GTA New Home Market Showed Signs of Rebound in January
offAfter a turbulent 2018 for the Greater Toronto Area housing market, a new report released by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) is showing a slight rebound in sales from...
View ArticleAltree Developments Proposes Mid-Rise at 202 St Clair West
offAt the gateway to Toronto's Forest Hill neighbourhood, Altree Developments has proposed the construction of a 9-storey luxury mid-rise building to replace six mansions at the intersection of St...
View ArticleCity Approves Settlement for Menkes' 4800 Yonge Street
offAs Toronto's last remaining surface parking lot at the intersection of two subway lines, the property on the southwest corner of Yonge and Sheppard has been begging for redevelopment for a number of...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Gardiner Expressway
offToday's Photo of the Day features an east-facing view overlooking the Gardiner Expressway in Downtown Toronto. Captured by Forum contributor cc46, this shot shows multiple construction sites adding...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 27, 2019
offSidewalk Labs’ Port Lands vision not guaranteed, says new Waterfront Toronto chair; Affordable housing becomes singular focus of Toronto’s new real estate czar; Rental demand leading to ‘alarming...
View ArticleJ. Davis House Approaching Final Height Near Davisville
offIn the time since we last checked in on construction of J. Davis House, a 9-storey, Graziani + Corazza Architects-designed condominium development from Mattamy Homes and Biddington Group, the...
View ArticleRedevelopment of Basilian Complex Proposed on St Joseph St
offA proposal has been submitted to the City of Toronto seeking to amend the Official Plan and Zoning Bylaw to permit redevelopment of the Cardinal Flahiff Basilian Centre at 95 St. Joseph. Proposed by...
View ArticleThe One's Mega Caissons Take Shape in Advance of Exoskeleton
offThe tallest building under construction in Canada is underway right now at the southwest corner of Toronto's Yonge and Bloor intersection, still flying under the radar skyline-wise as below-grade...
View ArticleOAA Recommends Controversial Changes to Planning Process
offA letter produced by the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA) in January is causing a bit of a stir in the architectural and planning community. The letter, which was signed by previous OAA...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: CIBC SQUARE Rising
offToday's Photo of the day features a view of CIBC SQUARE rising south of Union Station in Downtown Toronto. Captured by Forum contributor Canadian Chocho, this view faces southwest, showing the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 28, 2019
offPolicy-makers eye data frameworks amid Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto project; GO Transit to let kids ride free; Foreclosures increase as home values fall and mortgage lending tightens; and more...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Radio to Residential
offThis week's Throwback Thursday takes us to Yonge Street, just south of St. Clair Avenue in Midtown Toronto. Looking back to October 2016, when demolition was just getting started on a two-storey...
View ArticleDaniels Wrapping Up Curving Exterior of Arc at Erin Mills
offNot just another tower is entering the final stages of construction at Erin Mills Parkway and Eglinton in Mississauga. The 19-storey, Kirkor Architects-designed Arc at Erin Mills, part of The...
View ArticleTwo Rental Infill Buildings Proposed Near Fairview Mall
offA new proposal submitted to the City of Toronto earlier this month seeks rezoning to permit a two-building infill development to be built on the site of an existing 15-storey apartment building...
View ArticlePlans Submitted for SickKids Patient Support Centre
offWeeks after SickKids Hospital unveiled their proposed B+H Architects-designed Patient Support Centre (PSC), and a full year after rezoning was sought for the site at 175 Elizabeth Street, an...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Financial Reflection
offToday's Photo of the Day features a moody black and white shot from Toronto's Financial District. Captured by Forum contributor doady, this photo shows a distorted reflection of First Canadian Place...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 1, 2019
offProvince appoints new Waterfront Toronto board members; Toronto property tax rates among the lowest across GTA, report says; Majority of Torontonians polled want the city to have authority over...
View ArticleTopping Off February 2019: What's Hot on UrbanToronto
offAnother month of city-building, transportation, and real estate talk is now behind us, so we are rounding up the hottest stories, projects, and Forum discussions of February 2019. Our Top Ten News...
View ArticleA Closer Look at M2M's T1 Three-Bedroom Model Suite
offLast month, we were given a sneak peek at the presentation centre for Aoyuan International's M2M Condos, a multi-tower Wallman Architects-designed community set to replace Newtonbrook Plaza at Yonge...
View ArticlePublic Input Sought on Ontario Place Redevelopment
offAs the Province of Ontario looks to re-develop Ontario Place, a mostly shuttered cultural, recreational, and entertainment hub located on Toronto’s central waterfront, a number of residents,...
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