Crane Comes Down at Concert's 88 Scott Street
In the three years and four months since Concert Properties celebrated ground breaking on their 88 Scott Street development, the 58-storey Page + Steele / IBI Group-designed condominium tower has been...
View ArticleAllied Restoring 1894-Built Office Building at 642 King West
Allied Properties REIT's inventory of heritage structures in Toronto continues to expand. Acquired by Allied in 2016, a four-storey brick and beam office building at 642 King Street West, originally...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: 10 Minutes
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of the Toronto skyline, captured from the Port Lands area. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Dustin William, this photo was exposed for a full 10 minutes,...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for August 1, 2017
City of Toronto looking at how to make downtown living more pet-friendly; Who is the mystery artist building makeshift shrines at Leslie Spit?; Inside the new Broadview Hotel, an ex-flophouse turned...
View ArticleTopping Off July 2017: What's Hot on UrbanToronto
With another busy month of city-building, transportation, and real estate talk now behind us, we round up July 2017's hottest stories, Database files, and Forum threads.Our Top Ten News Stories1. Race...
View ArticleWest Toronto Railpath Extension Inching Closer to Reality
The West Toronto Railpath southeast extension is inching closer to reality, as a recent update on the City of Toronto's website details the progress that has been made, and the work to come. The...
View ArticleMajor Redevelopment Plans in the Works for Bayview Village
An application for Zoning Bylaw amendments and an Official Plan Amendment was submitted to the City of Toronto yesterday, to redevelop a significant portion of the parking lots at North York's Bayview...
View ArticleTridel's Alter Growing Tall on Church Street
A new pocket of density is emerging near the Toronto intersection of Church and Gerrard. As work wraps up on Menkes'365 Church Condos at the northeast corner of Church and McGill, activity is heating...
View ArticleELAD's Dror Duchovny Talks Community-Building at Emerald City
At the southeast corner of Don Mills and Sheppard in North York, Douglas Coupland's row of tall, brightly coloured "Four Seasons" sculptures announces the Emerald City community. Now becoming a more...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Steeltown to Hogtown
Today's Photo of the Day takes us to Hamilton's industrial waterfront. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by edk7, this telephoto shot looks over some of Hamilton's steel manufacturing facilities, across the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for August 2, 2017
Meet the man behind the artistic formations at the Leslie Spit ; Family’s bid to re-buy expropriated land investigated; Zoning changes give new life to Toronto's ‘apartment neighbourhoods’; and more...
View ArticleUnits at Plaza's Mississauga Square to Suit a Range of Lifestyles
Plaza has made a name for themselves across Toronto thanks to a series of significant condominium developments over the past several years, but the company's activities are not confined to the 416. The...
View Article771 Yonge Condo Proposal Scaled Back, Entirely Redesigned
It was early 2016 when Menkes Developments applied for rezoning to permit a new 49-stoey condominium tower at 771 Yonge Street, on the southeast corner at Asquith. Immediately north of Bloor-Yonge, one...
View Article70 More Bike Share Stations Coming to Toronto in August
Cycling around Toronto will be made even more convenient this month, with Bike Share Toronto expanding with 70 new bike stations around the city over the next 4 weeks. Earlier today, Toronto Mayor John...
View ArticleLayers of Rush Lane: Party in Toronto's Graffiti Alley this Sunday
On Sunday, August 6, 2017, Toronto's Graffiti Alley, officially known as Rush Lane, will be hosting a party called Layers of Rush Lane which will feature live music, food, drinks, games and art. Layers...
View ArticleTridel's Next Waterfront Condo Honours The Waves
For the last several years, Tridel, along with partner Hines—and under the auspices of Waterfront Toronto—has been working on turning Toronto's barren, formerly industrial East Bayfront area into a new...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: The Other TORONTO Sign
Nathan Phillips Square's famous TORONTO sign now has some competition, at least temporarily. A second TORONTO sign—this one made of driftwood and drywall screws—was installed on a breakwater at Humber...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for August 3, 2017
Toronto home sales drop 40% compared with a year ago; Why Toronto Needs Rail Deck Park; Postmedia sells Toronto printing plant for $30.5 million; and more news:Toronto home sales drop 40% compared with...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: George and Adelaide
This week's Throwback Thursday takes us back to March 6th, 2008, for a snapshot of construction at Aspen Ridge Homes' Vü Condos, a Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed condominium and townhome...
View ArticleIntroducing Angil's One Wellington Condos in Brantford
About 100 kilometres west of Toronto, the city of Brantford is gearing up for a growth spurt that will increase the population by 29%. In this same timeframe, Wilfrid Laurier University's Brantford...
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