A proposal is in the works for a heritage building located in Toronto’s Riverside neighbourhood at 685 Queen Street East, pending the approvals of a minor variance application, site plan control, and rental housing demolition and conversion by Streetcar Developments. The proposal designed by Kirkor Architects Planners would renovate a heritage co-op building and create rear 5-storey addition. Aerial View of Current Site,…

After swift sales for the first two phases of The Daniels Corporation and Baif Developments’ The Thornhill community at Bathurst and Beverley Glen, construction is proceeding on the four-building community as the final preparations to launch the final two buildings are being made. Following on the heels of first phase towers The Thornhill and The Beverley, the next pair of buildings for…

IKEA is set to open an urban format store in Downtown Toronto in the podium of Aura, one of the city’s tallest buildings, located on the northwest corner of Yonge and Gerrard streets. The announcement today from IKEA Canada (part of the Ingka Group) comes after the Bed, Bath and Beyond store on the second floor shuttered on March 14, and…

Mississauga’s Downtown has been cultivating a more urban identity in recent years as a wave of development has brought many new towers—including the iconic and current-tallest Absolute World buildings—to the city’s burgeoning skyline. The wave is now extending the development southwestwards, to the 15-acre M City site at Burnhamthorpe Road and Confederation Parkway, set in fact to be Mississauga’s densest and…

Fewer visitors have had the chance to check out the spectacular skyline views from the Toronto Islands over the past year. This postcard view continues to change as new skyline additions join the mix, with the view below from Forum contributor Rascacielo including the rising The Prestige at Pinnacle One Yonge to the east, and the office tower at The Well to…