When Toronto filmmaker Lulu Wei and her partner Kathleen found out their building on Bathurst St., adjoined to Honest Ed’s, was being sold in 2016 and they would have to vacate their apartment the following year, Wei began filming the events that transpired over the next few years.Honest Ed’s was sold in 2013 and three years later, its final day of operations was on New Year’s Eve after 60 years in business.
Westbank Corp. began demolishing the historic discount store and sealed off the surrounding Mirvish Village on Markham St. The federal government stepped in January, committing $200 million in affordable rental units in the project.The six new buildings — slated for completion for summer 2022, but likely to be delayed due to the