A redevelopment proposal in Etobicoke has been revised via an updated Zoning By-law Amendment application in November, 2020 to the City of Toronto. Located a kilometre west of Kipling subway and GO station at 5507 and 5509 Dundas Street West on the southwest corner with Shorncliffe Road, a 21 storey mixed-use development is proposed, on adjacent lots currently vacant other than for a disused car…
A Site Plan Approval application has been submitted to the City of Toronto for a 2.1 hectare site located at 3450 Dufferin Street, across from Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Fitzrovia Real Estate is seeking to develop a three-tower comprehensive mixed-use complex which would contain residential, daycare, parkland, and commercial restaurant uses. UrbanToronto last covered a redevelopment proposal on this site in September, 2019….
Things are moving fast at the site of Minto Communities GTA’s newest project in Toronto’s Fashion District. The 123 Portland Street site has surpassed a few important milestones since the first activity was spotted at the corner of Portland and Adelaide streets in early 2020, with the demolition of a group of low-rise commercial and residential buildings. In their place, the block will soon be home…
Metrolinx will not be using hydrogen fuel cells to power electric trains along GO Transit rail corridors – at least, not for now. Instead, after studying multiple variations of electrification, Metrolinx has chosen a 25 kV (kilovolt) overhead contact system as the base concept when analyzing all the environmental and cost benefits of its electrification plans. Map of the proposed…
This week, Autodesk, Inc. announced Autodesk Build™, a new project and field management solution and part of Autodesk Construction Cloud®, is now available to users globally. Initially announced at Autodesk University 2020, Autodesk Build now provides construction teams with a single solution for project management, quality, safety, cost and closeout by connecting data, workflows and teams in one highly-configurable environment. Easy to deploy, adopt and use,…
This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us all the way back to June, 2010, when Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood was in the early days of what would become a frenzied boom surrounding one of the city’s most important intersections. Over a decade ago, the view southwest across the intersection of Yonge and Bloor showed the ongoing construction of a pair of new…
TTC board green-lights plan to close Rapid Transit line; Inside a Toronto highrise where COVID testing comes to the door, and why it could be a model for vaccination; Ottawa’s pledge of $15 billion for transit will have ‘tremendous impact’ on Toronto, Mayor John Tory says; and more news: TTC board green-lights plan to close Rapid Transit line (Globe and Mail) Inside…
Can a home inspector avoid legal responsibility if there is an exclusion of liability clause in the inspection contract? In February, 2009, Michael Smith retained Terry Gordon, a registered home inspector, to inspect a house for sale in Dartmouth, N.S. Gordon presented Smith with a one-page agreement before conducting the inspection, saying Gordon would conduct a visual inspection of the…
Tommy Thompson Park offers some incredible views of the Toronto skyline, as seen in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor globalexpress, this shot shows the skyline in the background, with waves crashing against one of the artificial peninsula’s eroded brick and rubble beaches in the foreground. Toronto skyline, image by Forum contributor globalexpress Want to see your work featured as…
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