A unique proposal in the heart of downtown made a good impression at its first appearance in front of Toronto’s Design Review Panel in January, 2021. KingSett Capital is proposing a major redevelopment of their property at 700 University, home to the Ontario Power Building, the 1976-built structure on the corner of College and University known for its monolithic curved glass facade….

A new proposal in Toronto’s growing East Bayfront area attempts to balance new housing with a generous open space plan on the site, as Greenland Group have submitted Zoning By-law Amendment and Official Plan Amendment applications for Phase 2 of their comprehensive redevelopment of 215 Lake Shore Boulevard East. Looking northwest towards Lakeside Residences Phase 2, designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for Greenland…

Less than a mile southwest of Toronto’s Golden Mile and new Crosstown LRT stops coming to the area, residential development is regenerating a stretch of O’Connor Drive in East York, a transformation best represented on the block formerly home to area landmark O’Connor Bowl, where the aptly named ‘The Lanes’ is under construction. Just next door to the east, O’Connor’s…

This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us all the way back to July, 2013, for a view facing east to the Toronto skyline from the Sir Isaac Brock Bridge, commonly known as the Bathurst Street bridge. At that time over seven and a half years ago, this view showed two recent additions topped out on the skyline, with cranes marking the positions of…

Recent snowy weather made for some dreamlike views of Toronto’s Financial District this past week, as seen in today’s Daily Photo from Forum contributor MoObserves. Captured from Yonge Street, this view faces west along Temperance Street, where the rising Scotiabank North Tower at Bay Adelaide Centre is adding a final tower to the office complex. Yonge and Temperance, image by Forum contributor…