Toronto of the Future: Five-Day Showcase Returns on June 26th
Kicking off on Monday, the second biennial edition of Toronto of the Future returns to the Downtown core next week. Running from June 26th-30th, the free five-day expo "highlights real estate...
View ArticleSix-Storey Condo Proposed—and Sold Out—at Queen and Pape
At the southwest corner of Queen and Pape, a former auto shop could make way for a 16-unit condominium. Submitted to the City of Toronto on June 19th, a rezoning application for 1001 Queen Street East...
View ArticleGovernment of Canada New Funding Partner for Finch West LRT
Humber College's North campus may be the end of the line for the upcoming Finch West light rail transit project, but this morning, it transformed into the starting point of new funding for the...
View ArticleThree-Storey Addition Proposed to Wigwamen Terrace
Tim Welch Consulting Inc. has submitted a site plan control application to add 24 new rental units to the existing 103-unit Wigwamen Terrace building located at 14 Spadina Road just north of Bloor....
View ArticleBerczy Park Officially Reopens with a Party on June 28
Already registering as a landmark before the fences came down in the last few weeks, Berczy Park is officially reopening on Wednesday, June 28. To celebrate, there's a party to mark the completion of...
View ArticleDenseCity Part 5: Where Do We Go From Here?
Thus far in our DenseCity series, we have examined the Official Plan policies that manage growth in Toronto, and have gotten a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes in the development application...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Downtown Layers
Today's Photo of the Day highlights a view of the famous clock tower atop Toronto's Old City Hall. Captured from the (new) City Hall observation deck and submitted to our Flickr Pool by A Great...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 26, 2017
Go ahead, embrace construction: Toronto is fortunate to be a growing city; 81 per cent of Torontonians willing to trade lower speed limits for safer streets, poll says; Coming soon to a mall near you:...
View ArticleBackstage on The Esplanade Joins An Evolving Downtown Strip
Just north of the railway tracks near the foot of Yonge Street, a newly installed pedestrian crosswalk marks the Downtown Toronto intersection of Yonge and The Esplanade. At the foot of the all but...
View ArticlePlans Revised for Allied and Westbank's 19 Duncan Tower
A new report has been released by the City of Toronto's Planning Department regarding the heritage alterations proposed at Westbank and Allied Properties REIT's 19 Duncan development in the...
View ArticleTheory Condos Redesigned, Readied For Marketing
Parallax Investment Corporation, the owners of a five-storey office and retail building at 203 College Street across fromt he University of Toronto's St. George Campus, have a revised plan a new...
View ArticleBay Adelaide North: New Tower Fuels Downtown Office Boom
Just west of Cloud Gardens, another Downtown Toronto office tower is in the works. Planned as the final element of the Bay Adelaide Centre, plans for a 32-storey tower tentatively known as Bay Adelaide...
View ArticleFirst Rendering of 65-Storey Phase One at 1 Yonge Appears
1 Yonge is a multi-phase development at the foot of Toronto's iconic north-south street. Accordingly, Pinnacle Interational's plans to redevelop the property they bought several years ago from the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Bloor-Yorkville Skyline
Today's Photo of the Day features a drone-captured view of the rapidly-expanding Bloor-Yorkville skyline. Submitted to our Forum by contributor Jasonzed, this aerial shot was captured from north of...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for June 27, 2017
Fare hike coming for GO transit, Union Pearson Express; New CN Tower windows offer a view with no limits; The Man Who Helped Turn Toronto Into a High-Tech Hotbed; What Ontario's 1.8 per cent rent...
View ArticleDaniels Corp's Wesley Tower Set to Join Mississauga Skyline
At the corner of Confederation Parkway and City Centre Drive is the next phase of The Daniels Corporation's 'City Centre' community in Downtown Mississauga. Designed by Rafael + Bigauskas, the Wesley...
View ArticleCity Moves Forward with Short Term Rental Regulations
Last week, Toronto City Council's Executive Committee voted to advance new measures aimed at regulating Toronto's rising short term rental market—impacting services like Airbnb. The meeting included...
View ArticleMontgomery Square Tower Rises Above Historic Postal Station K
Two blocks north of Yonge & Eglinton, a 27-storey residential tower is joining the Midtown skyline, while re-introducing a historic building—and a historic site—to Toronto's most famous street....
View ArticleA Glimpse into Toronto's Future Comes to Metro Hall
Depending on the circumstances, it can be hard to tell apart the 'Toronto of the Future' from the Toronto of the present. Looking across the massive 3D scale model of the city's Downtown that now...
View ArticleCTBUH and OPPI Hold Summer 2017 Tour
On June 21, the Toronto chapter of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) held their annual summer joint tour of Downtown...
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