"I can’t afford to build a 50-storey building, let alone pay my taxes and neither can my neighbours." Northbound Leather owner George Giaouris is among the latest to speak out about soaring property assessments along Yonge Street—specifically, the stretch around Wellesley, where the House of Lords waved the white flag. Eliot’s Bookshop owner Paul Panayiotidis is using his accelerated retirement to draw attention to the way the city is squeezing small businesses on the strip.