regarding a proposed eight-storey mixed-use condo development on the Danforth want another meeting to properly assess the developer’s plans. The March 7 meeting was to be the final community meeting in the proposal process for the condominium on Danforth between Morton Road and Patricia Drive, the site of […]
Development debate intensifies over Kingston Road condo
A number of people who attended a recent community meeting in the Beach came prepared to push back against the reason for the meeting: a proposed condo development at Kingston Road and Main Street. The required community consultation meeting on Feb. 8 saw about 25 people turn out to the Beaches Recreation Centre to hear […]
OMB ruling discounts Queen guidelines
City councillor Mary-Margaret McMahon says she still has faith in her “Beach Bible” after the Ontario Municipal Board poked a hole in it last month. On Dec. 11, the OMB ruled in favour of a six-storey condo proposed for the old Shell site at the northeast corner of Queen Street and Woodbine Avenue. The ruling […]