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so here's some stuff that's happening.

1. 1145 ossington ave, aka that giant pit being used for backhoe storage. currently zoned for light industrial (used to be a uniform laundry service). owner (dunpar developments) wants to build a bunch of townhouses on a private lane. 4 storeys, 121 units. city said, too many houses for that size of a lane. nothing decided yet.

city backgrounder 2007
article from inside toronto 2007
city backgrounder 2008
omb paper trial 2007-2013
city zoning application 2012

2. 840 dupont at, aka sobeys. currently zoned for sobeys. owner (?) wants to rezone for "mixed use development including office, retail, and residential uses." no word on how many storeys, how many units, what kind of retail, where they're going to park, blah blah.

city zoning application 2013

3. ossington 63 bus is maybe going to be rerouted to go up and around on winona, tyrrell, and alberta. yes, really! this would mean no more street parking and removing a bunch of speed bumps and a general traffic nightmare of busses trying to turn left on winona from davenport blocking a heap of traffic at a corner that's already a congested mess half the time. so far the staff report recommends NOT DOING SOMETHING THIS STUPID but the ttc board or whatever still has to make a decision (which is supposed to happen at a meeting next week)

ttc report

some of this is happening in ward 17, some in 19, some in 21. and the condos that have been under construction for the last 8 years at lansdowne & dupont (ward 18) have had signs on them saying "warning if you buy a condo your kids are gonna take a bus to get to school coz there's no room at the inn basically" or whatever.

ever driven west on dupont in the afternoon? it's a shitshow.

ever waited 25 minutes for a dupont bus that broke down two stops later? that'll be so much more fun with all the crowds of condo/townhome dwellers from all these new developments.

now that's what i call planning!