Photo of the Day: PANAMANIA Fireworks
offLast week's dazzling opening ceremony washed away much of the apathy felt in Toronto prior to the start of the Pan Am Games. The highlight of the event for many was the display of pyrotechnics...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 16, 2015
offHouse prices continue to rise despite sales slowdown; New TD Centre Signage Reopens Heritage Debate; Tory takes to Twitter to ask where ‘Toronto’ sign should go next; and more news...House prices...
View ArticleThrowback Thursday: Shuter Street
offA lot has changed on the east side of Downtown Toronto, with new residential developments popping up all over the area. Back in 2006, the Queen and Church neighbourhood was just starting to attract...
View ArticleScale Model Brings Spice Urban Towns to Life
offFrom the conceptual stages all the way to registration and move-ins, there are several steps along the way to marketing and building a new condominium development. These days, many—if not...
View Article50 at Wellesley Station to Begin Construction this Fall
offWith around 90% of the building's 365 units sold, Plaza's 50 at Wellesley Station is scheduled to begin construction this fall in Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village. The 37-storey, Quadrangle...
View ArticlePodium Levels Taking Shape at Concert's 88 Scott Street
offAnother future skyscraper is rising in Downtown Toronto, as podium levels are now forming at the site of Concert Properties' 88 Scott, a 58-storey Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects-designed...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Giant Among Giants
offIt has been 40 years since the completion of First Canadian Place, and despite the major development boom in Toronto, the office tower has yet to be surpassed in height by any other building, and...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 17, 2015
offEasing traffic congestion may be most enduring Pan Am legacy; Residents sound off about Union-Pearson safety bells; Pan American art sets sail in Toronto Harbour; and more news...Residents sound off...
View ArticleLaneway Bridge Being Constructed at Freed's Sixty Colborne Site
offEarly-stage construction is making progress at the site of Freed Developments and Carttera Private Equities' Sixty Colborne, a 25-storey, architectsAlliance-designed condominium development at King...
View ArticleTREB Releases Second Quarter Housing Figures
offThe condominium housing market continues to show strength in the Greater Toronto Area, evidenced in the newly released Second Quarter report by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB). 7,656...
View ArticleKing Blue Condos Sales Centre Relocates Pending Construction
offThe recent ground breaking ceremony Greenland Group's King Blue officially marked the start of construction on the new Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects-designed development in Toronto's...
View ArticleIT Lofts Repairing Gap in Little Italy Street Wall
offMost of the 150 or so cranes that rise into the air above Toronto are drawing towers into our skyline, but not every construction site in town is appropriate for a high-rise. The City also wants to...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Skyline at Golden Hour
offWe love seeing new angles of our growing skyline, like the beautiful aerial view featured in today's Photo of the Day. Submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Giulio Calisse, this shot takes us...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 20, 2015
offToronto’s chief planner says rushed Scarborough subway analysis was ‘problematic’; Here’s how commuters are coping with Pan Am’s HOV lanes; More than one million Pan Am tickets sold as Torontonians...
View ArticleIntroducing Dunpar's Trafalgar Ridge in Oakville
offThe Greater Toronto Area's unquenchable thirst for new housing manifests itself differently in different areas of the GTA, with a trend toward towers closer in, townhomes in shoulder areas, and...
View ArticleOur Favourite Photos of the Instantly Popular TORONTO Sign
offThe CN Tower has been Toronto's most photographed symbol for decades now, but City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square, the previous most photographed symbol of the city, has followed closely behind....
View ArticleHyper-Local Air Quality Monitoring Debuts at Pan Am Games
offThe world of sport and spectacle is at once timeless and changing. While the thrills of sweat, determination, and competitive spirit capture the modern spectator's attention in much the same way...
View ArticleTridel's Islington Terrace to Feature Public Realm Improvements
offCondominium development can have a transformative effect on a neighbourhood. New residential density brings the people necessary to patronize services, while street level retail and community...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: Metro Fog
offToday's Photo of the Day feels like it would make a perfect backdrop for a science-fiction movie. Submitted to the UrbanToronto Flickr Pool by Michael Muraz, this shot shows us the Postmodern...
View ArticleDaily Headlines: News From the Internet for July 21, 2015
offTTC riders want early subway hours maintained after Pan Am; Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey’s LRT plan woefully short of riders; Toronto to open pedestrian tunnel under lake to Billy Bishop city...
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