Natural Finishes Featured at Diamond Condominiums on Yonge
Immediately north of the growing Yonge & Sheppard area, Diamante Development is bringing another high-rise residential tower to Toronto's North York. Designed by Scott Shields Architects, the...
View ArticleEvent for Kids Officially Opens Regent Park's Athletic Grounds
Students at Nelson Mandela Park Public School and Lord Dufferin Public School got a special treat today for their last day of the school year, being the first to experience the new 2.8-acre...
View ArticleYonge & St. Clair: Developer Hopes to Revitalize Midtown Hub
North of Bloor and South of Eglinton: in both the geographic and cultural landscape, that's Yonge and St. Clair. Flanked by growing urban hubs along the Yonge corridor, the intersection is now arguably...
View ArticleCelebrating 40 Years: The Past and Present Evolution of Toronto's CN Tower
No skyscraping development proposal on the desks of the planning office aims to eclipse it. Trying to would be almost sacrilegious in this city. The tallest freestanding structure in the Western...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Sunset Skyline
Today's Photo of the Day, submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Antoine Demé, highlights the impact that the new Harbour Plaza Residences towers are having on the Toronto skyline. Now...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for June 30, 2016
There is no housing bubble, mortgage group says in new report; Toronto business representatives warn councillors not to target them with new taxes; Toronto city councillor calls for gender quota system...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Toronto Skyline From St. Clair
Toronto's skyline has undergone some substantial changes in over the past several years, though sometimes all it takes is a two year gap for a view to be radically transformed. In 2014, the offices of...
View ArticleBurlington: A Glimpse Into the Suites at Nautique
In recent years, the Burlington Downtown lakefront has been asserting a more urban presence. Approximately 50 kilometres west of Toronto's Downtown core, new development is bringing density and...
View ArticleExcavation Growing for Plaza's 50 at Wellesley Station
The excavation for Plaza's 50 at Wellesley Station is progressing in Toronto's Church and Wellesley Village. With digging of the pit now practically complete at the south end of the site, the 37-storey...
View ArticlePreviewing Harhay and Carttera's 75 On The Esplanade
At the southwest corner of The Esplanade and Church in Downtown Toronto, one of the core's last remaining surface parking lots is set to welcome new urban density. First proposed last year, Harhay and...
View Article20 New Bicycle Repair Stations Installed at TTC Subway Stations
One of the most common issues facing public transit riders is the "last kilometre" problem. While rapid transit is frequent, not all of the bus or streetcar routes leading from the stations are, so the...
View ArticleTouring the Financial District's Recently Topped-Off EY Tower
From Nathan Phillips Square, the steel roof already stands out. Clustered amongst Toronto's tallest Financial District skyscrapers, the 40-storey EY Tower isn't the tallest, or necessarily the most...
View ArticleFox Harb'r: Home-Away-From-Home in a Five Star Setting
Regular readers of UrbanToronto know that this site is normally about the new developments that are adding to the hustle and bustle of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. If you've been reading us...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: South Core Sunset
Today's Photo of the Day features a sunset view of Toronto's growing South Core skyline. Submitted to the Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences Forum thread by contributor musafir,...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 4, 2016
Group of Spider-men climb building under construction; Property Taxes and Subway Financing; Trudeau joins thousands marching in Toronto's Pride Parade; and more newsWelcome to the new Toronto: the most...
View ArticleTopping Off June 2016: What's Hot on UrbanToronto
With another busy month of city-building, transportation, and real estate talk now behind us, we round up June's hottest stories, dataBase files, and Forum threads. Our Top Ten News Stories1. City of...
View ArticleCladding Installation Underway at Tridel's Aqualina
Construction of Tridel and Hines' Aqualina at Bayside has just reached a new phase in Toronto's new East Bayfront community, with a milestone close on the horizon. The 13-storey condominium development...
View ArticleLots of Progress on Streetcar's Broadview Hotel Restoration
In February, we checked in with the Broadview Hotel restoration and expansion by Streetcar Developments. Situated at the northwest corner of Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East, the building has...
View ArticleCrane Removed as Cladding Rises at Daniels' The Bartholomew
It has been a few weeks since our last update on the construction of The Daniels Corporation's The Bartholomew, the latest market condominium development to rise in the rebuilt Regent Park community....
View ArticleEY Tower: An Inside Look at the Concourse Building Replica
Last week, we toured the construction site of one of Toronto's most talked-about Downtown developments. Now reaching its full height of 40 storeys, the Kohn Pedersen Fox-designed EY Tower already...
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