Monthly Archives: December 2013

Dec-2-2013-CityNews Toronto-Sneak peek at Casa Loma’s massive reno plan (video)

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Nov-30-2013-Post City Magazine-Bold new plans for Casa Loma revealed

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Bold new plans for Casa Loma revealed

140-seat fine dining restaurant plus much more

David Paterson

Published on Sat Nov 30 2013

For 70 years, Casa Loma has been sitting in genteel semi-retirement on a hill overlooking Toronto. Because it was too glorious to demolish but lacked an obvious use, the city has left the grand old lady to languish like some embarrassing aging relative clinging to life well after her best years are behind her.

Having taken direct control of the castle in 2011 after the Kiwanis Club — which had run it for 74 years — stepped aside, the city now believes it might finally have a solution to the problem of what to do with Casa Loma.

It plans to turn over the running of large parts of the site to Liberty Group, a Toronto-based company that operates restaurants and event spaces. At its November meeting, Toronto City Council took a break from gutting the powers of the … Read the rest

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