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Adelaide Street West boasts some of Toronto's most impressive recent intensification. The one-way eastbound street running through the city's Financial District is surrounded by many of Canada's...
View ArticleExploring The Barrington's Knightsbridge Suite Collection
As The Barrington Condominium Flats gets set to add 18 storeys of new residential density to the increasingly vibrant area of Bathurst and St. Clair West, the Lash Group and Goldman Group project has...
View ArticleDemolition Clearing the Way for Madison Homes' ZIGG Condos
A row of century homes along St. Clair West has been demolished in preparation for the construction of ZIGG Condos by Madison Homes. UrbanToronto was there to capture the work in progress as one of the...
View ArticleSail Condominiums Launches New Incentives with Blue Party
Earlier this year Opearl Developments marked their official entry into the Canadian housing market with the launch of Sail Condominiums, a new 18-storey Keith Loffler McAlpine Architects-designed...
View ArticleHeritage, Community Driving Forces in Westbank's Mirvish Village
Big changes are in store for Mirvish Village, the tight-knit artist community at the corner of Bloor and Bathurst Streets, whose claim to fame includes the iconic home of the brash and quirky Honest...
View ArticleTower Floors Rising at Concert's 88 Scott Street
It has been a few months since we last checked in on the construction progress for Concert Properties' 88 Scott, a 58-storey Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects-designed condominium tower rising at...
View ArticlePublic Art RFQ Announced for Crosstown LRT Intermodal Stations
As details about the Crosstown LRT continue to emerge, a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) has now been announced for the system's public art installations. In the wake of Metrolinx's October 1st...
View ArticleRiva del Lago Passes Grade as Lago at the Waterfront Rises Taller
New condominium development continues to transform Etobicoke's Humber Bay Shores area into a high-density waterfront community, a far cry from the area's former makeup of aging, seedy motels. Several...
View ArticleKey City Builders Discuss Toronto's Planning Future
The success of the Pan Am Games, combined with the summer unveiling of the revitalized Queens Quay, has renewed people's interest in city building and urban design across Toronto. Questions around the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Roundhouse Rainbows
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Michael Muraz, takes us to Roundhouse Park in the South Core area. Captured right after a storm, the highlight of this photo is...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for November 11, 2015
NYC-style newsstands pitched for Toronto streets; CMHC chief says foreign buyers may be behind ‘substantial portion’ of luxury home sales; Distillery Christmas market to charge admission on weekends;...
View ArticleInside the 'Sky' and 'Garden' Townhomes at 35 Wabash
With an influx of new condos continuing to bring greater density to Toronto, outdoor space is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity in the city's changing housing landscape. While the limited—and...
View ArticleLowdown Tracks: The Sights and Sounds of an Invisible Toronto
The Rosedale cafe where I meet Lorraine Segato and Shelley Saywell is full of Macbooks, well-dressed couples, and the sort of young families that look like they've stepped straight out of the glossy...
View ArticleGrille Removal Underway at Amexon's Residences of 488 University
A couple months since the installation of a tower crane atop the 1968-built former Global House office building at 480 University Avenue, major visible changes are under way at the construction site of...
View ArticleTalking The Rosedale on Bloor with Steve Gupta
Following the Gupta Group's highly publicized announcement of the 52-storey Rosedale on Bloor tower near Bloor and Sherborne, interest in the project has remained strong, with Canopy by Hilton recently...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Goldring Centre
Just west of Varsity Stadium, the University of Toronto's new athletic facility is the latest addition to the institution's rich sporting history. Check out the Patkau Architects and MJM...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for November 12, 2015
Concrete pads used to eliminate the worst bus knuckles; Porter Airlines works to win Liberals over for Toronto airport expansion; Historic Toronto Selby Hotel to be incorporated into new residential...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: York and Bremner
Before the current wave of development pushed south of the rail corridor in Downtown Toronto, all four corners of the York and Bremner intersection sat undeveloped, providing unobstructed sightlines...
View ArticleSponsored Post: Condos for Sale Listed Around $406,000
The Toronto Real Estate Board recently reported that the Greater Toronto Area saw the best home sales on record for the month of October: a total of 8,804 homes sold. 1,587 of this total represented...
View ArticleVideos Highlight Green Features at Harmony Village Sheppard
With construction now underway at City Core and Fortress RDI's Harmony Village Sheppard, a series of new videos highlighting the project's green features and innovative, wellness-oriented lifestyles...
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