A popular pastry shop in Toronto’s Greektown is being forced to close to make room for the new Ontario Line subway system and the family that owns it says the transit agency’s offer was “a joke
Akropolis Pastries, located near Danforth and Pape avenues, has been in operation for over four decades. Bill Gekas’ parents opened up the shop as new immigrants to Canada in 1979.
Gekas said his family received a letter in February 2022 notifying them that the property his family’s shop—as well as the building that they own and rent out to tenants—is up for expropriation. He said they went back and forth with a Metrolinx official, trying to learn what they needed and what kind of offer was on the table.
“They made an offer for the building, okay, which is well below what we were expecting,” Gekas said, adding that Metrolinx’s appraisal was based on the building’s frontage.
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