Photo of the Day: Holiday Season in The Square
A few weeks after the 2016 Cavalcade of Lights kicked off this year's holiday festivities in Nathan Phillips Square, the first significant snowfall of the season has added even more festive charm to...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for December 14, 2016
Toronto council endorses John Tory's plan for road tolls; How an architect turned a run-of-the-mill Riverdale house into a modernist showpiece; Toronto mayor John Tory leads push from cities for more...
View ArticleExplainer: How Shoring is Constructed
Last week, geotechnical engineer Michael Diez de Aux contributed a special guest edition of SkyriseCities.com's 'Explainer.' While last week's feature offered a detailed introduction to the shoring...
View ArticleDetached Homes Proposed for Scarborough Redevelopment Site
It's not news that Toronto is growing rapidly. Development applications have been flooding into the City's planning department in recent years, mostly for high-rise, high-density developments with a...
View ArticleDemolition Clearing Yonge Street Site of Whitehaus Condos
After experiencing brisk sales since launching at the close of 2015, the first site activity is now in progress for Lifetime Developments and Knightstone's Whitehaus Condominiums. The 29-storey,...
View ArticleVMC: Explosive Growth Shaping Vaughan's New Downtown
North of Toronto's city limits, Vaughan's new urban centre is rising at a SimCity pace. Spurred on by the planned 2017 opening of the Toronto Yonge-Spading Subway Extension (TYSSE), the 442-acre...
View ArticleDeveloper Seeks More Density for Third Block at Emerald City
Emerald City is a three block redevelopment of Toronto's Parkway Forest neighbourhood, a low and mid-rise rental apartment and townhome community original built in the 1960s and 1970s at Sheppard...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Cyclist in Motion
Today's Photo of the Day bring us to the newly revitalized stretch of Queens Quay along Toronto's waterfront for a view of a cyclist in motion. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by rodneygaviola, this view...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for December 15, 2016
John Tory proud of plan ‘to build transit and fix traffic,’ after council approves road tolls; Council approves TTC discounts for passengers on low incomes; TTC report warns that Bombardier could miss...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: The Madison on Eglinton
Rising 33 and 36 storeys above Eglinton Avenue, east of Yonge, Madison Homes' eponymous The Madison is the newest residential development to open in Toronto's Yonge and Eglinton area. Just over five...
View ArticleNeighbourhood Node: Ongoing Conversations from the UT Forum
With winter finally upon us, we reflect on some of the recent changes to Toronto's communities discussed in the 'Neighbourhood Node' threads in UT’s Forums. While ongoing development and transit within...
View ArticleFirst Look at Interiors & Amenities at home: Power and Adelaide
Following October's marketing launch for Great Gulf and Hullmark's home: Power and Adelaide, more information about the project has gradually become available. In November, we took a look at the...
View Article43-Storey Rental Tower Topping Off at 561 Sherbourne
High-rise infill development continues to add density to neighbourhoods around Toronto, including St. James Town, already one of the country's most densely populated neighbourhoods. On Sherbourne...
View ArticleBritannia Farm Master Plan Approved by Peel School Board
News first broke in 2008 when it was announced the Peel District School Board had approved a 99-year lease with an asset management firm that wanted to construct up to eight new high-rise developments...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Studio and Studio2 on Richmond
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of Aspen Ridge Homes' Studio and Studio2 on Richmond, a new two-tower condominium development in Toronto's Entertainment District. Submitted to our Flickr Pool...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for December 16, 2016
John Tory accuses Bombardier of ‘complete failure’ on TTC streetcar order; This Art Exhibit Showcases The History of The Ward; Tenant protection bylaw hailed as ‘groundbreaking’; and more news:John...
View ArticleLowest Levels Taking Shape at Rockport's Montgomery Square
A resurgence in new-build rental housing continues throughout Toronto, evidenced by new rental towers springing up in various neighourhoods across the city. Just north of the intersection of Yonge and...
View ArticleDeveloper Revises Plan for Church Conversion on High Park Ave
A revised proposal by TRAC Developments Inc. seeks to repurpose the former High Park Alhambra United Church in Toronto's High Park area into a condominium building containing 77 residential units....
View Article155 Redpath Rises as Excavation Proceeds for 150 Redpath
The blocks north and east of Toronto's Yonge-Eglinton intersection support a growing residential population, with new condominium towers adding to the area's established stock of mid-century high-rise...
View ArticleMercer Street's 57-Storey 'O' Re-worked as 49-Storey 'U'
Early last year, Madison Homes' audacious concept for a 67-storey O-shaped tower on Toronto's Mercer Street quickly became one of the year's most talked-about potential developments. While the...
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