Toronto Average Home Price Rockets to $1.1M + Officials Try to Cool Market

In Toronto: Amidst a pandemic, Toronto home sales and prices continue to rocket – and this time, suburbs and outburbs are part of the ride.Elsewhere: Canadian regulator takes first step in curbing runaway home prices, Biden’s attempt to tackle skyrocketing American home prices, and the world in general is in a bit of a housing frenzy.  Toronto Toronto home sales…

7 Storey Mixed-Use Development Proposed at Donlands and O’Connor | UrbanToronto

In Toronto’s East York area, Busta Ventures Inc has submitted Zoning By-Law Amendment and Site Plan Approval applications for a property at 380 Donlands Avenue, located along two TTC bus routes, or a short drive away from the Don Valley Parkway. Aerial View of Site, 380 Donlands, TACT Architecture At the southwest corner of O’Connor Drive and Donlands Avenue, currently onsite…

PRIME Condos Puts Presentation Centre on Wheels | UrbanToronto

Toronto’s real estate industry has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in a number of ways, keeping business moving with creative variations on the spaces and events that were a mainstay of the pre-pandemic economy. We’ve already seen drive-in launch events and digital presentation centres to maintain social distancing. Now, developer CentreCourt is taking the campaign for their new PRIME Condos development…

SickKids’ Patient Support Centre Rises Above Grade | UrbanToronto

Toronto’s Hospital Row is growing as construction presses on for SickKids Hospital’s new Patient Support Centre (PSC) at 175 Elizabeth Street. The 22-storey, B+H Architects-designed building has been under construction since its October, 2019 ground breaking, with much progress evident a year and a half later, the project now surpassing a significant milestone with the forming of its ground floor. Looking southeast across site of SickKids Patient Support Centre,…

Superkül-designed Townhomes Announced as Latest Phase of Brightwater | UrbanToronto

A whole new stretch of Lake Ontario waterfront is soon to be unlocked in Mississauga’s Port Credit area, with the 72-acre master-planned Brightwater community in the works on the former Imperial Oil Lands at Lakeshore Road West and Mississauga Road. The new community from Port Credit West Village Partners—a joint venture of DiamondCorp, Dream Unlimited, FRAM + Slokker, and the Kilmer Group—is to be built over…

News Roundup for April 9, 2021 | UrbanToronto

‘You assumed I didn’t tap because I was Black’: TTC promises change over report officers stop Black and Indigenous riders far more often; Waiting for a real-estate market correction? What you need to know; ‘I’m walking here’: City of Toronto to revamp hundreds of ‘No Exit’ signs that mislead walkers; and more news: ‘You assumed I didn’t tap because I was Black’:…

Who Reads The MLS Caption? – Toronto Realty Blog

463 characters. I know that number by heart. In the “REMARKS FOR CLIENTS” section of the MLS listing, there is room for exactly 463 characters of any type, including spaces or punctuation. And what’s crazy is that we used to write this out by hand! Seriously.  As recently as probably, if I had to guess, 2010? Even more fascinating than the form itself…

Two Skylines from Lake Ontario | UrbanToronto

A view of two Toronto skylines is featured in today’s Daily Photo, captured by Forum contributor Jasonzed. Viewed from above a jetty extending into Lake Ontario, this view shows the Humber Bay Shores area skyline in the foreground, with the Downtown Toronto skyline looming in the distance. Humber Bay Shores and Downtown Toronto skylines, image by Forum contributor Jasonzed Want…