As Toronto’s Housing Now initiative continues to progress across the 17 designated sites, early massing concepts have emerged for five more key sites across the city, revealing planned heights and densities for each as part of Phase 2 of the Housing Now program. Housing Now was initiated by the City of Toronto to fast-track the development of City-owned properties across…
A new complex is gearing up to join the skyline of Toronto’s Regent Park community as construction advances at the site of The Daniels Corporation’s Artworks Tower and Artsy Boutique Condos project on the northwest corner of River and Dundas streets. After suffering a construction setback last year—covered in greater detail a few months back—the BDP Quadrangle and Kirkor Architects-designed project has made major strides, most recently with…
It’s easy to blame interest rates for Canada’s current housing unaffordability, but housing policy makers could do more amidst a pandemic-economic crisis. The Bank of Canada (BoC) is facing increased pressure to accelerate its rate-hike timetable to slow house-price appreciation and stave off housing bubble risks. Its promise to keep rates at ultra-low levels for years to come has combined…
A future landmark office tower is now beginning its rise beside the intersection of Front and Simcoe streets, soon to extend Toronto’s Financial District westwards with significant new space for its anchor tenant, banking giant TD. Cadillac Fairview’s 160 Front Street West is to stand out from its surroundings with a 46-storey tower featuring a design by AS+GG Architecture of Chicago working with Toronto-based B+H Architects that features a…
The Mississauga City Centre skyline is soon to be redefined by the first three towers of the M City community, now under construction at Burnhamthorpe Road and Confederation Parkway. Following on the success of these skyline-defining towers to be—M1, M2 and M3—the project team of developers Rogers Real Estate Development Ltd. and Urban Capital Property Group has now released more details about M4 at M City, the…
Ontario’s ‘emergency brake’ not enough, critics say, as Doug Ford announces new four-week COVID-19 restrictions; ActiveTO transformed Toronto’s streets, but Thorncliffe Park residents are still left waiting; Toronto officials have backed off an April 6 deadline to clear encampments. Now what?; and more news: ActiveTO transformed Toronto’s streets, but Thorncliffe Park residents are still left waiting (CBC News) Ontario’s ‘emergency brake’ not…
And how was your long weekend? How did you possibly get through Friday without new content on TRB? A reader emailed admin@torontorealtyblog.com and said, “Whaa no blog today?” True, I never post blogs on holidays. And this time around, who would be reading? I make the assumption that most TRB readers are online between 7am – 10am, drinking coffee, procrastinating at work,…
A new naturalized mouth for the Don River is emerging as part of Waterfront Toronto’s wider redevelopment of Toronto’s Port Lands. Captured in today’s Daily Photo by Forum contributor Jasonzed is an aerial view of the large excavation site, where the new curving river course is clearly visible. Toronto skyline and new Don RIver Mouth excavation, image by Forum contributor Jasonzed Want to…
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