The Camarro Group is seeking Zoning By-law Amendments and Site Plan Approval from the City of Toronto for a proposed development at 968 O’Connor Drive in East York. Originally submitted in December, 2018, revisions were made in 2020 following community consultations.The site is a currently vacant lot on the north side of O’Connor at Curity Avenue, on the fringe of an industrial area in…

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…

Like many areas of Toronto dominated by vast stretches of low-rise retail and industrial properties, Scarborough’s Golden Mile area is on the doorstep of transformation, with multi-tower communities proposed across various large sites along the Crosstown LRT, set to begin operating in 2022. Evolved from a 2016 proposal to redevelop the Golden Mile Shopping Centre at 1880 Eglinton Avenue East, new information…

Yesterday, we covered the start of construction activity at the site of the north tower of Ivanhoé Cambridge and Hines’ new CIBC SQUARE office complex in Downtown Toronto. Today, the news is official, with a release detailing that the project team has officially broken ground on the WilkinsonEyre Architects and Adamson Associates-designed complex’s new 50-storey second tower, a 1.5 million-square-foot office building at 141…

Steps from Islington subway station in the heart of Etobicoke, Tridel’s Islington Terrace development is gradually transforming from a construction site into a community. The three-tower, Kirkor Architects-designed condo and townhome complex in this western Toronto borough has been under construction since its first phase began mid-2016. Approaching five years since drilling rigs began to prepare the site, two of the complex’s towers along with most of…

A good friend of mine and an avid TRB reader told me the other day, “You don’t respond to your commenters often enough.” Huh.  Okay. I sort of thought I did, but perhaps she was right? “You only seem to respond when they comment about haircuts, hockey cards, or Yellowstone.” And that’s about the point where I realized that perhaps she’s right….

Today’s Daily Photo takes us high above Toronto’s Woodbine Beach for a preview of the coming warm weather. Captured by Forum contributor Jasonzed, this shot features a colourful kite being flown over the beach, set against the Downtown Toronto skyline. Kite over Woodbine Beach and the Toronto skyline, image by Forum contributor Jasonzed Want to see your work featured as Daily…

The Toronto Region Board of Trade (TRBOT) continues to examine ways to unlock Toronto’s transportation gridlock. Yesterday, the group released Getting on the Right Track: Connecting Communities with Regional Rail, which suggests that the most effective and economical way to meet the Toronto region’s growing transportation challenges is to build a regional rail network, using the current 450-kilometre network of legacy…

Throughout the last year of global turmoil brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, most people who were commuting to offices previously have since been working remotely as a means to limit the spread of the virus. As a result, most offices are currently staffed by small crews, while businesses face continued overhead costs for the currently under-utilized space. While working…