Westmount Boutique Residences Proposed for Sheppard West
Late last month, plans were submitted to the City of Toronto Planning Department for a new mid-rise residential development at 700 Sheppard Avenue West, a couple blocks west of Bathurst. Submitted on...
View ArticleTridel's Form Condos Joining a Changing McCaul Street
Only a couple months after the launch of Tridel's Form Condos in Downtown Toronto, the mid-rise condominium development is already over 95% sold out. Set to rise just south of Will Alsop's iconic Sharp...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Mississauga Civic Centre
Designed by architects Jones and Kirkland and completed in 1987, the Mississauga Civic Centre serves as the home of the municipality's city hall. The building features a Postmodern design that plays...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for May 12, 2016
Top 5 reasons to roll out the Bike Plan as soon as possible; Build Toronto Torn Between Affordable Housing and Making Money; Mississauga bans UberX and other ride-hailing services; and more newsTop 5...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Skyline View from the Bathurst Bridge
This week's Throwback Thursday takes us to the historic Bathurst Street Bridge for an illustration of just how much the Toronto skyline has been transformed in the last decade. Back on February 27,...
View ArticleWood Takes Centre Stage at Fieldgate and Hullmark's Heartwood
At Queen and Woodbine, Fieldgate and Hullmark's Heartwood The Beach will add a mid-rise presence to the northeast corner of this popular Toronto neighbourhood. Like many of the more modestly scaled...
View ArticlePlaza and Berkeley's The Met Joining Vaughan's New Downtown
As the TTC's Line 1 extends beyond the city limits into Vaughan, the suburban community north of Toronto is quickly becoming transformed with new urban density. Concentrated around the upcoming transit...
View ArticleToronto Ward Boundary Report: Public Info Session Coming Up
The City of Toronto is inviting the public to an information session regarding the Toronto Ward Boundary Review.The largest city in Canada and the fourth largest city in North America, Toronto is an...
View ArticleMenkes Applying for Significant Intensification of LCBO Lands
Last week, the Province of Ontario announced the $260 million sale of the LCBO lands, located just east of the foot of Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto. Accompanying the announcement, preliminary plans...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: MaRS Centre
In today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Empty Quarter, we are shown an aerial view of Toronto's MaRS Centre at College and University. The first phase of the...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for May 13, 2016
Fare bargain triples ridership on UPX; Provincial changes could help 'retrofit' the suburbs for coming population booms; Eighteenth new street car in service; and more newsFare bargain triples...
View ArticleRestoration and Rooftop Addition Proposed for 2 Queen West
Cadillac Fairview's plans for a 65-storey 580-unit rental tower at 2 Queen West drew much attention when originally proposed a few years ago. Since then, the sky scraping application for the Zeidler...
View ArticlePlayful Paving Pattern Materializing at Berczy Park
Several weeks after the completion of grading work for the re-built Berczy Park, the first design elements are now apparent at the public space bounded by Front, Scott, and Wellington Streets in...
View Article13-Storey Rental Tower Proposed at 2525 Bathurst Street
While Toronto's Forest Hill neighbourhood is best known for its posh single-family housing and luxury lifestyle, the neighbourhood's northern reaches offer an abundance of rental towers containing...
View ArticlePreviewing the Floorplans at Midtown's J. Davis House
Between the high-rise clusters at Eglinton and St. Clair, Mattamy and Biddington's J. Davis House joins a more intimate stretch of Yonge Street in Davisville. Designed by Graziani + Corazza, the...
View Article29-Storey Proposal at College and Beverley Appealed to OMB
First submitted to the City of Toronto last August, the Parallax Investment Corporation's proposal for a 33-storey tower at 203 College Street drew criticism from adjacent Ward 20 residents and...
View ArticleArchitecture is Culture: Ontario's Half-baked Culture Strategy
Last year, the Province moved forward in drafting the first official Culture Strategy in Ontario's history. Envisioning "[a]n Ontario where every person has the opportunity for creative expression and...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Podium
In today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the One Bloor East Forum thread by contributor Benito, we are shown an aerial view of the podium at Great Gulf's One Bloor East. This shot provides a great...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for May 16, 2016
Toronto considers adding Kensington Market to list of heritage districts; New city ward map would add three councillors; Where shall we build new GO stations?; and more newsToronto considers adding...
View ArticleIntroducing University Towns in Oshawa
The success of Podium Developments and Building Capital's University Studios—which sold out in just two weeks of sales—has underlined the continuing demand for student housing in college towns...
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