Union Station Since the Bay Concourse Closure
offIt's been just a few days now since the closure of the GO Transit Bay Concourse at Union Station over this past weekend, and the big question has been just how things would be at the country's...
View ArticleCastConnex Talks Innovative Engineering Solutions for Buildings
offWe recently sat down with Carlos de Oliveira and Michael Gray, co-founders of the structural engineering company CastConnex, to talk about why their casted connections are so innovative and how...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Financial District Layers
offThe high-rise towers of Toronto's Financial District come in many shapes, sizes, and colours. In today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Phil Marion, we can...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for August 20, 2015
off'Post-apocalyptic' incinerator in Toronto to be transformed into community centre; GO boosts Brampton trains and bus service to Pearson; Goodbye to Pan Am HOV lanes; and more news... GO boosts...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: 77 Charles West
offThe streets surrounding Bay and Bloor have been subject to much intensification in recent years, with redevelopments and infill buildings remaking the area continually.Back on December 10th, 2005,...
View ArticleDiam's On The Danforth Looks to Capitalize on Walkable Streets and Transit
offThe increasing vibrancy of the street life on Toronto's Danforth Avenue has led to a number of redevelopment proposals along the eastern stretch of this street in recent years, with developers...
View ArticleConstruction Progressing at Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza
offBelow grade construction is progressing for Camrost-Felcorp's Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza. The condominium is being built on the Avenue Road site that was occupied by the podium of the former Four...
View ArticleNew Images of The One Revealed as Design Development Continues
offThere has been much discussion in recent months about Mizrahi Developments' bold proposal for The One at the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor. The daring 80-storey tower, if built as proposed,...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Keeping Pace
offNew high-rise developments are giving Toronto's controversial rooftopping community plenty of photo opportunities around the city. In today's Photo of the Day, which was submitted to the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for August 21, 2015
offCadillac Fairview sells 30% of Toronto’s TD Centre to Ontario Pension Board; Torontonians favourable towards Uber; What Could You Buy With An Olympic-Sized Cheque?; and more news...Toronto’s leaders...
View ArticleEmerald Park Condos Approaching Completion in North York
offBazis, Metropia, and Plaza's Emerald Park Condos is closing in on completion, as residents and businesses replace construction workers in the 42 and 33-storey Rosario Varacalli-designed condo towers...
View ArticleConstruction at Residences of 488 University Avenue Set to Begin
offBig changes are coming to the corner of Dundas Street West and University Avenue in Downtown Toronto, as over the last few days a tower crane has been hoisted piece by piece to the top of an...
View ArticleCelsius Condos bring a Degree of Change to North York
offIn the years since the project was first announced in late 2010, what was once a sleepy row of suburban single homes and mature trees in North York has given way to the recently completed Celsius...
View ArticleNew Renderings Reveal New Details of the King Portland Centre
offSince our last update in March, development partners Allied Properties REIT and RioCan for the newly renamed King Portland Centre at 620 King Street West, have released an updated set of renderings...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Downtown Zoom
offIn today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Freaktography, we are taken high above Toronto's Entertainment District for a dynamic view of the surrounding city. The...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for August 24, 2015
offTwin Towers a metal mystery on Eglinton Ave.; Couple who leased out their Toronto home shocked to discover it was turned into illegal boarding house; Pan Am surplus going once, going twice on the...
View ArticleOne Park Place Adding New Retail to Regent Park
offNew residents continue to move into One Park Place, the most recently completed market condominium by The Daniels Corporation in the five-phase revitalization of Toronto's Regent Park community....
View ArticleThird Annual Cityfest Takes Over Concord CityPlace
offThis past Saturday, just a short distance east of the action at the Canadian National Exhibition, Canoe Landing Park at Concord CityPlace played host to hundreds of attendees at the third annual...
View ArticleSQ2 to Add New Mid-Rise Condo to Alexandra Park Community
offThe success of the rebuilding of Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood has set a standard now being emulated by other cities seeking to revitalize mid-20th-century public housing projects, and in fact...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Dundas Sunset
offViews from new high-rises are showing up with increasingly regularity in our Forum threads and Flickr Pool, like the fantastic capture featured in today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the...
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