Published Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:12PM EDT A provincial tribunal sided with a developer over the City of Toronto in its bid to build Rail Deck Park, saying the city should not have rejected a proposal by the developer to build a stretch of buildings in the space it sought for the park above a major rail corridor. In a ruling released Wednesday, the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT) said that the City of Toronto was wrong to reject a proposal by Craft Acquisitions Corporation and PITS Developments Inc., to build a 6.5 hectare “mixed use community” of towers dubbed ORCA above the open rail space south of Front Street and between Bathurst Street and Blue Jays Way.
TORONTO A provincial tribunal sided with a developer over the City of Toronto in its bid to build Rail Deck Park, saying the city should not have rejected a proposal by the developer to build a stretch of buildings in the space it sought for the park above a major rail corridor. In a ruling released Wednesday, the Local Planning Appeals Tribunal (LPAT) said that the City of Toronto was wrong to reject a proposal by Craft Acquisitions Corporation and PITS Developments Inc., to build a 6.5 hectare “mixed use community” of towers dubbed ORCA above the open rail space south of Front Street and between Bathurst Street and Blue Jays Way.
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On April 12, the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal released its decision approving the proposed establishment of a cement plant near L’Orignal, 78 km east of Ottawa. The plant would be on a property that had been zoned for agricultural use adjacent to a rock quarry less than 2.5 kilometres south of the Ottawa River.
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To be clear, we are not talking of a “ready-mix” operation but of a plant producing cement powder, used in the production of concrete and all that entails in terms of pollution and other environmental impacts, not to mention the impacts on the lives of local residents and others.
Historic Toronto hotel is at risk of being demolished
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A former Jarvis Street hotel is the latest Toronto historic building at risk of demolition, but this building is about more than history to the 100 people who still live there.
The building at 295 Jarvis Street, known as the Inglewood Arms, was in the spotlight last year when a condo development threatened to displace about 100 low-income people.
The building is now a rooming house, but it was once the Inglewood Arms Hotel and home to a number of Toronto historical figures.
Author of the article: Bronson Carver
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 9 hours ago • 3 minute read •
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A pair of Kenora residents claim there are enough housing projects planned to address the city’s housing crisis and that a portion of Central Park doesn’t need to be redeveloped into housing, but those at city hall say differently.
In March, city council approved the re-zoning of the western half of Central Park as a residential property. In response, Kenora local Dawn Mitchell – who was one of 13 people who wrote letters in opposition – began publicly condemning the project, claiming any new housing built would mean destroying some of the city’s precious urban green space.