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RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - MidTowner - 08-06-2015
Ah, thank you. That makes sense. That seems like it should go without saying, but that makes sense.
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - Viewfromthe42 - 08-06-2015
Seems odd. If the original build allowed for a business requiring this many parking spaces, would they not have to have been provided in the building itself? Otherwise, this would seem to be something outside of what was originally proposed and approved.
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - Markster - 08-06-2015
I seem to recall that the material about 1 Columbia before had a conspicuous absence of mention of ground floor retail. I suspect that the building, and its parking, were approved based on no commercial uses. Adding commercial requires an additional 3 spaces per 100m2, at least according to the old MR-25 zoning.
Of course, it's possible that they couldn't find a tenant without offering a visible parking lot.
The staff response basically says that there's no utilities impact, so it's all good.
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - MacBerry - 08-09-2015
(10-26-2014, 11:36 AM)Spokes Wrote:While driving around Northdale, I became aware in the last few weeks of the Schembri name on many small, medium and large projects as the rental agent and property manager. Have they just re-done all the signs to reflect the "Schembri" brand or did I just miss the name over many years. I haven't rented a property there for almost ten years and then that was for my son.(10-26-2014, 11:09 AM)REnerd Wrote: In fairness, KW4Rent owns at least half of the ugly student projects. Schembri owns the other half.
Fair enough.
I should have said every ugly project on Columbia, and half the ugly projects in Northdale.
Is there a real owner/person "Schembri"?
Does this "person" Schembri live in Waterloo region or just an absent Toronto owner, landlord or errant property management group?
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - kps - 08-09-2015
(08-09-2015, 06:40 PM)MacBerry Wrote: Is there a real owner/person "Schembri"?
The Google leads to news articles that mention a Mr Gordon Schembri. I do not think this is entirely coincidental.
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 08-09-2015
However, I believe Schembri is basically a property manager, and not necessarily the owner of all said buildings.
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - numberguy - 08-10-2015
Yes, and he lives in Baden.
RE: One Columbia | 22 fl | U/C - firex - 08-10-2015
Apparently Schembri signed a deal with the property management company The Marq (Centurion) and will not be responsible for the property management side of their buildings.
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