The northern edge of Toronto’s St James Town neighbourhood is now showing off a more modern look, as construction advances at Tridel’s Via Bloor development on a wedge-shaped site at Bloor and Parliament streets. Part of the area’s long-term, mixed-income revitalization, the architects—Alliance-designed complex, this market condominium project has been active since early 2018, and its 38 and 46-storey towers are now reaching their final heights. Looking east to Via…

Throughout the last year of global turmoil brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, most people who commuted to offices previously have since been working remotely as a means to limit the spread of the virus. As a result, most offices are currently staffed by small crews, while businesses face continued overhead costs for the currently under-utilized space. While working environments that fostered…

This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us back over nine years to early 2012, when a new mixed-use development with both a condo tower and Toronto’s 99th public library branch was under construction on the northeast corner of Bathurst Street and Fort York Boulevard. In March of that year, a view facing southeast from the Bathurst Street bridge showed below-grade forming…

A view from Toronto’s Corktown Common is featured in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor globalexpress, this view faces west from the popular park towards a trio of cranes building the Foundry Park development in the West Don Lands. The topped-out Canary Commons condominium development is visible on the right, while several more projects are under construction in the background,…

The building boom that has been reshaping Toronto since the mid-2000s continues unabated, and is getting more exciting with construction of projects that will overtake First Canadian Place as Canada’s tallest building, a title it has held since 1975. The first building set to overtake the reigning monarch of Canadian skyscrapers is well under construction at the intersection of Yonge and Bloor,…

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…

Rush Lane, a chaotic and colourful corridor of street art in Toronto’s Fashion District, known nationwide as the backdrop for Rick Mercer’s popularly televised rants, is the namesake of a condominium development now rising above the intersection of Richmond and Augusta. Alterra Group’s Rush Condos is on its way to a height of 15 storeys, with the BDP Quadrangle-designed building set to create a new stretch of canvas along…

An annual commemoration for those who have lost their lives or suffered injury or illness on the job or due to a work-related tragedy, is back to honour the workforce that answers the call of our nationwide building boom. April 28th marks the National Day of Mourning for 2021, and voices from across the industry are uniting for another year to acknowledge…