Popular Toronto gay club best known as Babylon in Showtime series Queer As Folk.
Another gay dance club will close its doors for good after one last big bash during WorldPride. Fly owner Keir MacRae broke the news to his employees over the weekend that the club he’s operated for 15 years on Gloucester Street will shut down when his current lease expires June 30.
The adjacent resto-bar Fire on the East Side, also owned by MacRae, has already closed and is operating only for private functions.
The building Fly and Fire on the East Side are located in has been approved for redevelopment as a 29-storey condo, although developers have not announced plans to begin construction. MacRae says the landlord offered him the option of renewing his lease but demanded a large rent increase for anything more than a short-term extension. MacRae says that keeping the club going just a year at a time doesn’t make sense.
Zipperz announced last year that it would be closing as the building is turned into a condo.(xtra)
The adjacent resto-bar Fire on the East Side, also owned by MacRae, has already closed and is operating only for private functions.
The building Fly and Fire on the East Side are located in has been approved for redevelopment as a 29-storey condo, although developers have not announced plans to begin construction. MacRae says the landlord offered him the option of renewing his lease but demanded a large rent increase for anything more than a short-term extension. MacRae says that keeping the club going just a year at a time doesn’t make sense.
Zipperz announced last year that it would be closing as the building is turned into a condo.(xtra)
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