Building tall and well, despite the controversy

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January 23 2004: Building tall and well, despite the controversy
The Globe and Mail

Despite spirited protests from city planners and local homeowners, the $175-million Minto Midtown condominium development, about to rise in Toronto's Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood, was never in any real danger of being squashed while winding its way through the approval process. Big money, of the kind wielded by big real estate developers such as Ottawa-based Minto, tends to win urban-design battles. This Teflon-coated unbeatability is one reason some people hate developers.

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