Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 13, 2017
Province’s waterfront Hearn site subject of sales talks; Momentum building for 'Union Station West', a new transit hub at Pearson; Bombardier will miss target this year for TTC streetcar deliveries;...
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The Well: Diamond Corp Sells Interest as Construction Heats Up
Construction activity is heating up for one of the most transformative mixed-use redevelopments in recent Downtown Toronto history. Since we last covered work on the Front and Spadina site of The Well...
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Tridel Seeks Site Plan Approval for Third Tower at West Village
The 27- and 30-storey first phase towers of Tridel's West Village Etobicoke development on Eva Road in Etobicoke have been finished for a couple of years, and now plans are advancing for the...
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Toronto Receives Over $30 Million in PTIF Funding
Today the Federal Government announced that it has approved $30,549,000 in PTIF funding (Public Transit Infrastructure Fund) for projects within the City of Toronto. PTIF was created by the Federal...
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Glazing Installation Begins Over Union Station Front Street Moat
In the few weeks since we last checked in on construction for Union Station's massive multi-year revitalization, progress has been made on what will be among the project's most visible elements to...
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Design Review Panel Sees Updated Pinnacle One Yonge Plans
The design for phases 2 and 3 of Pinnacle One Yonge appeared before a joint meeting of the City of Toronto's Design Review Panel and Waterfront Toronto's Design Review Panel yesterday at Toronto City...
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Choice Properties Open Dundas West Development 'Idea Centre'
Dundas and Bloor is a bustling West End Toronto intersection, but it feels like that's the case despite what all is around it: right now, everything feels wrong.To the northeast there's The Crossways,...
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Photo of the Day: Crown Jewel
Today's Photo of the Day shows a view of Toronto captured from the east tower of Harbour Plaza Residences. Submitted to our Flickr Pool by Dustin William, this shot shows the illuminated crown of the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 16, 2017
Toronto can find inspiration for its public spaces from these cities; Toronto highrise tenants will soon know if they’re ‘living in a fire trap’; Cookie baron’s factory lands could become massive new...
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Pinnacle One Yonge Models and Diagrams Show More Detail
At last week's joint meeting of the Design Review Panels of the City of Toronto and of Waterfront Toronto, renderings were not the only depictions of the Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed Pinnacle...
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14-Storey Condo Proposed on Yonge Near York Mills Station
A new development proposal is seeking permission for new residential density on the stretch of Yonge Street between York Mills Road and Highway 401 in North York, where Yonge climbs out of Hoggs...
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Toronto 2022: A Skyline Transformed
In just a few short years, Toronto has undergone some dramatic changes with several new sky-scraping developments combining to alter the way we view our skyline. The skyline of the future has been a...
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543-553 Richmond Street West Seeking Site Plan Approval
Plans are now being finalized for a condominium development at 543-553 Richmond Street West in Toronto's King West neighbourhood, set to replace a two-storey office building and a commercial parking...
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Photo of the Day: After the Storm
A cold front sweeping through Toronto this past Sunday brought torrential downpours and tropical storm-force winds to the city. Once the storm had passed, Forum contributor skycandy captured a dramatic...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 17, 2017
Toronto should adopt more cargo biking, report says; Don’t sell the Hearn; Yonge Street will become more pedestrian-friendly — whether or not drivers like it; and more news:Toronto should adopt more...
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Revised Plans for Parkdale Mid-Rise Condo Submitted to City
Block Developments' plans for a condominium development at 57 Brock Avenue have been evolving since the project was initially proposed last summer. Following the City’s failure to come to a decision in...
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561 Sherbourne's At-Grade Components Begin to Take Shape
Medallion Corp's 561 Sherbourne project, a 43-storey Page + Steele/IBI Group Architects-designed purpose-built rental tower, is helping to modernize Toronto's St. James Town community through...
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MOD's Massey Tower Now Rising Into Toronto Skyline Views
On Yonge Street just north of Queen in the heart of Downtown Toronto, MOD Developments Inc's Massey Tower continues to capture the attention of passersby as the 60-storey, Hariri Pontarini-designed...
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Google's Sister Company Sidewalk Labs to Develop 'Quayside'
All the recent speculation has been confirmed, Alphabet's city-building arm Sidewalk Labs, a sister company to Google, will be designing Toronto's Quayside neighbourhood in conjunction with Waterfront...
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Photo of the Day: Block 27
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of the latest buildings to top out as part of the rebuild of Toronto's Regent Park community. Submitted to the project's Forum thread by contributor skycandy,...
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