Happy Family Day to Move Smartly Readers! Here’s a review of top mortgage tips for 2021.  I hope that everyone enjoyed the Family Day long weekend. I used the holiday yesterday for its stated purpose, so there won’t be a new post this week. I’ll be back next Monday as usual. In the meantime, here are links to five of…

The University of Toronto, in partnership with The Daniels Corporation, continues its downtown St George Campus expansion with a striking mixed-use student residence development with expressive brick facades and a cleverly incorporated heritage component. UrbanToronto last reported on the story in February, 2019 after zoning was settled at the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT). This resubmission of Site Plan Approval and Zoning By-law Amendments provides further refinements along…

Six weeks into the 2021 real estate calendar, and I am 2-for-7 this year with pre-emptive offers. That’s seven attempts with two resulting in the seller accepting our bully offer, but I will stop short of saying, “Two were successful,” since the offer doesn’t always have to be accepted in order for success to be achieved. Why? How can that be,…

Today’s Daily Photo shows off a colourful sunrise view over Toronto’s East Bayfront and Port Lands areas. Captured by Forum contributor mburrrr, this south-facing shot is framed by the Lighthouse Tower West at Daniels Waterfront and 100 Queens Quay at Sugar Wharf, with the Sugar Wharf Condos Phase 1 towers rising into the centre of the view. Sunrise over Lake Ontario, image…