Photo of the Day: Lamppost
Today’s Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Randy Hoffmann, takes us to Toronto's newly-opened Canary District neighbourhood for a view of Tadashi Kawabata's "Lamppost". This...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for April 19, 2016
GM buys Toronto property for new Cadillac head office; Canadian confidence in housing soars to highest since 2014; UP Express could cost Toronto taxpayers millions in subsidies; and more newsGM buys...
View Article299 Queen West Receives Landmark Designation from OAA
The iconic 299 Queen West at the corner of John Street, currently known as the Bell Media Building, has recently been awarded landmark designation by the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA). Chosen...
View ArticleLago and Riva del Lago Making Mark on Humber Bay Skyline
With work underway on the final levels of Mattamy Homes and the Biddington Group's 49-storey Lago at the Waterfront and 16-storey Riva del Lago, the close-to-final silhouettes of the two Graziani +...
View ArticleCity-Builders Celebrate the Bloor Street Culture Corridor
What makes Bloor Street special? Over the course of an evening's discussion, panelists offered differing views on what the prominent Toronto artery is all about. The speakers included the Toronto...
View ArticleRedevelopment Coming To Wilson Station Employment Lands
The area around Wilson Subway Station has long been a mish-mash of commuter parking lots, aging office and warehouse commercial space, and some light industrial buildings. While industry and...
View ArticleQ & A: Luxury Real Estate with Engel & Völkers' Ron Amendola
When luxury real estate brokerage Engel & Völkers opened their first Toronto office last October as part of the German company's ambitious Canadian expansion, the move signalled the growing...
View ArticleCrane Coming Down at Lifetime and BLVD's Code Condos
Construction reached a major milestone today at the St. Clair Avenue West site of BLVD Developments and Lifetime Developments'The Code Condos, with the start of the dismantling and removal process for...
View ArticleSite Cleared for North Star Homes' ConneXion in Etobicoke
With all but the last units sold, North Star Homes'ConneXion is set to go under construction on Etobicoke's Fieldway Road. As of late last month, only 4 of the project's 150 units remained available,...
View ArticleSponsored Post: Why Choose a Furnished Apartment Rental Over a Hotel Room?
If you are heading to Toronto, whether for business or pleasure, be aware that a hotel room isn’t your only option for accommodations. You might want to consider a furnished apartment instead, as it...
View ArticleExcavation Wrapping Up and Crane Coming to ZIGG Condos
Only one and half months since the start of digging, excavation is now nearing completion at the St. Clair Avenue West site of Madison Homes and Fieldgate Urban's ZIGG Condos, and crews are now...
View ArticleAvenue Road Condo to Transform Beer Store into 'Beer Boutique'
The beer store at 1580 Avenue Road could be replaced with a 7-storey condominium building. Located just north of Lawrence, the Page + Steele / IBI Group-designed project would bring density to a site...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: South Core from Queens Quay
Today's Photo of the Day is making waves on our Forum, drawing page after page of praise in the Sun Life Financial Tower and Harbour Plaza Residences Forum thread, where it was submitted by contributor...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for April 21, 2016
Saving for a home down payment a struggle in Toronto; Mississauga council lays out possible rules Uber will need to follow; Richmond Hill to appeal OMB decision on parkland developer condo issue; and...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: The Met on Carlton Street
This week's Throwback Thursday takes us to the Yonge and College/Carlton area for a look at a major redevelopment project from a decade ago. Back on May 1, 2006, construction was well underway for...
View ArticleNew Phases Adding to ELAD's Emerald City Community
ELAD Canada's Emerald City community at Don Mills and Sheppard continues to grow, with construction now in full swing at the site of three new buildings to the immediate south of the community's three...
View ArticleConstruction In Full Swing at Eau du Soleil in Etobicoke
One of the largest excavation pits in the Greater Toronto Area is now buzzing with activity as work is under way to build two condominium towers—one of them the tallest building in Canada outside of a...
View ArticlePreviewing the Presentation Centre for Central Park Ajax
It has been just shy of two years since we covered the plans to redevelop an aging strip mall near Ajax GO station into a new mixed-use, master planned community that aims to create a new downtown for...
View ArticleA First Look at the Interiors of Streetcar's The Southwood
Now under construction in Toronto's Upper Beach neighbourhood, Streetcar's The Southwood is adding two mid-rise residential buildings to Kingston Road. Both designed by TACT Architecture, the 6-storey...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: The Water Guardians
The construction gates are down, and residents are filling in to the new Canary District neighbourhood in Toronto's West Don Lands. Many photographers are now discovering the new neighbourhood, and new...
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