(02-13-2025, 08:35 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Countless governments (including ours) have tried to bribe families with various types of child tax credits (or maybe this is demonizing, too?) to have larger families, and it really does not significantly move the needle. Some individuals, yes, but not enough.

What does work, at least somewhat? Enabling women to have children AND continue their careers. And how do you do that? With $10/day child care.

(02-13-2025, 08:35 PM)tomh009 Wrote: Countless governments (including ours) have tried to bribe families with various types of child tax credits (or maybe this is demonizing, too?) to have larger families, and it really does not significantly move the needle. Some individuals, yes, but not enough.

What does work, at least somewhat? Enabling women to have children AND continue their careers. And how do you do that? With $10/day child care.

(02-14-2025, 09:59 AM)MidTowner Wrote: If you have seen some evidence that subsidized day care works to increase fertility rates, I'd love to see it. I personally doubt it- but it's still probably good policy for all sorts of reasons.

(03-09-2025, 12:00 PM)Lebronj23 Wrote: I know this is just a rendering but it’s marked as 150 strange St. I think the site of a current warehouse?

Anyways it appears to have a 56 storey tower

https://www.dhrendering.com/high-rise/#prettyPhoto%5Bgallery_1%5D/3/

Anyone have any info on this?

(03-11-2025, 08:25 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Beautiful render though. Obviously this will never be built in our region. Developers in Vaughan, Markham or Mississauga would build something of this quality, but never KWC.  I could see this area getting developed in the future. The Ontario seed company building, the old curling club/ Badminton club and even the AirBoss (Dominion Tire) factory if it ever decided to move or close, would all be great locations for mixed use developments.

(03-11-2025, 12:30 PM)panamaniac Wrote:

(03-11-2025, 08:25 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Beautiful render though. Obviously this will never be built in our region. Developers in Vaughan, Markham or Mississauga would build something of this quality, but never KWC.  I could see this area getting developed in the future. The Ontario seed company building, the old curling club/ Badminton club and even the AirBoss (Dominion Tire) factory if it ever decided to move or close, would all be great locations for mixed use developments.

Are the old Granite Club building and at least parts of the old Dominion Tire building not designated heritage structures?  They should be, if they are not.

(03-11-2025, 01:06 PM)westwardloo Wrote:

(03-11-2025, 12:30 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Are the old Granite Club building and at least parts of the old Dominion Tire building not designated heritage structures?  They should be, if they are not.

I do not know, but I agree, the Old Dominion Tire Building should 100% be designated as a Heritage Structure. The Granite Club, the front facade is nice enough, but not sure it justifies Heritage Designation.

(03-11-2025, 12:30 PM)panamaniac Wrote:

(03-11-2025, 08:25 AM)westwardloo Wrote: Beautiful render though. Obviously this will never be built in our region. Developers in Vaughan, Markham or Mississauga would build something of this quality, but never KWC.  I could see this area getting developed in the future. The Ontario seed company building, the old curling club/ Badminton club and even the AirBoss (Dominion Tire) factory if it ever decided to move or close, would all be great locations for mixed use developments.

Are the old Granite Club building and at least parts of the old Dominion Tire building not designated heritage structures?  They should be, if they are not.

(03-12-2025, 11:14 AM)ac3r Wrote: I'm going by memory here but I recall that render was just to represent potential at the location, not an actual proposal. It has indeed been up for sale for a while. As ZEBuilder states it's not a great design or anything.

To elaborate, a lot of the time when someone is hired to produce a very conceptual render, they may not be going off actual plans they've been provided. Instead, a lot of the time they just throw together something that "looks" like a building, but may not make actual sense or just not have much thought into the design. Sometimes the people doing the work may not have any architectural background either, but they are really good in something like V-Ray or Blender. It's definitely a weird looking structure, but I suspect that's because it was made just for sales promotion.

Either way, that particular company offers a good look at project ideas around the region! You can see a new one they have posted for 84 Frederick Street, the site of the old YMCA women's shelter downtown next to Duke Tower. I'm not sure if that property has been sold yet but you can see they have a rendering for a tower there that's 28 floors. ZEBuilder may know more about this as they seem to have their finger on the pulse of the planning side of things more than I do haha. It could also just be a mock rendering to facilitate a property sale, or potentially a proposed project.