It’s smaller and less bold, but the SmartTrack plan is still around. Now dubbed “the SmartTrack stations program”, the plan includes fewer stations and less frequent service than Mayor John Tory’s first mayoral campaign team envisioned it. However, this week, Toronto City Council voted in favour of revising the “Ontario-Toronto Agreement in Principle” to include the program. Under the revised agreement,…
Plaza Partners, in partnership with Main and Main and Woodbourne Canada Management, hopes to replace a strip of small-scale structures on St Clair Avenue west of Avenue Road with a nearly 400-foot/122-metre-long, 15-storey infill residential complex. In November, 2020, Plaza submitted an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment applications to permit the redevelopment of 175 through 195 St Clair Avenue West. Looking southeast towards…
Toronto’s East Bayfront area is being built out with a wide range of uses, including several commercial and institutional buildings complementing the vast number of condominium and rental suites that have begun to bring residents to the former industrial waterfront area. Among the employment centres taking shape in this area, the Waterfront Innovation Centre is bringing a 475,000 ft² office and retail project to …
Toronto continues to be a top destination, outpacing all other cities across North America as of 2019 in terms of population growth. And while things slowed down in 2020 and into 2021 due to the pandemic measures, there are still many families looking for real estate in Toronto neighbourhoods. However, it can be a challenge to figure out which neighbourhood…
In Toronto, much can change in just a few years. Among the many redevelopment sites populating Downtown, buildings and complexes that were once considered high-density beacons of optimism are now showing signs of age, while changes in planning policy and demand have ushered in bigger and taller ambitions. One example of this is unfolding at the foot of Yonge Street,…
In this post we look at the condominium neighbourhoods within the Toronto and GTA area that have performed well in terms of home price appreciation during 2020. As Featured in the Move Smartly Report: Below are the top performing neighbourhoods as measured by the highest year-over-year change in the median price. Note that this analysis, is limited to neighbourhoods with…
Toronto City Council votes in favour of plan to transform Yonge Street in downtown core; Toronto Community Housing evicted five households for unpaid rent amid COVID-19 second wave — including one that landed in a homeless shelter; Homeless people should be given COVID-19 vaccine priority, advocates say; and more news: Toronto City Council votes in favour of plan to transform Yonge Street…
A sunset view from Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood is featured in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor jackattaaaack from a unit in One Bloor East, this shot faces southeast to the cluster of condominium towers on Charles Street East, illuminated in warm hues by the setting sun. Bloor-Yorkville area at sunset, image by Forum contributor jackattaaaack Want to see your work featured…
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