[apmYYZ]

Progress on the site!

 

[rdaner]

Taken 8 May.

 

[fanoftoronto]

Single shot from today from the south entrance gate:

 

[GenerationLee]

From a bus, minutes ago...I didn't grab another photo, but as I passed by, I saw the forms are about one level below ground level. Though I only saw part of the pit from where I was.

 

[Vminkov]

 

[fanoftoronto]

A couple shots of the pit from yesterday:

 

[FormerTorontonianBackInTO]

I know that they're different types of projects, at a slightly difference scale (so there has to be an allowance made for that), but I still think that the slow pace at which this is being built as compared to the Tricon rental to the south (Stella), which started around the same time, shows why people laugh at council's idea of having the city build residential without the aid of private partners (that have a stake in the project). When you have a private partner, with money on the line (and a yield to generate), they keep the project moving, whereas the city just doesn't have incentive to keep things moving (I'm not questioning work ethic, I'm questioning the incentive to deal with all the unavoidable complications/headaches with a project of this scale in a timely manner). The amount of time it took to build St Lawrence Market north is another example of city as the builder in action.

 

[ArnerOwl]

I know that they're different types of projects, at a slightly difference scale (so there has to be an allowance made for that), but I still think that the slow pace at which this is being built as compared to the Tricon rental to the south (Stella), which started around the same time, shows why people laugh at council's idea of having the city build residential without the aid of private partners (that have a stake in the project). When you have a private partner, with money on the line (and a yield to generate), they keep the project moving, whereas the city just doesn't have incentive to keep things moving (I'm not questioning work ethic, I'm questioning the incentive to deal with all the unavoidable complications/headaches with a project of this scale in a timely manner). The amount of time it took to build St Lawrence Market north is another example of city as the builder in action.

Nobody rushes a government job in Canada. You have to make the good jobs last . . .

 

[rdaner]

Taken 6 September. Looks to be approaching grade.