Catching Up With Construction at Daniels' The Bartholomew
New buildings continue to add new life to Toronto's Regent Park neighbourhood as the multi-phased redevelopment reshapes the community. The latest Regent Park project to begin taking its first...
View ArticleBelow Grade Levels Rising at Bazis and Plaza's 1 Yorkville
A whole lot can be accomplished in just a few short weeks, as evidenced in the latest photos of recent construction progress on Bazis and Plaza's 1 Yorkville. When we last looked at the status of the...
View ArticleToronto's Housing Crisis: A Problem of Supply or Demand?
The headlines are hard to avoid, and by now, the words "Toronto housing crisis" come across as a mere statement of fact, rather than any sort of prognostication. And rightly so. In 2017, our city's...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: EY from Street Level
Today's Photo of the Day features a street level view of Oxford Properties' EY Tower, located in Toronto's Financial District. Captured by Marcus Mitanis, this view presents the reconstructed stone...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 20, 2017
Five housing items Councillor Ana Bailao wants in the federal budget; Transit advocates plan panel on future of Scarborough transit; Toronto high school students pitch their city planning ideas; and...
View ArticleToronto's Housing Crisis: Impacts on Transportation & Transit
Late last week, my colleague wrote an article on the land use planning impacts of Toronto's housing crisis, examining both the supply and the demand factors that could be influencing the record prices....
View ArticleMansouri's The Perry Condos Rising from Pears Avenue
Just west of Avenue Road on the tree-lined Pears Avenue, construction is progressing for Mansouri Living's The Perry, which replaces a former Toronto parking lot. Designed by Young + Wright / IBI Group...
View ArticleU of T: Perkins + Will Design Expanding Mississauga Campus
Some 33 kilometres west of Downtown's Saint George campus, the expansion of the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus is continuing, with Phase Two of the new North Building complex now rising...
View ArticlePlans Evolve for Urban Capital and Rosewater's Queensway Park
A few months after developers Urban Capital Property Group and Rosewater Capital Group applied for Site Plan Approval (SPA) for the 784 The Queensway site in Etobicoke, a new rendering and registration...
View ArticleMinor Variance Could Spell Major Changes for the Atrium on Bay
A second fiddle to Cadillac Fairview's neighbouring Eaton Centre as a Downtown Toronto retail destination, the Atrium on Bay could soon be transformed into a flashier presence on Dundas Street West....
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Deloitte's Bistro 1858
Today's Photo of the Day takes us to the intersection of Yonge and Adelaide, where a private cafe serves employees of the Deloitte offices in the Bay Adelaide Centre's recently-completed east tower....
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 21, 2017
Ontario rent control bill would hurt supply, critic says; Time is of the essence in Eglinton Crosstown LRT fight; Kristyn Wong-Tam Questions Mayor Tory’s Integrity After Cheat Sheet Leak; and more...
View ArticleTower Floors on the Rise at Moshe Safdie's Monde
It has been three months since we last checked in on construction of Great Gulf Homes' Monde Condominiums, a 44-storey condominium tower rising on Queen's Quay in Toronto's East Bayfront district. At...
View ArticleU of T Daniels Lecture: The Critical Voice in Architecture Today
The University of Toronto's Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design has announced a lecture featuring speakers Kenneth Frampton, Keller Easterling, and Craig Buckley. Held at the Innis...
View ArticleMaster-Planned East Mall Project Approved by City Council
Slightly north of Bloor, a multi-tower community is set to bring further intensification to Etobicoke's Highway 427 corridor. Located between the East Mall and Highway 427, the mostly vacant site at 2...
View ArticleRevised Submission Advances Two-Tower Midtown Rental Project
In late 2015, a plan to redevelop a stretch of Midtown Toronto's Soudan Avenue came to light, with a proposal by the Benvenuto Group calling for a pair of rental towers to re-make a site spanning from...
View ArticleGrowth To Watch For 2017: Jarvis and Church Corridors
Our epic development journey through Toronto continues in the latest instalment of Growth To Watch For 2017. Today, we feature the Jarvis and Church Street corridors, following up on our Downtown East...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Symmetrical Tracks
Today's Photo of the Day brings us to the TTC Greenwood Yard, a 31-acre storage and maintenance facility just south of Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth). Submitted to our Flickr Pool by edk7, this views shows a...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for March 22, 2017
TTC ridership is lower than expected for January and February; Surging sales of $1-million-plus Toronto homes fuel calls for new measures; Judge questions Metrolinx’s urgency to cancel Bombardier...
View ArticleExplainer: The Blue and Golden Bananas of Europe
This week, our 'Explainer' goes global and delves into the terms the Blue and Golden Bananas of Europe. Similar to Canada's very own 'Golden Horseshoe', these terms identify areas of commonality that...
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