New Site Plan Application Expected for 5468796's Lake & East
Ahead of a June OMB review, planning for Oakville's Lake & East is continuing. The team of Engine Developments, Fortress Real Developments, and Symmetry Developments is moving forward with the...
View ArticleTower at Pier 27's Lakefront Shoring Closes in on Completion
In the (almost) one month since we checked in on the state of construction at Cityzen Development Group and Fernbrook Homes' Tower at Pier 27, shoring work on the 35-storey, architectsAlliance-designed...
View ArticleBeefed-up Structure Preparing 488 University for 37 New Floors
Construction at Amexon Development Corporation's Residences of 488 University Avenue has come a long way since site activity commenced in the Summer of 2015. The Core Architects-designed project kicked...
View ArticleDurham BRT: New Transit Infrastructure East of Toronto
While Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects in the western half of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) are still in the planning and design phases, their equivalents in York Region to the...
View ArticleGrowth To Watch For 2017: North York Centre and Willowdale
Now over a third of the way through our annual Growth To Watch For series, 2017 edition, this instalment picks up from where we ended our Downsview and York University story. Starting right in the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Pearl Street
Running on an east/west axis just north of King Street, Pearl Street is a narrow one-way street that offers an impressive view from its west end at John Street. In today's Photo of the Day, captured by...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 16, 2017
Latest councillor a reminder of lack of diversity on city council; Time to create a TTC transit museum, councillor says; Toronto council approves 2 per cent property tax increase; and more news:Latest...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Living Shangri-La
This week's Throwback Thursday takes us to the southeast corner of Queen Street and University Avenue in late 2009, for a southwest view across Toronto's grand boulevard. At that time, construction of...
View ArticleShoring and Excavation Underway for The Met in Vaughan
Following the late-2016 start of preliminary construction activity at the site of Plaza and Berkeley's The Met, work continues at the Vaughan site of the new Quadrangle Architects-designed 35-storey...
View ArticleMid-Rise Retirement Residence to Replace Don Mills Parking Lot
North of the CP rail tracks, a new retirement residence could be coming to Toronto's Don Mills Road. The 10-storey development has been proposed at 905 Don Mills, on a 2,901 m² site at the northeast...
View ArticleStructural Forming Nearing Completion for ArtHaus in Ottawa
Approximately 350 kilometres northeast of Downtown Toronto's phalanx of cranes and construction sites, a potential landmark is soon to top off in Downtown Ottawa's Byward Market area. DevMcGill's...
View ArticleFare Integration: Metrolinx Considers the Options
While Torontonians continue to debate what transit infrastructure to build where, there's an equally contentious exchange happening now between Metrolinx, the provincial agency in charge of...
View ArticleWhat Will Driverless Cars Mean for Transit and the Urban Realm?
The highway flows smooth and gentle as a river, sleek cars moving in sync; passengers are reading, elegantly sipping coffee, speaking face to face, or tapping away on the next-next generation of...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Streetcar Reflection
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of a Bombardier Flexity Outlook streetcar traveling north on Spadina Avenue. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by A Great Capture, this south-facing view highlights...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 17, 2017
Rare Books Library gets exterior makeover; Yonge Street project in North York might become casualty of budget debate; $80M TTC budget hike not quite at ‘record’ level; and more news:Rare Books Library...
View ArticleStriking Addition Proposed for Yorkville's Trattoria Nervosa
Following quickly on the heels of other recent retail proposals in Toronto's posh Yorkville village, an established cafe and restaurant space is seeking to expand in a very unexpected way at the...
View ArticleScarborough: 8-Storey Condo Planned on Vacant Danforth Lot
East of Pharmacy Avenue, another mid-rise could join Scarborough's Danforth Avenue, adding to a quietly growing part of Toronto. Located at 3258 Danforth, the latest development proposed for this...
View ArticleSite Plan Approval Sought for Leaside Mid-Rise Condo Project
A 2015 proposal in Toronto's Leaside neighbourhood has been thoroughly reworked, and was resubmitted to the City of Toronto for Site Plan Approval at the tail end of 2016. The revised proposal from the...
View ArticleMid-Rise Infill Condominium Slated for Queen and Pape
Bringing a modest infusion of new density to Toronto's Leslieville nieghbourhood, a 6-storey condo is being planned for the southwest corner of Queen and Pape. Taking on a site currently occupied by an...
View ArticleCladding Installation Begins as Axiom Condos' Tower Floors Rise
Just east of Sherbourne, a rapidly intensifying block of Adelaide Street East will soon see another infusion of residential density, as construction progresses on Greenpark Homes and Fieldgate Homes'...
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