Harbour Square Park Revitalization To Begin This Fall
A motion by Toronto Ward 28 Councillor and Deputy Mayor Pam McConnell this past April recommended a $1,000,000 increase in funding to enlarge and expedite the first phase of work on the Jack Layton...
View ArticleRefined Submission Finalizes Plan for Avenue Road's The Davies
With the on-site sales centre now closed following a successful marketing campaign, an updated Site Plan Approval (SPA) submission to the City of Toronto effectively closes out the planning process for...
View ArticlePlan Reintroduces Condo-Hotel Concept at Jarvis and Shuter
A splash of colour is—for the second time—being proposed at the Downtown Toronto corner of Jarvis and Shuter. Following a submission in mid-2016, Manga Hotels have returned with an updated plan for the...
View ArticleConstruction Progressing at Eau du Soleil in Etobicoke
Set to become Etobicoke's tallest building, construction is progressing at Eau du Soleil by Empire Communities. Located at 2183 Lake Shore West, Eau du Soleil is situated in the Humber Bay Shores area,...
View ArticlePort Lands: $1.2b of Trilateral Funding Unlocks Revitalization
Propelling the long-anticipated urban future of Toronto's Port Lands towards reality, three levels of government are committing $1.185 billion of new funding to remake what Waterfront Toronto describes...
View ArticleThe One: New Images and Model Debut at Toronto of the Future
Fully up-to-date renderings of The One, along with a new scale model of the approved design, have debuted at Toronto of the Future at Metro Hall, following ratification of a settlement between Mizrahi...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Trillium Park
Today's Photo of the Day shows off the new 7.5-acre Trillium Park in Ontario Place. Opened on June 19th by Premier Kathleen Wynne, Eleanor McMahon, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and Chief...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 29, 2017
Presto’s TTC installation to cost $385 million; Toronto Fire Services to share more fire safety information with tenants; Metrolinx is reviewing its privacy policy, and you'll have a chance to weigh...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: WaterClub, Riviera, and More
This week's Throwback Thursday takes us back to the summer of 2002, north of the entrance to the Steam Whistle Brewery at Roundhouse Park. The landscape of the park is sparse and dry, while in the...
View ArticleBathurst and Glencairn Mid-Rise Evolves with New Submission
A revised rezoning application has been submitted to the City of Toronto by Riverking Developments LP for a Page + Steele / IBI Group-designed 9-storey mixed-use residential project at the corner of...
View ArticleAnother Beer Store Set to Bite the Dust on Dundas West
Just west of Ossington, yet another of Toronto's many Beer Store and parking lot sites could make way for redevelopment on Dundas West. This month, the Beer Store at northeast corner of Dundas and...
View ArticleU of T Robarts Common Breaking Ground this Summer
The University of Toronto has announced that the Robarts Library addition (to be known as Robarts Common) will begin construction this summer after reaching their fundraising goal. Following a...
View ArticleVaughan Urban Design Awards Return for 2017
The Vaughan Urban Design Awards are back for the 2017 edition, recognizing and celebrating a diversity of urban design and cultural heritage projects throughout Vaughan. Entries will be judged for...
View ArticleBerczy Park: Toronto Welcomes a New Kind of Public Space
"This doesn't seem like Toronto." By yesterday, I had lost count of how many times those words were uttered on the little triangular stretch of green space and plaza between Front and Wellington. In...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: South Core Sunset
Today's Photo of the Day features a sunset view of Toronto's South Core skyline. Submitted to our Flickr Pool via contributor kotsy, this shot faces southwest from the east end of Union Station's GO...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 30, 2017
Toronto council to debate climate change action plan amid rising flood costs; Controversial Etobicoke concrete plan may be moving to the eat end; Toronto's Trump Tower will be rebranded as 'The St....
View ArticleTrio of Residential Towers Rising at Dundas and Jarvis
A trio of towers have been transforming the corner of Dundas and Jarvis over the past few months, with Grid Condos, Dundas Square Condos, and Ryerson University's Jarvis Residence bringing an unusually...
View Article34-Storey Great Gulf Residential Tower Approved at 1421 Yonge
First proposed in December 2014, Terracap's bold proposal 42-storey residential tower at 1421 Yonge St met with pushback from neighbours and the City. With concerns over height and density, the...
View ArticleHurvitz Brain Sciences Centre: Addition Coming to Sunnybrook
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is proposing a new addition to its complex. The new wing will be named the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Centre. The proposed development includes a two storey storey Brain...
View ArticleThe Beer Stores Saga Continues with Bloor & Islington High-Rise
That makes it a six-pack. Across Toronto, half a dozen Beer Store sites now face the prospect of redevelopment, with the low-slung retailers—all fronted by generous surface parking—set to be replaced...
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