A stretch of increased residential density is emerging along Toronto’s Dupont Street where several mid-rise buildings in planning or under construction are redefining the north side of the road. Now, another proposal submitted to the City earlier this month seeks Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments to permit a development at 374 Dupont, located mid-block between Howland and Spadina. Named in…

Last month, we took our first look at the marketing material for 8 Wellesley Residences at Yonge, a new condo project in Downtown Toronto from the team of CentreCourt and Bazis. After getting a taste of the 55-storey condominium tower’s design by IBI Group, more marketing visuals are providing a closer look at the building planned to rise steps from Wellesley subway station. Looking northwest to 8 Wellesley…

A skyline of cranes occupies a full Downtown Toronto city block stretching west of Spadina Avenue between Front and Wellington streets, as construction of The Well advances, bringing seven towers to the former site of The Globe and Mail’s offices and printing plant. The complex will be home to a 36-storey office tower along with residential rental and condominium buildings rising 14, 16, 16, 22, 39,…

In this month’s Move Smartly report, we look back at 2020 and how COVID-19 impacted the Toronto real estate market.  As Featured in the Move Smartly Report: Bubble-Like Market in Q1 Any discussion about how Toronto’s housing market responded to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 has to start with how the market was performing before pandemic-induced lockdowns…

Unlike many deindustrialized cities across the northeast, Toronto successfully transitioned from industry to a service and commerce-based economy, and many of our former industrial brownfield sites have been replaced by new development. One of Toronto’s biggest urban success stories has been reintegrating the post-industrial landscape of what is now known as the East Bayfront into a thriving mixed-use community. As new buildings…