Brandon Donnelly
@donnelly_b
City builder @globizen
I'm a real estate developer with @globizen. I also write a daily blog about city building that I've been doing since 2013: brandondonnelly.com
Garbage trucks take up too much space brandondonnelly.com/garbage-trucks…
Boom
Chow's motion to exempt all units in sixplexes from development charges CARRIES 20-4.
The Japanese don’t want American cars. Americans want Japanese cars.
What we really need is a "mobility czar" focused more broadly on moving the most number of people as efficiently as possible — across all modes of transport. brandondonnelly.com/torontos-traff…
Me too.
Olivia Chow is proposing no DCs up to 7 units on a property. This is the first thing she’s done I’m happy about, and I hope to see more. toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2…
100%
It is time to exempt sixplexes from development charges on a citywide basis.
I recently received a change order quote that seemed high. So I went directly to a supplier (the one recommended in our engineering report). Supply-only price was 10% of the original quote.
AI knows me: buildings, bicycles, basketball, snowboards, camera, and no shoes.
Developer and Pragmatist Brandon Donnelly on building the New Urban Frontier #ToRE @donnelly_b @globizen patreon.com/posts/13472652…
“Breathtaking new condo tower is already looking like nothing else in Toronto.” —@blogto
Look at this new green space!
So much of life in Toronto is constantly waiting for Google Maps Updates. . .
On Sunday evening, I rode out to the Port Lands area to check out the new park that just (partially) opened up. Named Biidaasige Park (pronounced "bee-daw-si-geh"), it is the largest park to open in the city in many decades. brandondonnelly.com/riding-out-to-…
Toronto’s “traffic czar” is doomed to fail. It’s a car-centric solution to a much broader mobility problem.
This is my friend’s dad’s favorite restaurant. When he’s in Toronto, he conducts most of his business meals here. One of the reasons for this is the round table. Everyone is equal. He sees it as the perfect format for collaboration.
Toronto should take this idea and adapt it to our climate.
One thing I wish we could take from Mexico City are their camellóns - interior trails within the median of streets
Southern Ontario has an immense supply gap when it comes to design-forward lifestyle hotels brandondonnelly.com/southern-ontar…
I took my mom to see One Delisle this afternoon. First thing she said: I love how private the balconies and terraces are!
Happy Saturday, everyone