The portion of Bloor between Lansdowne and Dundas in Toronto’s West End has long been a bit of a forgotten stretch of road. With two rail underpasses and a mixed bag of industrial, commercial, and residential street frontages, it has mostly been perceived as a place to pass through rather than a destination in itself. But in recent years, this…
The global COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching effects in Toronto, including major impacts on the 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 about the shutdowns,…
A province-wide opioid crisis grew even more widespread in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of confirmed and probable deaths from drug overdose increasing by over 60% year-over-year between February, 2020 and December, 2020. The construction industry has among the highest injury rates among jobs in Canada, and these injuries and associated pain result in higher incidences of…
Toronto’s Church-Wellesley Village community is getting a new high-rise addition, as construction presses on just east of Church Street at the site of Aragon’s Eighty One Wellesley. Construction work for the new Core Architects-designed condominium tower has been ongoing since the end of 2017, and approximately three and a half years into the job, the project is now making substantial progress towards its…
It was just shy of three years ago that actor Robert De Niro and film producer Meir Teper helped celebrate the ground breaking for Madison Group and Westdale Properties’ Nobu Residences Toronto development, and construction is now moving along on the Mercer Street site of the condo and hotel complex in the Entertainment District. The project is bringing paired 45-storey, Teeple Architects-designed towers to the tightly-clustered Entertainment District skyline,…
Developer behind cancelled Icona condos in Vaughan has put the site up for sale; Home inspectors say buyers are ‘ in trouble’ in hot housing market with inspections on the decline; Jokes about Mayor John Tory’s hair are funny, but his mane is a symptom of an industry in crisis; and more news: Developer behind cancelled Icona condos in Vaughan has put…
“What goes around, comes around.” “Do unto others as you would have them to unto you.” “Never be so busy as not to think of others.” Sayings. Idioms. Scripture. Quotes. Call them what you will. I think we could all come up with something similar to essentially say “be kind.” How many of you have sold a house or a…
Today’s Daily Photo brings viewers inside Union Station in Downtown Toronto, showing off a view of the 1927-opened railway station’s Great Hall. Captured by Marc Mitanis, this shot showcases the space’s newly-restored architectural details. Hoarding at the left side of the photo marks the location where a new restaurant space is being constructed where old ticketing windows once stood. Union…
In Toronto: Clever billboard spotlights Toronto’s out-of-reach home prices and a dubious new listing tactic.Elsewhere: Could higher property taxes lower home prices, will the U.S housing market ever be normal again, and a divide between Paris and the suburbs rings familiar in Toronto. Toronto ‘Have you tried finding richer parents?’ Sarcastic billboard about housing crisis goes up in Toronto (Toronto…
Another condo tower will soon make its presence known on Toronto’s ever-densifying Bloor-Yorkville skyline. After over two years of construction, Great Gulf and Phantom Developments’ Eight Cumberland project is now making steady progress into the air at Yonge and Cumberland. The new architects—Alliance-designed condo tower will likely hold a prominent place in the neighbourhood skyline by the end of the year, as it adds about a floor per…
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