Toronto land is so valuable that even a radioactive waste disposal site was redeveloped

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Toronto land is so valuable that even a radioactive waste disposal site was redeveloped
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An unassuming mound of earth buried on the side of a quiet Toronto street for decades held a dark secret, but don't worry yourself too much, as thi...

An unassuming mound of earth buried on the side of a quiet Toronto street for decades held a dark secret, but don't worry yourself too much, as this little-known radioactive waste site present since the '90s was recently carted off as part of a redevelopment project.

A drawn-out period of legal challenges and negotiations concluded with the federal government agreeing to buy back more than 60 residential and commercial properties in the Malvern neighbourhood across what would become known as the A representative of the company tells blogTO that its new Passmore warehouse was built on a site that"was part of a larger clean-up effort that occurred more than 30 years ago."

Removal of the radioactive contaminated waste involved rigorous safety measures by Prologis, including commissioning tests of the mound and groundwater prior to their purchase of the site, which the company says was done to"validate the existing reports on the mound context and history."

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