Photo of the Day: Riverside Square
Today's Photo of the Day features an aerial view of the construction site for Streetcar Developments and Dream's Riverside Square, taking shape near Queen and the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto....
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 28, 2017
With Byford out and a new leader incoming — Metro asks what will bring real change to the TTC?; Montreal vote result shows why Toronto’s John Tory may be vulnerable in 2018; Ontario should take over...
View Article44-Storey Condo Tower Proposed on Mt. Pleasant near Eglinton
Midtown Toronto's intersection of Mt. Pleasant and Eglinton is a few years away from the opening of a Crosstown LRT station, priming the area for greater densities. Just north of the future station...
View ArticleZig-Zag Cladding Starting as Grid Condos Rises Taller
It's just shy of one month since we last checked in on construction at CentreCourt's Grid Condos, a 50-storey Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects-designed condominium tower rising at the Jarvis and...
View ArticleIIDEXCanada 2017 Returns to Toronto Tomorrow
Over 30,500 trade professionals will be attending the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) over the next few days for The Buildings Show, which brings together the Construct Canada, HomeBuilder &...
View ArticleAvenue-Style Residences Proposed for 1376 Kingston Road
A rezoning application has been submitted to the City for 1376 Kingston Road, at the intersection with Cornell Avenue in the Scarborough's Birch Cliff neighbourhood. Submitted to the City of Toronto by...
View ArticleOntario PC, TO Board of Trade Transit Proposals Cause a Stir
In the past few days two influential political and economic bodies, the Ontario PC Party and the Toronto Region Board of Trade, have independently released transit proposals that call for big shakeups...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Finch West Station
Today's Photo of the Day takes us to North York where work is wrapping up on Finch West, one of the six new stations of the Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension. The transit station, designed by Will...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 29, 2017
Anger as City proposes the public donate to pay for road-safety plan; TTC board has approved time-based transfers; Let’s better harness our growth to pay for Rail Deck Park; and more news:Help name a...
View ArticleTower-in-the-Park Infill Proposed for 141 Davisville Avenue
Toronto's countless Tower-in-the-Park style apartment properties are being targeted for intensification in increasing numbers, with owners typically seeking to add new buildings where the is currently...
View ArticleMid-Rise Density Adding to Kingston Road near The Hunt Club
When the Toronto Hunt Club moved to the south side of Kingston Road in 1895, the country club’s Scarborough Bluffs site was still far removed from the city, though the arrival of streetcar service a...
View ArticleDel Duca Sets Up Conversation on Hydrogen Fuel Cell GO Trains
Are hydrogen fuel-cells really an option for powering GO Transit trains?That's the central question that Metrolinx—the organizers of recent symposium on hydrail technology—asked participants to help...
View ArticleMulti-Tower Development Proposed in Mimico-Judson Triangle
VANDYK Group of Companies, owners of 23 Buckingham Street, at the north-east corner with Newcastle Street in Mimico, have submitted a proposal to the City of Toronto to develop a mixed-use complex of...
View ArticleStriking Mid-Rise Design Tabled for Broadview and Mortimer
Applications for an Official Plan Amendment and rezoning were submitted to the City of Toronto last week, seeking approval for a 10-storey condominium development to replace the Whistler's Grille...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Skyline from Regent Park
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of Toronto's skyline from a residential unit in the Regent Park neighbourhood. Captured from the One Park Place complex by Forum contributor skycandy, this...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for November 30, 2017
Mayor Tory and Councillor Matlow square off on Scarborough transit; Availability of rental housing in GTA falls to 16-year low, CMHC says; Toronto committee looks at ways to prevent dooring of...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Front and Sherbourne
This week's Throwback Thursday turns back the clocks eight years, for a north-facing view of Toronto's Front and Sherbourne from way back in 2009. At that time, construction was well underway for...
View ArticleTwo 30-Storey Towers Coming to Downtown Hamilton
Our sister site SkyriseCities.com has news about a new two-tower development coming to the northeast corner of Hamilton's King Street East and Hughson Street North. The plan would replace the vacant...
View ArticleInfill Proposed at North York Tower-in-the-Park Site on Bathurst
The surge of applications to intensify development on Toronto's many Tower-in-the-Park sites is not letting up, with a new application at the site of Timbercreek's two rental buildings at 6030 and 6020...
View ArticleGrowing Pit for CIBC Square Unearths Relics of Toronto's Port
Excavation is in full swing at the future site of CIBC Square at 81 Bay Street in Downtown Toronto. The first of two phases at the Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines project, will stand in 2020 as the tallest...
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