Six months since we last checked in on the Downtown Toronto construction site for Yonge & Rich Condominiums, the 46-storey condo tower by developer Great Gulf is heading towards completion east of the Yonge and Richmond streets intersection the project is cheekily named for. Designed by architectsAlliance and Graziani + Corazza Architects, the building’s exterior is now largely in place, as the bulk of construction activity has shifted to the…

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…

SmartCentres REIT is at the forefront of the wave of new developments shaping the new Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) area, one that shows no signs of abating as new phases are announced in the developer’s master-planned 100-acre SmartVMC site. SmartCentres is continuing to seize the opportunity to create a complete community on an almost blank canvas around the VMC TTC Subway…

Sometimes inflation fears cause more inflation, but there are signs this spike in Canada is temporary.  The inflation trade pretty much exploded last week. Investors bet that we’re going to get more inflation than our policy makers expect, and they drove up bond yields in response. The Government of Canada (GoC) five-year bond yield that our five-year fixed mortgage rates…

Another month of Toronto city-building, transportation, and real estate talk is now behind us, so we are rounding up the hottest stories, project Database files, and Forum discussions from February, 2021.  Our Top Ten News Stories 1. Housing Now Bringing Over 1,000 Affordable Units to Etobicoke Centre Diagram showing location of Bloor-Islington and Bloor-Kipling sites, image via submission to the City…

Does the public want to read the following? Hell yes. Does organized real estate want this floating around out there? Probably not. While I’m fairly certain that I won’t wake up one morning with a horse’s head in my bed, I am always concerned that, someday, I’ll write something on TRB that will put my real estate license at risk.  I’ve…

Today’s Daily Photo takes us to the Simcoe WaveDeck on Toronto’s waterfront. One of three ipe and cedar decks with flowing features designed by West8 + DTAH, the Simcoe WaveDeck was completed in 2009, and is seen in this snowy shot captured by Marc Mitanis. Simcoe WaveDeck, image by Marc Mitanis Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? Head over to…