Plans are underway for a 30-storey residential/mixed-use building on the northeast corner of Eglinton and Dufferin in Toronto’s Fairbank area. DMJ Eglinton have submitted a Zoning By-law Amendment application for a site redevelopment that, if approved, could bring nearly 400 dwelling units to 1812 Eglinton Avenue West. Rendering of the proposed development: looking northeast. Image by IBI Group. The site…
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…
Contributing to a wave of new development along Dupont Street in Toronto, Tridel’s latest project for the area, simply known as The Dupont, is set to rise just east of Ossington on an existing Sobeys supermarket site. The nine-storey, Turner Fleischer Architects-designed building is to give the site a new urban presence with 330 condominium units above a base containing just over 31,000 ft² of double-storey retail…
Toronto’s largest active construction project is reshaping nearly a full city block extending west from Spadina Avenue between Front and Wellington streets. The Well features a project team of several developers and architects working together to make the colossal mixed-use development a reality, with a 36-storey office tower along with residential rental and condominium buildings of 14, 16, 16, 22, 39, and 46 storeys…
This week’s Throwback Thursday turns the clocks back on Toronto’s East Bayfront area, where former brownfield sites are gradually being built out into a new community along the east end of the harbour. We look back five years to January, 2016, for an east-facing view along the granite-paved Water’s Edge Promenade. To the left, the 2016 view showed early above-grade…
All Ontario is now under a ‘stay-at-home’ order. Here’s what that means for Toronto; Bank regulator restarts consultations on overhauling mortgage stress test after pandemic interruption; Land trust wants $3M from city to keep Kensington Market building as affordable housing; and more news: All Ontario is now under a ‘stay-at-home’ order. Here’s what that means for Toronto (Toronto Star) Bank regulator restarts…
A morning view from Toronto’s Fashion District is featured in today’s Daily Photo. This shot faces northeast across the intersection of Adelaide Street West and Brant Street, centred on the 2016-completed The Brant Park condominium development, known for its gridded design from architects—Alliance. To the north of The Brant Park, the new Ace Hotel Toronto is closing in on completion, featuring a…
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