With the new Crosstown LRT under construction along Eglinton Avenue, projects are being proposed all along the 19 km transit corridor. One in the Fairbank area of Toronto is a mid-rise at 2116 Eglinton Avenue West from developers Old Stonehenge Development Corporation. Pending the success of a Site Plan Approval application, this 9-storey building with 104 residential units would be built halfway between…

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…

It’s been about a year and a half since construction began on a mixed-use complex on the former site of Newtonbrook Plaza, just north of Toronto’s North York City Centre area. Aoyuan International’s M2M Condos development has been active since Fall, 2019 and during the almost 18 months of construction, great strides have been made for the first phase in the five-tower Wallman Architects-designed complex. Today, we’ll…

This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us to the Cherry Street Lift Bridge in Toronto’s Port Lands, comparing a pair of west-facing views from the bridge over the Keating Channel captured two years and ten months apart. Traveling back to May, 2018, the view from the bridge focused on the creation of new land in Toronto Harbour. Crane-topped barges could be seen…

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 March, 2021.  Our Top Ten News Stories 1. Proposal Would Replace Markham-Ellesmere Retail in Scarborough Looking southeast towards 1125 Markham Road, designed by Turner Fleischer Architects for Arya Corporation Our top story…

A view of the Toronto skyline is shown in today’s Daily Photo, captured during a pre-delivery inspection for a unit in the new Garrison Point complex. This shot from Forum contributor khorhadris reveals the changing view awaiting residents of the complex’s east-facing units, with several cranes visible as the skyline continues to densify. Toronto skyline from Garrison Point, image by Forum contributor khorhadris…