LUVIT!
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Any idea what's going in its place?
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Hopedale
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When I lived in East York until 1971 my family used to shop at the IGA. We did not have a car, so walked to the grocery store from our home on the corner of Hopedale and Pape. Last weekend I was just in the area for the first time in fifty years. Does anyone recall where this IGA was? My mother would have had to walk there with two children under four. What is in the store's place now?
Toronto Rocks
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It's still there and they still have home delivery.. PAPE FOODLAND @ 623 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4K 1R2
christiesplits
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I heard that Hansen's Danish Pastry Shop on Pape is closing after 60 (!) years of business.
Northern Light
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Tis true.
DanielMar_Toronto
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Never had it but that sucks. Wanted to try it someday. Is this due to the Ontario Line? Or did they specify why they’re closing?
GKW
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Wasn't it TWO different grocery stores next to each other and then IGA bought out the other one and combined them?
AlbertC
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The Beer Store property at 1270 Woodbine Ave (@ Barker Ave) is listed for sale as a redevelopment opportunity:
AlbertC
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Reposted for sale listing for 1270 Woodbine Ave
Rare opportunity - exceptionally situated with high visibility in a high regentrification area. Redevelopment property with current rental income from a Triple A tenant. Corner location between O'Connor Dr and Danforth Ave, with 179.4 feet of frontage on Woodbine Ave. Approximately 1 km from TTC subway stop. Bousfields planning report suggests a redevelopment of 12-15 storeys. Kirkor massing study also available. 22,000 sqft of land currently improved with a free-standing building of 4,810 sqft, entirely leased (triple net, tenant pays all maintenance and repairs) to THE BEER STORE until 2032, with escalations, and three 5 year extension options. Lease includes provisions for Landlord right to terminate lease at any time, and allowance to build an additional building on site of up to 3,000 sqft. ***assumable mortgage of approximately $3 million @ 3.5%, until 2027. (36775902)
Rare opportunity - exceptionally situated with high visibility in a high regentrification area. Redevelopment property with current rental income from a Triple A tenant. Corner location between O'Connor Dr and Danforth Ave, with 179.4 feet of frontage on Woodbine Ave. Approximately 1 km from TTC subway stop. Bousfields planning report suggests a redevelopment of 12-15 storeys. Kirkor massing study also available. 22,000 sqft of land currently improved with a free-standing building of 4,810 sqft, entirely leased (triple net, tenant pays all maintenance and repairs) to THE BEER STORE until 2032, with escalations, and three 5 year extension options. Lease includes provisions for Landlord right to terminate lease at any time, and allowance to build an additional building on site of up to 3,000 sqft. ***assumable mortgage of approximately $3 million @ 3.5%, until 2027. (36775902)
AlbertC
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East-end Toronto businesses struggling amid Ontario Line construction
East Toronto retailer George Charalambous fears 2025 may spell the end of his long-standing business, Greek World.
www.ctvnews.ca
PL1
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Shop owners complaining of lost business due to Ontario Line constructionEast-end Toronto businesses struggling amid Ontario Line construction
East Toronto retailer George Charalambous fears 2025 may spell the end of his long-standing business, Greek World.
Towered
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christiesplits
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With Centennial College just announcing the suspension of dozens of programs due to enrollment cuts, I'm curious what this will mean for Centennial College's future at the Story Arts Centre at Mortimer and Carlaw.
By my estimation, nearly all of the programs currently housed at the Story Arts Centre are being suspended. This includes most of the School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design programs, as well as the Business Marketing programs.
By my estimation, nearly all of the programs currently housed at the Story Arts Centre are being suspended. This includes most of the School of Communications, Media, Arts and Design programs, as well as the Business Marketing programs.
Northern Light
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Interesting question.
The current site is a bit over 1ha in size. It has no obvious basis for expansion into a campus of some kind, the only added space would be achieved by redeveloping what's there and going up.
The site is also surrounded by lowrise residential.
That's somewhat limiting. Colleges can support satellite locations, but they've generally shied away from single buildings or even 2-3 building groups, with the possible exception of George Brown's downtown and waterfront sites, with additional residential in West Don Lands/Corktown.
George Brown exited Kensington Market a generation ago, and seems to be doing likewise with Casa Loma campus, with their plans focused on downtown/waterfront and a new campus up in Weston.
Centennial is invested and set to grow at Ashtonbee (Eglinton) and its main campus on Progress.
So this one is an outlier.
On the other hand, for such a large site, it lacks typical redevelopment opportunity.
Given that western East York is relatively short of table top (non-valley) parkland.......maybe the City could buy it?
Ideally, new parkland in the area would be closer to the apartments up at Cosburn/Gamble etc. But....
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christiesplits
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Of course Northern proposes new parkland lol.
I'm a big fan of the modernist building and hope that any plans for the site ensure that it is preserved.
Likewise, I always thought that the currently underused East York Civic Centre down the street would be better utilized as as college satellite campus. The True Davidson Campus has a good ring to it!