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Northern Light
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A week later - Photos taken March 14th, 2025:
Real progress, more than 0.5 storeys added as we are now on 5th floor forms.
Real progress, more than 0.5 storeys added as we are now on 5th floor forms.
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AlbertC
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Now this is the streetwall that Spadina around these parts needs!
Towered
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Yeah, north of Sullivan it's surprisingly squat.
AlbertC
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As long as they're able to replicate the existing retail spaces, I have no qualms with redeveloping the unremarkable non-historic buildings along Spadina all the way up until College.
It's frustrating to see the fire damaged properties at the southwest corner of Spadina & Baldwin remain sitting so decrepit for what seems like 15+ years now.
Towered
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I really wonder how stuff like that is possible. Presumably, the owner of the site has been paying high property taxes for all those years without any rental income. Make it make sense.
flonicky
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Mihairokov
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Sincerely doubt they'll be able to. It's been a big sticking point for the local community and Friends of Chinatown.
AlbertC
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We'll just need to cherish the streetwall that this provides even more now!
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rdaner
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Taken 4 April. This is going to be a monster! Lol
RGB_11
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If the rent is just too high, the answer is that the originals will not return. What I guess will happen is one or two new stores, with tons of empty "for lease" storefronts.
rdaner
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^The sensible, solution to this issue is to allow retail space on side streets. 
RGB_11
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The rent is still too high.^The sensible, solution to this issue is to allow retail space on side streets.
AnnetteMeetsJane
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One of the main originals was Rol San and they didn’t want to return as they were moving anyway (across the street).
Mike Layton worked hard on this issue to ensure the square footage of the retail units were kept low. The idea was to keep the granularity so there would be opportunities for small businesses rather than a single SDM-type tenant. I can’t access the planning documents right now to check, but I think there was a condition to reflect that.