MaRS: Draw your own conclusions

I’ve been following the recent media coverage of the MaRS debacle with interest. As a heritage enthusiast I applauded the melding of the old Toronto General Hospital structure with the new facility, but I was always puzzled by the space’s emptiness.

MaRS from College. Photo: Christie Spicoluk. CC BY-SA 3.0

If you’ve ever wandered inside to take a look around, it has never seemed like a particularly vibrant community existed there, and I wondered why a technology startup would find it welcoming.

Here are a number of articles to bring you up to speed:

• MaRS bailout could cost up to $477 million
• Former MaRS CFO saw problems in 2010 | Searching for life on MaRS 
• Is MaRS really almost as bright as the Sun?
• MaRS DD fiasco: More Costly Surprises Surface, bill now stands at over $550 million
• A Statement by the MaRS Board of Directors

Have you had any experience with MaRS?