A recent application submitted to the City of Toronto is seeking a Zoning By-law Amendment to preserve and intensify a heritage property at 600 King West, at the northeast corner of King and Portland streets. Proposed by Wittington, the plan seeks to build an addition atop and behind an Edwardian Classical-style 4.5-storey former warehouse known as the Beatty Manufacturing Company building. Dating to 1900,…

The most significant office development seen in Downtown Toronto since the early 1990s, Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge’s CIBC SQUARE is extending the Financial District to the blocks south and east of Union Station with a pair of office towers joined by a park over the rail corridor that runs between the first and second phases. Under construction since mid-2017 at the intersection of Bay and…

This month we explore low inventory levels and demand shock in Toronto’s housing market.  As Featured in the Move Smartly Report: Special Client Seminar Join John as he unpacks this month’s report and answers your questions. Exclusive for Realosophy past & present clients. Sign up here “Where Have all the Houses Gone?” asked a New York Times headline last month,…

A view over Toronto’s St. James Park and the Downtown skyline is featured in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor 0d1n, this southwest-facing shot includes a handful of new additions under construction on the skyline including (L-R) the Sugar Wharf complex, St. Lawrence Market North, The Prestige at Pinnacle One Yonge, 75 on The Esplanade, 65 King East, and Scotiabank…

A mid-rise redevelopment is proposed at 3471 Lake Shore Boulevard West in the Long Branch area of Etobicoke, with developer Petrogold seeking zoning approval from the City of Toronto for a 6 storey mixed-use building with commercial on the ground floor and residential above. The proposal would be built at the southeast corner of Lake Shore and Thirty First Street, replacing a single-storey…

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…

In a rare week of no new Canada mortgage news, it’s a good opportunity to make sure your mortgage planning is in tune with current realities. Source link

Established in 1982 by the Washington D.C.-based National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), The Nationals is NAHB’s largest and most prestigious awards competition, highlighting North America’s best new-home sales and marketing. The annual event celebrated another year of winners earlier this month, with honours handed out in a live-streamed ceremony on March 5th. Awards were issued across several categories this year, including:…

Since the late 2018 start of construction on a condominium tower at 357 King West in Toronto’s Entertainment District, the 42-storey building from Great Gulf has made great strides. Having progressed through below-grade work before beginning its ascent at the southwest corner of King Street West and Blue Jays Way just over one year ago, the BDP Quadrangle-designed project is now quickly rising. Looking south…