Developer CEO Amit Sofer says the project "will be in the City of Peterborough for many, many, many years...[and] the contribution to the city's tax base will continue indefinitely"

Concerned residents spent three out of six hours delegating against the proposed erection of a 17-storey mixed-use residential building in East City.

Books bring communities together—a fact of life that has and continues to be the foundation of all great places of learning. In the days following the grand opening, which was packed full of smiling faces and books flying off the shelves, I returned to my favourite corner of East City to talk to the brothers about how they see their store as creating and maintaining a community of readers in Peterborough.