A proposed affordable rental housing development in the Scarborough City Centre area continues to make its way forward through Toronto’s planning process. Verdiroc Development Corp and Fineway Properties have submitted a revised application for a 15-storey building on Ellesmere Road, removing grade-related commercial space and adding significantly more purpose-built rental suites. Rendering of the proposed development, looking north from Ellesmere Rd….

The global COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching effects in Toronto, including major impacts on what have been booming real estate and building industries. Many jobs and most events are currently suspended, postponed, or affected in other ways, though UrbanToronto is still operating at full strength with our team working remotely. As a means to keep the public in the loop…

Located just east of Scarborough Town Centre and a block north of the McCowan RT station, the Consilium Place lands are currently home to three office towers covering about half the site, and surface parking lots that cover the rest. Developer Kevric has recently submitted updated applications to the City of Toronto for a multi-phased development on the north end…

This month we look at Toronto’s emerging housing bubble in the suburbs, how it’s different from 2017 and how it will end this time around.  As Featured in the Move Smartly Report: Special Client Seminar – Wed Feb 17 12PM ET (Noon) Join John as he unpacks this month’s report and answers your questions. Exclusive for Realosophy past & present…

On February 10th, the Government of Canada announced that it was investing $14.9 billion for public transit projects over the next eight years, which includes permanent funding of $3 billion per year for Canadian communities beginning in 2026-27. According to a government news release, “This [commitment] provides cities and communities the predictable transit funding they need to plan for the…

Mississauga’s Port Credit waterfront is about to be extended westwards as 72 acres of cleaned up brownfields are primed to become a mixed-use community, Brightwater. Developed by Port Credit West Village Partners—a joint venture of DiamondCorp, Dream Unlimited, FRAM + Slokker, and the Kilmer Group—will remake the former Imperial Oil Lands at Lakeshore Road West and Mississauga Road with over 2,500 condominium units and over…

I’m going to take crap for this, but here goes… Last summer, my 10-year-old niece saw me put a plastic straw in my drink and she said, “Why are you doing that?  Why are you using plastic?  Plastic straws are bad for the environment!  Some countries are banning them!” My niece lives in England and goes to a private school,…

Today’s Daily Photo features a view of Downtown Toronto captured from a high-rise near the Sherbourne and Adelaide intersection. Posted by Forum contributor JED, this view looks west towards the Financial District as the last sunlight dips below the horizon in the background. Toronto skyline, image by Forum contributor JED Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? Head…