With all the developments moving to the west of Yonge street, I don't know any major developments that are on the East. Got any developments or proposals that are actually EAST of Yonge?

Where do you start?

Portlands, East Bayfront, redeveopment of Regent Park, Distillery, West Donlands, and plenty of individual condos (X the condo, Casa, Spire, etc, etc)






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For people who don't know of it, the area East of Yonge around King or Adelaide or Wellington is Old Town (1793). This area contains some of our oldest historical buildings and care must be taken not to just envelop them with tall condos and office buildings.

West

RoCP - 52
West One - 49
Montage - 48
RoCP 2 - 45
Murano - 43
N - 41
18 Yonge - 39
Murano 2 - 35
Infinity 1 - 35
1 St Thomas - 29
Pinnacle 2 - 29
Atlantis - 28
Element - 24
Battery Park - 23
Hudson - 21
Marriott - 21
Mosaic - 20
96 St Patrick - 18
Regency - 18
Lotus - 16
Infinity 2 - 16
One City Hall - 16
Neo - 16
263 Wellington - 14
One Six Nine - 11
Sixty Lofts - 11
Wellington on the Park - 11
533 Richmond - 9
455 Adelaide - 9
Hazelton - 9
Ryerson Business - 9
20 Stewart - 9

East

Spire - 45
Met - 43
Pure Spirits - 32
London - 32
Bloor Street - 26
22 Wellesley - 23
Rezen - 16
76 Shuter - 15
London - 15
380 Church - 12

I'm not sure I would consider buildings between University and Yonge to be 'West'.

East kind of has a reputation of being a rough, run down area in certain parts. Maybe that's why, I don't know. But when you think about it you're right, there's more happening to the west.

Could be because they want to move things more toward Niagara and the US border?

Toronto has been more of a western oriented city for quite a while now. Some people now view John St. as the centre of the city. It has a lot to do with important things being located on the west side, such as the U of T, CN Tower, Rogers Centre, etc. The east side has a lot of poverty, and is disrupted by the Don Valley. Parts of Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne and Parliament are really derelict, and there is so much low income public housing and homeless shelters on the east side. The west has its poverty too, but it's not so concentrated.

Long term, I would bet on higher returns on investment in the east. Eventually, anything very close to downtown is going to fetch a lot, east or west. Right now the East has a bad rep and there are sketchy neighbourhoods around. Now's a good time to get in. As the neighbourhoods improve and amenities come, it will rise faster than the west which already commands a premium because more of those things are in place.

looking at this picture, do we REALLY need to move east?

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6513/torontobefore0pz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

looking at this picture, do we REALLY need to move east?

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6513/torontobefore0pz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

You're right. If developments keep going west, we could centralize "spacially speaking" the CN Tower, which would look fantastic.

Long term, I would bet on higher returns on investment in the east. Eventually, anything very close to downtown is going to fetch a lot, east or west. Right now the East has a bad rep and there are sketchy neighbourhoods around. Now's a good time to get in. As the neighbourhoods improve and amenities come, it will rise faster than the west which already commands a premium because more of those things are in place.

Agree completely.

I think one of the coolest places to town will be Dundas between Sherbourne and Jarvis. Dundas curves quite a bit and reduces the sight lines, creating an intimate space. Right now, the place needs a lot of love.

^ maybe one day... but that day isn't even close at the moment. That's one nasty stretch of town.

yes it is and has been the center of violence in last few weeks.

looking at this picture, do we REALLY need to move east?

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6513/torontobefore0pz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

It'd be interesting to see this skyline photo extended eastward so that you have the same amount east of Yonge, as west of.

Being from the western world, we have a natural inclination to the left.

^^ we do?

If more development moves east, and when I say 'east' I don't just mean Regent Park/Moss Park/Cabbagetown, I include Scarborough, let's hope the developments don't have the effect of pricing people out of their own neighbourhoods and pushing the poor out of the city altogether.

I would suspect that there is some magnetism in play coming off from Mississauga. 6th biggest city in Canada, was it? Even within a city, the attraction of another substantial size city next door is unlikely to go completely unnoticed, people will gravitate, especially with economic movements in Mississauga's favour also in play, Etobicoke getting the action is really no surprise. Between Hurontario and Yonge is kinda ideal.

Brampton may also enter into the picture, as the west gets better train service than the east in terms of both GO Train and subway.

^ maybe one day... but that day isn't even close at the moment. That's one nasty stretch of town.


Thats about as run down as you can get in Toronto... strip joints and rn down appartments, with public housing and no name fried chicken joints all around.

I would suspect that there is some magnetism in play coming off from Mississauga. 6th biggest city in Canada, was it? Even within a city, the attraction of another substantial size city next door is unlikely to go completely unnoticed, people will gravitate, especially with economic movements in Mississauga's favour also in play, Etobicoke getting the action is really no surprise. Between Hurontario and Yonge is kinda ideal.

Brampton may also enter into the picture, as the west gets better train service than the east in terms of both GO Train and subway.

I think it is because of all the natural obstacles why Mississauga is that big in the first place. If the Don and Rouge Valleys weren't in the way, Toronto would have sprawled more evenly from east to west.


Thats about as run down as you can get in Toronto... strip joints and rn down appartments, with public housing and no name fried chicken joints all around.

Ummm how about Sexual entertainment clubs, low income apartments, and mom and pop restaurants.

Development skipped Etobicoke and went straight to mississauga. Now were slowly filling in the gaps. The east end of toronto is building up slowly too. Cabbagetown used to be a dump now it is prime.