08-14-2018, 09:15 AM
(08-14-2018, 07:30 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Is this the strip of land to which you refer?
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.4513503,-...312!8i6656
Didn't that used to be a building which was destroyed by, what some claim, was a suspicious fire. In any case, it has been vacant as long as I have lived here, I think it's owned by someone though. I suspect zoning requirements make it difficult or impossible to put the original building back, and maybe the site is too small for a tower. It is incredibly frustrating to see prime Realestate like that sit empty. Same with the former Mayfair hotel site, which I'm glad finally has a plan. The city has done a decent job of putting a bandaid over it.
It would be decent as a park location wise, although not ideal I think, given the grading of the site, and the imposing walls on both sides.
That is the strip of land, but the part I’m talking about is only the 6m or so closest to Manulife. My recollection is that somebody bought the rest but the property owner of that last narrow bit wouldn’t do a deal. So the rest may be re-developed; in that location I suspect 0 setback is in effect so it should be OK for redevelopment. But that will leave that 6m pretty much useless (although not totally useless; there are houses that are under 2m wide). On the overhead photo view, you can see what looks like a foundation wall or something running perpendicular to King; I think that is the border between the narrow strip I’m talking about and the rest of the property. Interestingly, in the streetview from Hall’s Lane the entire property has various equipment on it, possibly for exterior work on Manulife; I would be interested to know what sort of arrangement Manulife has for using that property for their building maintenance.