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City Age: Transportation's Impact on City-Building
The transportation industry is facing its most profound shift in a century, with planners forecasting that as many as 1.5 million more cars will clog the Greater Toronto Area's roads in the next 25...
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Public Art Installation Unveiled at Morguard's 'The Heathview'
Touted as the first purpose-built high-rise rental project constructed in the Forest Hill South/Casa Loma area in over four decades, Morguard Corporation's The Heathview has come a long way since...
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72-Storey Twin Towers Proposed for Yonge and Carlton
The northeast corner of Yonge Street and Carlton Street is slated for major redevelopment, as property owner Northam Realty is looking to rezone the Downtown Toronto site to allow two 72-storey twin...
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Photo of the Day: The Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton has been a landmark on Toronto's skyline for five years now. In today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the Urban Toronto Flickr Pool by Lori Whelan, we are shown an east-facing view of...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 14, 2016
Rail deck park can happen, because it happened in Weston; A Brief History of the Proposed Scarborough Subway Extension; With home ownership out of reach, many young professionals now struggle to snag...
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Luxury Car Dealership Rising Next to the DVP on Dundas East
It seems as though the Don Valley is the new hotspot for car dealerships in Toronto, as Grand Touring Automobiles' brand new showroom is currently under construction alongside the DVP at 777 Dundas...
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Touring St. Lawrence Condos' Front Street Presentation Centre
When marketing a condominium development in one of Toronto's oldest and liveliest neighbourhoods, what better than to name the project for the neighbourhood itself? That's the thinking at Cityzen and...
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Ava Luxury Residence Coming to 50 Finch Avenue East
A mere stone's throw from Finch subway station in the North York City Centre area of Toronto, applicant Hounslow Horsham Corporation is proposing a 9-storey, mixed-use residential development. Situated...
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Tower Floors Rising at Ryerson University's Jarvis St Residence
The swelling student population at Ryerson University has fostered a surge in demand for rental housing in the area around the Downtown Toronto's campus. Much of this demand is being met through new...
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Plans Revised for TAS Development at 77 River Street
In an area of Toronto that is rapidly transforming with new construction and development, the West Don Lands and surroundings look nearly unrecognizable from what it used to be just five years ago. The...
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Mattamy's Vita on the Lake to Join Thriving Humber Bay Shores
Over the past dozen years, Etobicoke's Humber Bay Shores area has utterly transformed. The area, which looks out over Lake Ontario to the Downtown Toronto skyline, was once the domain of aging low-rise...
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Photo of the Day: Rainbow Sunrise
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of the Humber Bay Shores area of South Etobicoke, submitted to the Urban Toronto Flickr Pool by Andrew S Illingworth. This northwest-facing shot captures the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 17, 2016
Mississauga low-income transit pass struggling to attract users; The intended consequences of new housing policies; Toronto needs to take one last step to reach civic greatness; and more news:Toronto...
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Commercial Development Proposed for Lake Shore in Mimico
Few areas of Toronto are seeing as much new development as the stretch of Lake Shore Boulevard that runs through South Etobicoke's Humber Bay Shores area, where new condominiums are now rising over 50...
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Shoring Activity in Full Swing at Site of Yonge & Rich Condos
Following the November 2015 ground breaking ceremony for Great Gulf Homes' Yonge & Rich Condominiums, the Downtown Toronto development site on Richmond Street east of Yonge had until recently been...
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GO Transit's Parking Problem: Are Garages The Answer?
Maple and Rutherford GO Transit stations on the Barrie line will be the next on the Toronto regional rail system to get multi-level parking garages, holding 1,200 more cars each, doubling their parking...
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Diamond Schmitt-Designed Expansion in the Works for The Drake
Since reopening in February 2004 as part of the rise of the West Queen West scene, The Drake Hotel has served as one of the unofficial epicentres of Toronto's indie and hipster scene. While the...
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88 Storey Towers + More Proposed to Replace Chelsea Hotel
Just over a year ago, it was announced that the largest hotel in Canada, the Eaton Chelsea, could see a massive redevelopment with four mixed-use towers replacing the existing hotel at 33 Gerrard...
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Photo of the Day: West Channel
As the days get shorter, sunset views are appearing on our Flickr Pool with increasing frequency. Today's Photo of the Day shows a view of the Humber Bay Shores skyline during a moody sunset, submitted...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 18, 2016
We "can't cut our way out" of budget gaps: Toronto city manager; The Case for Diversifying Development; Too many young people priced out of housing in Toronto, mayor says; and more news:Victory for...
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