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Originally Posted by esquire
^ As if Thomson Dorfman Sweatman would have ever considered setting up shop in the Avenue or the Sterling buildings...
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Well that is true my point is Thomson Dorfman Sweaman leaving 201 Portage for TNS creates a void at 201 Portage. The trickle down effect is offices that might have been in a place like Avenue, Sterling or Boyd move up the food chain, pay less in lease costs, etc until the full trickle up backfills the space at 201. End of the day there are heritage designated buildings that can't find any tenants and are left to rot away due to neglect. See the Albert St hotels or the Times Changed block that is currently being saved. If too much upward pressure is put on the lease market we are going to lose heritage buildings. We can't have it both ways. Just look at the recent discussion on the heritage buildings lost for "tower two" where 201 Portage is or further back on the loss of character from the development of Portage Place downtown.