A development proposal has been submitted by Lamb Development Corp to the City of Toronto for a flatiron-shaped mid-rise building at Dundas Street West and Howard Park Avenue in Roncesvalles Village. Addressed to 6 Howard Park Avenue, currently onsite is an automobile service and repair shop and its associated surface parking which takes up around 60% of the site. Current site of Automobile repair shop, 6…
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,…
Downtown Toronto biggest office tower boom in decades continues despite the COVID-19 pandemic as various projects advance, expanding the limits of the Financial District outwards. On the western front of this expansion, developer Cadillac Fairview is bringing a significant boost in office space to the intersection of Front and Simcoe streets with their 160 Front Street West office tower for anchor tenant TD. Under construction…
Approximately three and a half years have passed since Menkes Developments kicked off construction of their Sugar Wharf complex, a 4.6 million ft² mixed-use community on a stretch of land between Queens Quay and Lake Shore Boulevard, named for its adjacency to the Redpath sugar refinery immediately to the south. The initial buildings in the complex include an office tower at 100 Queens Quay East (in dark shadow in…
City council ranks as the least-trusted institution among Toronto residents. Giving it more power may actually fix that problem; Council approves U.S firm’s controversial contract for online payment system; Inside Peel Region’s decision to open COVID-19 vaccinations to all adults; and more news: City council ranks as the least-trusted institution among Toronto residents. Giving it more power may actually fix that problem (Toronto…
Quite the interesting week on Toronto Realty Blog! Well, for me, at least… The main character of Monday’s blog found my post, took issue with it, and then told me, “You have one hour to take that down, or I’ll file a RECO complaint.” Imagine that, eh? I go out of my way, and put my neck on the line (more…
Today’s Daily Photo takes us high above Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood for a sweeping skyline view. Captured by Forum contributor skycandy, this view faces northeast over the remaining apartment buildings set to be redeveloped in the final phases of the community’s rebuild, set against the Downtown Yonge, Bloor-Yorkville, and St. James Town neighbourhood skylines. Toronto skyline, image by Forum contributor…
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