Subway coming to Junction

I know we don't like chains in this hood, but I must confess I'm looking forward to this!

Hooray for anchor tenants!! First Starbucks, now Subway…. brilliant

Right ho missed that thanks for correcting me

I guess that depends on how many friends that subway guy at Keele and Bloor has – no real sense of community in his place as there is with our local coffee shops though.

Despite being the worlds largest restaurant chain Subway doesn't rally opposition like Starbucks does.

I think this is a positive move, its nice to see investment in the Junction and this should add more people to the street at night.

Its not realistic for the Junction to avoid this type of development forever, I do hope its limited so our independent businesses can grow along side the chains.

I'm pretty interested to see what happens to the stip once the condos off of Keele start to take occupancy. There are a lot of places sitting empty right now, and I have to assume they're empty because the landlords had a bit of foresight to know that adding a few hundred more people into the neighbourhood is going to interest in retail space.

I'm willing to wager there are a lot more updates like this one over the next few months. Junctioneer – when do those places start taking occupancy? Any thoughts on what's going to happen?

I believe the Keele Street condos start to take occupancy in September.

Now if only Tim Horton's took over the Coffee Time @ Dupont & Dundas W… then the eastern part of the strip would come alive!

Hello Glin, last month the developer said people will start moving into the east tower in Sept and the west tower should be fully occupied by Feb.

There are over 600 units so I expect over 1000 people to move in. We will certainly see additional development.

I've never met the guy only the lady, maybe she has the magic touch. I still think it's better that what you're saying. Oh well, you can enjoy Subway, I'll stick to the Sub Shop.

Do you mean the big red eyesore of a shop at the corner of Keele and DUNDAS? I would live for Starbucks to take over that place and clean it up like they've done to many old buildings in Toronto.

Actually, I'd prefer a TTC Subway (Downtown Relief Line?) coming to the Junction. Could be heavy rail or light rail, doesn't matter really, but a rapid transit line at least.

because the topic is subway… its not that much of a stretch

The TTC will build the DRL with the YUS and BD lines getting busier and busier. If we push for it, it could make it to the Junction in the first leg. Alternately, it could terminate at the Bloor line (Keele or Dundas West?), just missing us. Now that would be a shame if this dense and increasingly vibrant area wouldn't get a station.

I emailed Rob Ford regarding transit and he replied stating one of his priorities was to build the DRL (Downtown Relief LIne).

YUS – Yonge-University-Spadina line
BD – Bloor-Danforth line
DRL – Downtown Relief line

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I don't think we do know that Starbucks is coming. personally I'd be very surprised if they opened in that new building… there are already 6 or 7 places to get coffee within a few blocks.

It may well be much fuss about nothing. Although eventually I suspect it will rear it's head somewhere in the Junction (probably closer to Keele)

That newly built building replacing the Handyman's Shop will probably have to look to a chain or boutique to recoup the investment in constructing the building. Will it be Starbucks? Who knows. There's one on St. Clair in that poorly redeveloped Stockyards area if you want that experience in the Junction.