Tag: London downtown
Letters to the Editor: January 13, 2023
Look to future
Core office vacancy rate remains stubbornly high as companies shed space
The number of empty offices in downtown London continues to climb with more than one in four vacant, because workers are not returning.
‘Huge lifestyle potential’: A downtown population boom looms
From the window of his King Street business, David Roth points east, gesturing to a parking lot where a highrise tower is being built.
Double take: Downtown hotel floats plan to convert units to condos
A landmark downtown hotel that created a stir this month with its plan to build a 35-storey residential tower next door is contemplating another major change to convert some of its existing rooms to condos. London’s DoubleTree by Hilton is eyeing city hall approval to convert some or all of its rooms to residential units, […]
Musicians, fireworks to help ring in the New Year at Victoria Park
New Year’s celebrations are coming back to Victoria Park this holiday season, following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re so excited to bring New Year’s Eve in the Park back once again for all Londoners to enjoy and ring in the new year together,” Marcus Plowright, chair of the New Year’s Eve […]
St. Paul’s downtown meal program returns, seeks donations for Christmas
An essential meal program for homeless Londoners downtown has returned after a two-year absence because of the pandemic. “We’re back downtown and that’s where we should be. This is our home,” Heather McNamara, co-ordinator of the Fellowship Centre at St. Paul’s Social Services, said Thursday. The first sit-down meal Thursday drew about 40 people, but […]
Core office vacancy rate remains high as companies shift to hybrid work
One in four office spaces in downtown London remains empty as the core continues to struggle with pandemic hangover, according to recent commercial realty reports.
Letters to the Editor: September 14, 2022
Vote for core action
Letters to the Editor: September 10, 2022
Core action needed
Along Dundas Place, relief as politicians fight strip club, body rub palour
The decision is not yet final, but downtown merchants along Dundas Place say they’re heaving a sigh of relief after city politicians put the brakes on separate plans to move a strip club and a body rub parlour to the city’s core.