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UtakataNoAnnex said:
Was there a gas station that used to be there or something?
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By 2017, it was torn down. Google Street View 2015, from link.:

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So I assuming the slow action on this site is due to soil remediation issues?
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
So I assuming the slow action on this site is due to soil remediation issues?
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They have not done any remediation, if anything, the opposite. I think it is lack of sales.

Although, if you mean soil remediation in the sense that it is cost prohibitive to the developer, that could be a possibility. However, I have not ever seen them take soil samples, and I do walk by here several times weekly.

As I've said in the past - no big loss to have this development stall. Especially if it is a remediation cost issue; that means something larger will have to be built here eventually.
 
Ottawan said:
They have not done any remediation, if anything, the opposite. I think it is lack of sales.

Although, if you mean soil remediation in the sense that it is cost prohibitive to the developer, that could be a possibility. However, I have not ever seen them take soil samples, and I do walk by here several times weekly.

As I've said in the past - no big loss to have this development stall. Especially if it is a remediation cost issue; that means something larger will have to be built here eventually.
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Well...it's the first thing that crossed my mind.

...either way, it will be an eyesore until someone decides to put something there that's not a surface parking lot.
 
Ottawan said:
They have not done any remediation, if anything, the opposite. I think it is lack of sales.

Although, if you mean soil remediation in the sense that it is cost prohibitive to the developer, that could be a possibility. However, I have not ever seen them take soil samples, and I do walk by here several times weekly.

As I've said in the past - no big loss to have this development stall. Especially if it is a remediation cost issue; that means something larger will have to be built here eventually.
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To pay for soil remediation, they'll need to build something more than three stories high.
 
Time for a semi-annual update on this site. The developer has literally papered over the portion of the sign that stated "Coming 2018". Otherwise no change.

Taken today:

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*Should*, but the site is likely too small once you account for all the silly stepbacks the City demands. It's also stuck in 1-83, but that's probably due to the site-specific for the stalled townhouses.
 
Two years on, and no change. Taken today:

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However, Jane Street, including through this stretch, is now designated Avenue. Between that and the changes to mid-rise guidelines reducing number of rear stepbacks, I am hoping this is finally a viable site for what I've always envisioned, a ~6 storey mixed-use building with retail at grade and apartments above.
 
A Torontonian Now said:
Two years on, and no change. Taken today:

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However, Jane Street, including through this stretch, is now designated Avenue. Between that and the changes to mid-rise guidelines reducing number of rear stepbacks, I am hoping this is finally a viable site for what I've always envisioned, a ~6 storey mixed-use building with retail at grade and apartments above.
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Here's hoping!
 
Indeed. Far too often we still see these random patches of underused land. There's a handful in places like Oakwood, Vaughan Road and Dupont that come to mind.
 
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