After a slight delay due to softer-than-anticipated soil, demolition began this week for the city’s latest
mid-rise.
Abacus, the
Richard Witt-designed seven-storey brick and glass condo on Dundas just west of Ossington, will have 39 units starting at $289,000 to more than $800,000, of which a couple are still available.
The developer, Antonio Azevedo of DAZ Developments,
grew up in the neighbourhood and is looking forward to contributing to its latter-day re-densification. “It really helps develop a sense of community,” he says of the burgeoning Dundas West commercial strip he’s hoping to help along. The condo is the only mid-rise building in the area.
Azevedo figures digging will begin in February, and that the building will be ready for residents by the fall of 2014.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Antonio Azevedo
Do you know of a new building going up, a business expanding or being renovated, a park in the works or even a new house being built in the neighbourhood? Please send your development news tips to [email protected].