Harbour Street Rebuild Progressing in Toronto's South Core
The sound of jackhammers and squeaky construction vehicle treads cut through the relative nighttime silence in Toronto's South Core area over the Thanksgiving long weekend, as crews worked on a major...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: One Bloor East's Curves
As finishing touches are added to Great Gulf's 76-storey One Bloor East, the project's design statement is nearing its final form. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted by Forum contributor 111, a...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 12, 2017
In search of the elusive Lawren Harris “Toronto House”; Bloor Street bike lanes and the business of road safety; Housing starts slide as Toronto real-estate market continues to cool; and more news:In...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: L Tower From Berczy Park
Last week's Throwback Thursday took us back to only 2 years to 2015, when construction was in full swing for the Claude Cormier + Associés-designed revitalization of Toronto's Berczy Park. This week we...
View ArticleRange of Amenity Spaces Planned for Daniels' Wesley Tower
Over the last few months, we've taken a look at a few of the amenity spaces coming to Wesley Tower at Daniels City Centre, a 43-storey Rafael + Bigauskas Architects-designed condominium tower set to...
View ArticleRyerson Architecture: Jacques Ferrier on Non-Oppressive Design
Ryerson Architecture's 2017-2018 lecture series is set to continue this month with a talk by French architect and urban planner Jacques Ferrier, principal at Jacques Ferrier Architecture of Paris and...
View ArticleTheatre District Hotel & Condos Seeking Site Plan Approval
After a few years of evolution, Plaza's plans for the Theatre District Hotel & Condos project at 30 Widmer Street in Toronto's Entertainment District is now seeking Site Plan Approval (SPA). The...
View ArticleTwo North Drive Projects Under Construction on Bloor West
The site of North Drive Investments Inc's Picnic, The High Park II is abuzz with activity in Toronto's Bloor West Village area, just west of High Park. The 8-storey, Quadrangle designed condominium...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Division
Today's Photo of the Day features a view from the Ontario Power Generation building at Toronto's University and College intersection. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Jonathan Castellino, this view...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 13, 2017
Province’s waterfront Hearn site subject of sales talks; Momentum building for 'Union Station West', a new transit hub at Pearson; Bombardier will miss target this year for TTC streetcar deliveries;...
View ArticleThe Well: Diamond Corp Sells Interest as Construction Heats Up
Construction activity is heating up for one of the most transformative mixed-use redevelopments in recent Downtown Toronto history. Since we last covered work on the Front and Spadina site of The Well...
View ArticleTridel Seeks Site Plan Approval for Third Tower at West Village
The 27- and 30-storey first phase towers of Tridel's West Village Etobicoke development on Eva Road in Etobicoke have been finished for a couple of years, and now plans are advancing for the...
View ArticleToronto Receives Over $30 Million in PTIF Funding
Today the Federal Government announced that it has approved $30,549,000 in PTIF funding (Public Transit Infrastructure Fund) for projects within the City of Toronto. PTIF was created by the Federal...
View ArticleGlazing Installation Begins Over Union Station Front Street Moat
In the few weeks since we last checked in on construction for Union Station's massive multi-year revitalization, progress has been made on what will be among the project's most visible elements to...
View ArticleDesign Review Panel Sees Updated Pinnacle One Yonge Plans
The design for phases 2 and 3 of Pinnacle One Yonge appeared before a joint meeting of the City of Toronto's Design Review Panel and Waterfront Toronto's Design Review Panel yesterday at Toronto City...
View ArticleChoice Properties Open Dundas West Development 'Idea Centre'
Dundas and Bloor is a bustling West End Toronto intersection, but it feels like that's the case despite what all is around it: right now, everything feels wrong.To the northeast there's The Crossways,...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Crown Jewel
Today's Photo of the Day shows a view of Toronto captured from the east tower of Harbour Plaza Residences. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Dustin William, this shot shows the illuminated crown of the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 16, 2017
Toronto can find inspiration for its public spaces from these cities; Toronto highrise tenants will soon know if they’re ‘living in a fire trap’; Cookie baron’s factory lands could become massive new...
View ArticlePinnacle One Yonge Models and Diagrams Show More Detail
At last week's joint meeting of the Design Review Panels of the City of Toronto and of Waterfront Toronto, renderings were not the only depictions of the Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed Pinnacle...
View Article14-Storey Condo Proposed on Yonge Near York Mills Station
A new development proposal is seeking permission for new residential density on the stretch of Yonge Street between York Mills Road and Highway 401 in North York, where Yonge climbs out of Hoggs...
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