Scarborough councillors have approved plans for 300 homes, a park and a big-box store on the west side of the Birch Cliff quarry lands. But they had sharp words for what one councillor called the “beast to the east” – a 1968 plan, still in force, that permits Gerrard-Clonmore Developments to build a ring of […]
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Townhouses proposed for Clonmore
Critics of a decades-old plan to build apartment towers on the former quarry lands east of Victoria Park Avenue are hoping the developer, Gerrard Clonmore Developments, will lower its sights now that low-rise developments are proposed on either side of its property. Speaking at a Jan. 22 meeting of the Concerned Citizens for Quarry Lands […]
Quarry lands group to hold annual general meeting
The Concerned Citizens of Quarry Lands Development (CCQLD) will be holding its annual general meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan. 22. The group originally formed to oppose high rise developments on the quarry lands, situated on the north side of Gerrard Street East, east of Victoria Park Avenue. The potential apartment towers would be across the street […]
Quarry lands plan includes big-box retail
Even as the puck dropped in game seven of the Leafs-Bruins series, people were pulling out extra chairs at Blantyre Public School to see the latest plans for the Birch Cliff quarry lands. The more than 100 residents at the May 13 meeting got a first look at sketches showing Build Toronto’s plans for four-storey […]