Fight condo plan in court, mayor urges
Rejects as ‘utter nonsense’ developer’s claim that critics oppose project because of its affordable housing component
Excerpt from an article by John Spears - Toronto Star
A developer who won Ontario Municipal Board approval for a condo development in the Queen West Triangle says critics of his application are opposed to the fact it envisions a high-rise with affordable housing.
“The only reason anyone would be blocking this, as far as we’re concerned, is to stop the affordable housing,” Cary Green, executive vice-president of the Verdiroc Development Corporation, told reporters at Toronto City Hall yesterday.
His firm’s plan proposes an 18-storey building with 190 units of affordable housing – 30 to 40 for artists – as well as a 14-storey condo tower with market units, and an eight-storey podium connecting both buildings.
The project is planned for 48 Abell St. and is one of three OMB-approved projects in the Queen West triangle. The Abell address is now an industrial building that’s been converted to artists’ lofts and studios. It would be demolished under the proposal.
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