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508 Beechwood Drive | 12 fl | Proposed
#16
There was an article on this project in yesterday's Record: "Neighbours decry proposed Waterloo highrise as ‘Titanic on a postage stamp’ "
https://www.therecord.com/news-story/933...ge-stamp-/

It appears that the planning department is recommending a maximum of six stories (the existing building is seven). The developer has appealed to LPAT, which is now back to using the old OMB rules.

There is also a new (?) render in the article, as seen from the back of the property:

[Image: B88694697Z.1_20190504223727_000_GQOJ3RNG...rtrait.jpg]
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#17
NIMBYs gonna NIMBY.
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#18
(05-05-2019, 02:23 PM)KevinL Wrote: NIMBYs gonna NIMBY.

And Waterloo will be Waterloo -- it'll be built, maybe. Better than Northdale, but I do get that this is Beechwood, so who knows, perhaps you gotta follow the cash on this one.
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#19
(05-05-2019, 11:49 PM)jeffster Wrote:
(05-05-2019, 02:23 PM)KevinL Wrote: NIMBYs gonna NIMBY.

And Waterloo will be Waterloo -- it'll be built, maybe.  Better than Northdale, but I do get that this is Beechwood, so who knows, perhaps you gotta follow the cash on this one.

I think you nailed it on this one.  Follow the cash.  Even the mayor is on board with the group, not the developer....  Beechwood residents will vote, the developer doesn't !!
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#20
But the OMB will probably side with the developer ...
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#21
(05-06-2019, 09:03 AM)panamaniac Wrote: But the OMB will probably side with the developer ...

Especially the new OMB LPAT.
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#22
(05-06-2019, 09:27 AM)tomh009 Wrote:
(05-06-2019, 09:03 AM)panamaniac Wrote: But the OMB will probably side with the developer ...

Especially the new OMB LPAT.

Province restores OMB rules for development disputes
 
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/05...putes.html



Granted... they are keeping the LPAT name
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#23
(05-06-2019, 10:30 AM)JCnb Wrote:
(05-06-2019, 09:27 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Especially the new OMB LPAT.

Province restores OMB rules for development disputes
 
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/05...putes.html



Granted... they are keeping the LPAT name

A reversal of what usually happens in government (i.e. rebranding an existing program/bureaucracy with a new name and calling it "change").
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#24
(05-06-2019, 10:30 AM)JCnb Wrote:
(05-06-2019, 09:27 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Especially the new OMB LPAT.

Province restores OMB rules for development disputes
 
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2019/05...putes.html

Granted... they are keeping the LPAT name

Exactly.
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#25
Titanic on a postage stamp. I love it.

Just build the damn thing
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#26
Here is a new rendering from the Cities website
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#27
(03-10-2021, 04:52 PM)IronDev Wrote: Here is a new rendering from the Cities website

cannot see anything? 
is this project to buy or rentals?
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