[kev1n1m]

By dealing with the most corrupt provincial government in Ontario history

 

[ProjectEnd]

Would be interesting to hear the back story to the land deal.
"Acquired from the Provincial Government without tender by Cortel and Studios of America in 2018"

How does one acquire such a massive development parcel from the government for pennies on the dollar without a public tender?

Be good (and generous) friends with Doug? A failed senate run as part of a far-right Italian political party can't hurt the bona fides either: https://pressprogress.ca/far-right-...g-donation-to-doug-fords-leadership-campaign/

By dealing with the most corrupt provincial government in Ontario history

Correct.

 

[rdaner]

Some resources:

 

[abovegrade]

I highly dislike like the idea of condos being put on top of the Hearn. I would rather the structure itself be left alone.

 

[rdaner]

I highly dislike like the idea of condos being put on top of the Hearn. I would rather the structure itself be left alone.

I believe that the new builds are going around The Hearn and not on top.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

5 towers will be within the Hearn footprint

 

[rdaner]

5 towers will be within the Hearn footprint

You are correct!

 

[rdaner]

An IG post about project from SvN that mentions CCxA is involved. Yeah! Also a few images with hint of towers that I don’t remember seeing with the first ones.

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[Lenser]

Ouch.... I hadn't caught that. So they'll be sprouting from the roof of the Hearn? Oh dear. Hmmmm.... plenty of room for some unfortunate grafting of building typologies.

 

[rdaner]

^Libeskind could do something here!

 

[Blixtein]

honest question, why would anyone want to live there?

Back in the 90s the same question could be asked of the area east of the Distillery district.

 

[Lenser]

In the early aughts, I used to have a studio at an old trucking terminal on Mill Street just east of Cherry..... precious few people lived anywhere around there and it was quite sketchy at night. Nonetheless, two decades later it's doing alright. It's all a question of timelines.

Including a shot from August of '02, looking east to the Don.

 

[rdaner]

From the Globe:

The Hearn: Is this the place to reinvent Toronto’s port lands?

The Hearn can be a great place. And if Toronto wishes to reach its potential as a city, it has to be

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[abovegrade]

Great article! Toronto needs to lean into this industrial grittiness and let cool creative stuff happen in this neighbourhood.

 

[am29]

If this is going to be 8K units, I could see just this cherry beach part of the Portlands Peninsula housing over 100K people when it's all said and done. The main Peninsula probably another 150K people. This area will be realy dense.