The project will be a 100 per cent purpose-built rental community. But the question remains: when is it going to be finished?

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Two of the development projects the Gleaner reported on last year have been completed and in their place seven new ones have started. The Gleaner is distributed between College Street, Dupont Street, Avenue Road and Christie Street and this year there are 17 development sites within those boundaries.

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The City of Toronto announced the latest addition to the Westbank development at the corner of Bloor and Bathurst this month – a park to accompany the mixed-use residential development.

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Due to the current public health safety restrictions, Westbank Corp., the developer of the Mirvish Village project, was unable to host its annual turkey giveaway this year. For 28 years the Mirvish family hosted a turkey giveaway out of Honest Ed’s and Westbank picked up the tradition in 2018. More than 1,000 turkeys were given […]

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Feds invest $200 million By Tanya Ielyseieva Last month we included a snapshot of thirteen major developments underway or pending with the Gleaner’s distribution area. In this edition we focus on eleven of those that include a large residential component and ask the question: “Are they affordable?”  Keenly aware of Toronto’s lack of affordable housing, […]

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Plan is to make Markham Street an extension of the green space By Ellie Hayden Local residents had their first opportunity to contribute to the development of a new local green space at a public meeting on July 8. Part of Westbank Projects Corp.’s redevelopment of Honest Ed’s and Markham Street, the park meets bylaws […]

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BRIAN BURCHELL/GLEANER NEWS Deals fell to the floor as the Honest Ed’s demolition continued with the dismantling of masonry, lumber, and steel. Originally divided by a city-owned alley called Honest Ed’s Way, the store’s sections were constructed very differently. Pictured here is the west annex, which was built on the houses that once stood there […]

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  READ MORE EDITORIAL: Westbank’s positive precedent (April 2017) NEWS: Westbank presents latest proposal (MARCH 2017) FORUM: Build a neighbourhood (March 2017) NEWS: Height, density still top concerns (July 2016) NEWS: Westbank submits revised application (June 2016) DEVELOPINGS: Annual review reflects tension between community activism and OMB (March 2016) Westbank towers over 4 Corners (January 2016) City hosts first Mirvish Village […]

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Toronto for Everyone celebrates Honest Ed’s By Geremy Bordonaro For 68 years, Honest Ed’s welcomed all those who came to its doors. While the store made its last sale on the final day of 2016, it will play host to a grand wake before it closes its doors one last time. And organizers hope the […]

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