With Queen Street limited due to Ontario Line construction, could Dundas Street be the focal point of a Downtown transit solution?; with vacancy in commercial real estate at high levels across the country, the valuation gap continues to grow; Toronto restaurant owner comments that CafeTO’s extensive approval process has resulted in financial losses; and other news.
Dundas Street has an opportunity for greatness in the face of Ontario Line construction (Toronto Star)
The commercial property puzzle: Real estate investors refuse to write down assets despite public market pain (Globe and Mail)
Lengthy approval process for CaféTO program results in huge financial losses: restaurant owner (CBC)
I lived in the PATH for two weeks in 2012. It was weird then, but it’s weirder now. Here’s why (Toronto Star)
Toronto declares state of emergency over homelessness (Globe and Mail)
Has the downtown Toronto lunch rush returned? I ate at three popular spots to find out (Toronto Star)
20 years on, David Miller’s 2003 win looms over Toronto mayoral race (CBC)
Mark Saunders should see how Amsterdam has broken the tyranny of the automobile (Globe and Mail)
Do you order meal delivery? Then you should defend bike lanes. Here’s why (Toronto Star)
Ontario tenant hit with $350-a-month rent hike calls for more transparency in lease agreements (CBC)
Housing upturn could delay a shift by Bank of Canada to cut rates. What to know (Global News)