Toronto’s condo towers: are they getting too tall?

Posted by Real Estate Snatch Saturday, March 23, 2013

Toronto developers are aiming ever higher with their “supertall” condos. Experts weigh in on how high is too high.

Every fall, urban planning professor Pierre Filion asks the same question of new students at the University of Waterloo.

What’s the most efficient mechanical mode of transportation in the city? “They come up with all kinds of answers. The bus. The train. The scooter,” he chuckles.

“Well, it’s the elevator. It’s quick. It’s efficient. And it doesn’t take much energy to operate.” Thanks to the condo boom in Toronto, elevator stock has nowhere to go but up.

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