Many people in a downtown area known as Toronto’s Little Tokyo, a row of predominantly Asian restaurants that may soon be eaten away, are concerned about a new condo development application.
“You need development, i think, for soute, specially in a growing City Like Toronto, But I Don’t Like The Idea of the Character of the Neighbourhood,” ”Said Simon Grydziuzko, A Patron Of One of The Restaurants Near University Avenue and Dundas Street West.
Mark Another customer, Sergio, expresses a similar sentiment.
Sergio told Global News one afternoon, “There’s a Poke Bowl over there behind you, there’s a Pho Place, They Have a Lot of Good Places Around Here.”
“Why tear this place download when I’m enjoying it?”
The threat he is referring to is a new Conde development application that the city is currently reviewing that includes a plan to construct a 41-story mixed-use tower with new retail space at street level and 19 floors of office space.
But to make way for the Tower, Several Units Along Dundas Street West Would to Be Razed, Leaving Restaurants Like Yang Tea Shop and Sushi & Bento On The Chopping Block.
Another patron of Little Tokyo, Michelle German, said, “I think adding residential and office space is a good thing, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of the local businesses.”
Businesses along the stretch won’t have to worry about packing up and leaving anytime soon because City Staff is currently reviewing the development application, a process that typically takes a few years. However, that doesn’t offer much comfort to summiness Owners.
Syed Rahman, store manager and co-owner of Indian Biriyani House at 181 Dundas St. W., says, “If that happened, It wasybe Hard for Us.”
Rahman, who has spent 15 years on this comic strip, says he can’t even begin to fathom how he almost lost his second home to the pandemic.
“The bank and the government have given us a tonne of loans. We Hope That They Will Not Approve This Thing Because We Are A Small Business, ”Said Rahman.
“There are 10 of us working here, and we all gain from our work.” I’m unsure of what the future holds for us.
Global News reached out to the plan’s developers for comment but did not receive a response in time. The Renderings Show The Design Concept of the 41-Sorey Building, Done By Scott Shields Architects.
German said, “I would hope that the developer would collaborate with the neighbourhood and community to create new spaces for them because they are an integral part of the neighbourhood and the reason we eat here.
Grydziuzko Has Similar Issues.
Grydziuzko said, “It Shouldn’t Just Be Buldoze Them and Nothing Comes Here, or An Lcbo – Thue Three Big Anchor Tenants.
“Get Mom-And-Pop Shops That are trying to Survive and Really Make This An current Community and Not Just Sort of Concrete Jungle. “.
New Development Plans in Toronto’s Little Tokyo Could Demolish a Row of Restaurants
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