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…

A proposal by Propeller Developments at 421 Roncesvalles Avenue has been modified at the Site Plan Approval stage followed zoning approval from the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal. The original application was submitted to the City in 2014, seeking permission for a 7-storey commercial building, subsequently revised as a 6-storey building, and recently approved at 5 storeys. Location of 421 Roncesvalles Avenue, designed by…

While COVID-19 is having an effect on Downtown Toronto office vacancy rates, Carttera Private Equities are pushing forward with work on Portland Commons, an office complex at Front Street West and Portland Street for which ground was broken in November. Bullish on a recovery in the office market post-pandemic, the building is being constructed on speculative demand. Approximately five months since ceremonial shovels went into…

Let’s play a game, shall we? These usually go over well. I’m going to give you five scenarios and I want you to tell me which is something you would define as a “problem.” Cool? – Scenario #1: A property in North Toronto is listed for $1,099,900 and is likely “worth” about $1,400,000 in this hyper market. My colleague has the…

A dramatic early morning view from One Bloor East, high above Toronto’s Yonge and Bloor intersection, is featured in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor jackattaaaack, this view faces south into the Downtown Core, with the tallest towers in the mix piercing through a dense low cloud layer. Morning fog in Toronto, image by Forum contributor jackattaaaack Want to see your work featured as Daily…