With Rail Deck Park probably dead, here s where Toronto could look for other new green spaces
A tribunal ruling that has likely spiked Toronto’s plan to build a massive park above a section of railway tracks could inspire the city to think more boldly about adding new green spaces in its downtown core.
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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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