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Street Level Emphasized, Tower Shortened in 700 Bay Update

Over two years ago, developers Kingsett Capital proposed a 45-storey mixed-use purpose built rental apartment tower to replace a 2-storey podium on Gerrard west of Bay, a couple blocks north of Toronto...

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Toronto to Share Costs for SmartTrack, Other Transit Projects

This week, Toronto Mayor John Tory's signature SmartTrack transit plan started heading down the line from drawing board to reality. Although the plan is now less "smart" than when Tory originally...

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Excavation Starts for Arc Condominium at Daniels Erin Mills Site

Developing a greenfield site opposite the Erin Mills Town Centre at Eglinton and Erin Mills Parkway, The Daniels Corporation's Daniels Erin Mills development is adding a new high-rise community to...

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7-Storey Office Building and Road Proposed in Liberty Village

From a densely built industrial warehouse and factory district of near a century ago, to a run-down and half-abandoned area thirty years ago, Toronto's Liberty Village has experienced major...

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UofT Daniels Faculty Re-Introduces Toronto to Spadina Crescent

For a few hours in early November, Toronto's Spadina Crescent felt like the heart of the city. With under a year now remaining until the University of Toronto's students fill the new John H. Daniels...

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Photo of the Day: Autumn Waterfront Scene

Today's Photo of the Day presents a scene of change on Toronto's waterfront. Captured from a Toronto Island Ferry and submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by BruceK, this shot faces north towards...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 10, 2016

Scarborough Rouge-River voters will head to polls for byelection; SmartTrack’s Next Steps; Brampton council shocked by cost of York Region project; and more news:Scarborough Rouge-River voters will...

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Throwback Thursday: The Esplanade from Bay Street

This week's Throwback Thursday offers a look back in time over 14 years, showing some major changes in the blocks south and east of Toronto's Financial District. Back in July 2002, construction was...

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Public Realm Taking Shape at Plaza's Musée Condos

Construction continues at the site of Plaza's Musée Condos, a 17-storey Quadrangle Architects-designed condominium development on Adelaide Street in Toronto's King West neighbourhood. We last visited...

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Crane Raised, Foundations Underway at 1 Yorkville Condos

It has been a busy few months at the site of Bazis and Plaza's 1 Yorkville, a 58-storey, Roy Varacalli-designed condominium development under construction in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood. When we...

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A First Look at the Interiors of CentreCourt's Axis Condos

Located across the street from Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens, a 38-storey condominium by CentreCourt Developments is set to replace the surface parking lot at the southeast corner of Church and Wood...

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44-Storey Infill Development Proposed in Flemingdon Park

North York's Flemingdon Park neighbourhood is recognized for its "Towers in the Park" typology, a style of land use planning applied in high-density neighbourhoods across Toronto throughout the 1960s...

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Eaton Centre: New Pusateri's Comes to Saks Fifth Avenue

By 9:20 AM, it was hard to move though the crowd. Such was the interest in the grand opening that 10-minute coffee lines stretched long past the rush hour peak: this morning, Pusateri's arrived at...

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Photo of the Day: View From the Baldwin Steps

Constructed in 1913, the Baldwin Steps provide pedestrian access between two stretches of Spadina Road with differing elevations. The public staircase also offers views of the Toronto skyline, such as...

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Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 11, 2016

Toronto ward changes will give more weight to downtown issues: experts; Check Out How Toronto’s Heritage Plaques Get Made; Toronto needs more 'gentle density,' planner says; and more news:Toronto ward...

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Tesla Giveaway Ties Into Sustainable Features at The Vanguard

Thornhill, like many communities across the Greater Toronto Area, is changing. People everywhere are concerned about their environmental impact, and while walking and cycling are becoming more common...

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Site Plan Reveals Details of Lalu's evo Condos + Towns

Located at the northeast corner of Lawrence and Birchmount in Scarborough, the five future buildings that make up Lalu Canada's evo Condos + Towns represent the major international company's first...

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Intelligent Cities Summit: Welcome to the Smart City

A city is really just a collection of things: streets, buildings, people, services, wires, pipes, and laws. Those things are, to varying degrees, in communication with one another. The streets do not...

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Live, Work, Learn, Play at Daniels Waterfront - City of the Arts

Construction is well underway on phase one at Daniels Waterfront - City of the Arts, a 280,000 ft² office component front onto Queen's Quay, and the stage is now set for the residential elements of the...

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Public Realm Redesign in the Works for U of T's Willcocks Street

Big changes are in store for a pedestrianized Willcocks Common, as the University of Toronto is looking to upgrade the street with a new public realm plan that would reimagine the thoroughfare as a...

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