South Junction Triangle

Called the sales office the week of Oct 20th and the rep said the developer indicated construction is to start in November. I ran by the site Nov 2nd and a small wooden shed has been built just inside the fence, in the west corner of the lot, next to the Station Lofts parking entrance. More progress than I've seen in the last year...

There is not a lot to report with respect to these lands. Since acquisition in the late spring the developer has commenced an environmental clean-up of the lands. That should be completed in the early fall.
In addition the developer has been working with the City of Toronto to assist facilitate the construction of the “rail pathway”. Part of the lands are being used to facilitate construction and part are being used as a staging area for equipment.

The development of the land will proceed . The developer will of course be guided by the market conditions and by the zoning approvals in place. However at this time there are no plans or concepts to discuss.

If you wish to speak with me I may be reached at 416 483 1066 x 114.

Sincerely

D R McKerron

Site preparation for the 351 Wallace development is underway. They started moving some earth this week.

http://www.journalofcommerce.com/article/id31364

Burka Architects complete designs for Brownstones on Wallace project... 4 days ago.

I would love to see some pictures of the work in progress if anyone has the time to take them...

Thanks!

It sure would be nice if someone could supply some pictures that actually show work being conducted for the Brownstones on Wallace and not just the remediation project across the street! Does anyone have any real updates!?

Hello, anyone here buy a unit in the 200 block?

I was by the site today and they have started taking apart the forms that they would have used to pour the foundation. I call the builder but have not heard back from them.

Hey folks,
I've been as interested to what's happening there as I live in the Wallace Station lofts and I have a view of the lot.
They have not done much.
They brought in equipment late Oct-Nov '08, pumped out water from the holes they dug, stacked foundation forms, started to put a crane up in Dec-Jan '08-'09, but all the equipment has disappeared.
Every week there is a truck delivering or removing something. It seems they just delivered some rebar.
I'll try to update this when I have the time.
Good Luck.

I have a good friend who works for city permits and according to her once a partial permit is approved the construction will continue regardless of the other permits going through. Apparently it is very common to work on permits simultaneous to the work itself being done. Who knows but this did give me hope!

To anyone that is interested I have pics up of the Wallace site. I will be adding more as I get them.

I ran into one of the guys who works for the masonry company at the site today. He said they are just waiting for a date to start laying the foundation blocks.

They are the same company who did the townhomes at Lansdowne and Davenport.

Where can the pics be found? I don't see any in the image gallery.

Here is the link. Sorry about he last post of mine.

http://picasaweb.google.ca/scott.surridge?feat=email

Hello,

A good friend of mine purchased a unit in Brownstones on Wallace when they first went on sale. At the time she was concerned about the close proximity of the metal recycling yard (Solways' Metals I think?) but was told by the real estate broker, "Oh, don't worry -- that will be long gone by the time the condo is built." But now the building is started, the scrapyard is still operational and she is getting worried. When she called the sales person, they said they were "hoping" that the recycling yard would go elsewhere eventually -- no guarantees. But that's a totally different story than what she was told originally...and I don't think she would have purchased the condo had she thought the recycling facility was going to be in her back yard. It's extremely loud, and a real eyesore. When I looked up information on the scrapyard, it seems the residents in the area have had a problem with this business for the last 20 years, but still it remains. Does anyone out there have any information on this? I would really appreciate any insight you could give me.

Thanks very much,
Genie

I have talked with the people at the parent company of the paint company that owns the land and they declined a year ago to say what their plans were. The Biogenie people told me that the paint company wants to sell the land. There has been a lot of rumours that a buyer is waiting for the remediation to end and then a deal closes but nobody has ever put a name to a buyer. I have been told by a representative of Tom Fallus that it is not him.

Yes the land is in the oblique category of "employment lands". I still find the whole concept a bit vague. I also cant see anybody using that land for commercial purposes unless it has some kind of mixed use artist/creator live work spaces. I have been told by City Planners that it is a certainty that Edwin would come south and then join up with the roadway that will run through the 351 Wallace development. Obviously the the plan would then be to extend that road through to Ernest if possible. In the 1970's the City actually proposed building a 2 lane industrial service road exactly where the Railpath is being built. I think the Railpath is a better idea.

What I would like to see would be the city cut a deal to trade some of that land for density to make Railpath wider and then have the City take over the Hydro building and turn it into a small community centre. This is way out thinking and at the rate the City does stuff I will be dead probably by then but I see real potential with this idea. First up is to look into a an historical designation for the Hydro building as part of our areas industrial heritage.