Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for January 27, 2017
Rosedale NIMBYs Push Back Against Four-Storey Condo; Wynne to halt Tory’s plans for road tolls on Gardiner, DVP; New report outlines vision for how to make Toronto a world-class cycling city; and more...
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2016 A Record Setting Year for New Home Sales in the GTA
One year since the announcement that 2015 was a record-setting year for new home sales in the GTA, the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) has announced that records were broken...
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Walid Raad at U of T Daniels: "How Can Fiction Replace Reality?"
In an era of epistemic bubbles and 'alternative facts,' the boundaries of fiction and reality feel more conspicuously fraught than ever. What is our 'reality' in 2017—and more acutely, what happened to...
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Mixed-Use Redevelopment Proposed for Stockyards District
Two decades have now passed since most of The Junction's stockyards closed, and in the time since, big box stores and low-rise housing has regenerated most of this gritty area of Toronto. Now, a new...
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36-Storey Rental Development Proposed Near Jane and Wilson
A wave of tower-in-the-park infill projects have been proposed across Toronto over the past several months, with property owners seeking to intensify the under-utilized green spaces and paved areas...
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King Street Pilot Study: The Push for a Car-Free Corridor
Talk about transit improvements in Toronto usually seems to revolve around large scale, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects, be they subway or LRT. When faced with a rapid transit system that...
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Photo of the Day: Urban Falcon
While peregrine falcons typically nest on cliff ledges in their natural habitat, the Greater Toronto area's large number of tall buildings in close proximity to river valleys and ravines create a range...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for January 30, 2017
Decades-long saga could revive Docks-like space on Polson Pier; How Fast Can The King Car Run?; Turnabout could take toll on Kathleen Wynne’s relationship with John Tory; and more news:Decades-long...
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Scale Model Provides Glimpse into Details of Vita on the Lake
The skyline of South Etobicoke's Humber Bay Shores area is punctuated by Mattamy and Biddington's Lago at the Waterfront, with the 50-storey condominium tower currently standing as the tallest building...
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12-Storey Office and Live-Work Building Proposed on Parliament
South of Toronto's Regent Park, Parliament Street could see intensification in the coming years with a 12-storey project recently proposed at 191 Parliament. Consisting of street-level retail, four...
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15-Storey Condo Could Replace River Street Beer Store
Just north of Queen, another Toronto Beer Store could be making way for redevelopment on River Street. As one of five Beer Store sites purchased by Roswater Capital, the lot at 28 River Street is the...
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Inside the MLSE Foundation's New Jarvis Street 'Launchpad'
"Tomorrow is Built Today." Those were the words emblazoned across the south wall of the brand new MLSE launchpad on the evening of January 26, which saw the grand opening of the new multi-sport...
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Below Grade Forming in Progress for King Portland Centre
We last checked in on construction of Allied Properties REIT and RioCan's King Portland Centre back in June 2016, when demolition and shoring were being carried out at the King Street site of the...
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Growth To Watch For: Dupont, the Junction, and St. Clair West
This instalment of Growth To Watch For restarts our journey through Toronto a bit northeast of Bathurst and Bloor, where we left off in the last instalment. Starting near Dupont and Davenport, we head...
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Photo of the Day: Musée and oneeleven
Today's Photo of the Day features an aerial view of Harhay's oneeleven Condominiums and Plaza's Musée Condos at the intersection of Bathurst and Adelaide. Submitted to the Forum by contributor...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for January 31, 2017
Activists urge city council to create more shelter space; Advocacy group encourages TTC riders to call for more funding, better service; Mayors Work to Secure Housing Funding, But Is it Enough?; and...
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Construction Wrapping Up at Backstage as Move-Ins Continue
Home to its first residents by late November of last year, the Page + Steele / IBI Group-designed Backstage on the Esplanade is now practically complete. With final construction details coming together...
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48-Storey Condo To Replace 8-Storey Condo at Yonge & Eglinton
In 2017, it's almost impossible to stand at the corner of Yonge & Eglinton and find an entirely familiar landscape. Even by the standards of a city where unending high-rise construction is par for...
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79 and 80-Storey Condos Planned for Queens Quay LCBO Site
Following a public presentation of concept plans for the LCBO lands in late-November, a late-December application for Site Plan Approval (SPA) was filed with the City of Toronto for the Menkes-owned...
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Photo of the Day: Night View of the EY Tower
Oxford Properties' EY Tower is the newest office tower in Toronto's Financial District, standing 40 storeys over Adelaide Street West. Submitted to the Forum by contributor skycandy, today's Photo of...
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