88 North Second Crane Installed, Below Grade Work Underway
We have been watching construction activity for St Thomas Developments' 88 North, a new condominium tower soon to rise beside Shuter Street at Mutual. The building is replacing the north end of a...
View ArticleTTC Issues 30% Tunnel Design RFP for Relief Line South
Yesterday the TTC formally released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for tunnel design work of the Relief Line South. More specifically, the RFP is to "complete the Concept Design Report and Preliminary...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: 109OZ Condos
Today's Photo of the Day shows a view of Reserve Properties' new 109OZ Condos development on Toronto's Ossington Avenue, between Queen and Dundas. Submitted to the project's Forum thread by contributor...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 15, 2017
King St. condo in Parkdale gets the go-ahead after protesters shut down city hall meeting; TTC budget proposal calls for fare freeze, no extra service in 2018; Scarborough settlement agencies launching...
View ArticleACO Charrette Speculates on Future of Toronto Coach Terminal
On a cold, windy Remembrance Day, a group of students and young professionals gathered at historic Campbell House at Queen and University to speculate on the future of Toronto’s Coach Terminal. Part of...
View ArticleHarbour Eats Food Hall to open in Toronto's South Core
Calgary based food purveyor Mercatino is expanding to make Downtown Toronto it’s first location beyond Alberta, on the 5th floor of the PATH network-connected podium at One York (Sun Life Financial)...
View ArticleEdgeley Pond and Park to Act as Catalyst for Growth in Vaughan
A couple of kilometres to the northwest of York University's main campus, a new downtown for the suburban Toronto municipality of Vaughan is gradually becoming a reality. A new breed of buildings are...
View ArticleKing Street Transit Pilot In Full Swing
Today is the fourth day that the King Street Transit Pilot has been in effect, and the early results have been quite positive. The project began on Sunday, November 12th, and saw its first day of...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Rural Pocket
Today's Photo of the Day features a view from above Britannia Farm, a pocket of undeveloped rural land surrounded by an increasingly urban Mississauga. Captured by drone and submitted to our Forum by...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 16, 2017
'We bonded': Doug Ford and Jagmeet Singh rate their blind date; Pickering condo development under fire; Toronto committee calls for tighter Airbnb rules; and more news:'We bonded': Doug Ford and...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Eaton Centre Bridge
Since opening early in November, the WilkinsonEyre Architects and Zeidler Partnership-designed pedestrian bridge from the Toronto Eaton Centre to Hudson's Bay/Saks Fifth Avenue has become an incredibly...
View ArticleMarlin Spring Celebrates Ground Breaking for Canvas Condos
With the early stages of construction already underway for Canvas Condos, the team behind the new mid-rise condo from Marlin Spring Developments gathered at the build site on Danforth Avenue in...
View ArticleConcept Renderings Anticipate Sharp Mid-Rise in The Junction
The area around Dundas West Station is seeing plenty of development activity in recent years, and more might be on the way following a pre-application public meeting held this month regarding a...
View ArticleUrban Redevelopment Proposed for Suburban Etobicoke Plaza
Richview Square is a shopping plaza like many others across suburban Toronto: single storey retail at the back of the lot with a big surface parking lot out front. There is one big difference here...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Royal York
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of the 1929-built Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Downtown Toronto. Submitted by Forum contributor Goldie, this shot shows the geometry of the 28-storey...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 17, 2017
King St. pilot project does what big cities around the world are doing; Documentary looks at Regent Park community’s response to revitalization; John Tory, TTC chair throw support behind time-based...
View ArticleMetrolinx Expanding Stations on GO's Milton Corridor
A nice lead to this news article would have been to report that Ontario's Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca rode the GO train from Toronto out to Milton and Meadowvale one morning this week:...
View ArticleGround Floor Taking Shape for CentreCourt’s Axis Condos
Just across Church Street from Toronto's storied Maple Leaf Gardens, CentreCourt Developments'Axis Condos will soon be ascending into the growing skyline of the Church-Wellesley Village area. The...
View ArticleRetail Centre Proposed for Sears Warehouse Site in Rexdale
With Sears Canada undergoing liquidation, a redevelopment has been proposed for one of the retailer’s several Toronto facilities. Redevelopment of Sears’ warehouse at 2200 Islington Avenue—immediately...
View ArticleRyerson's Daphne Cockwell Complex Continues Its Rise
Ryerson University's new Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex continues to take shape on Church Street, north of Dundas, as the new addition to the Toronto educational institution races towards...
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