A proposed development for a Sheppard Avenue East property sites a historic farmstead prominently at the forefront, promoting the house’s visual prominence and historic farmstead condition. JFJ Development Inc. submitted a combined Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment application to the City of Toronto late last year to redevelop the site at 589 Sheppard Avenue East with a new 14-storey…
As reclads, retrofits, and other such building upgrades unfold at major properties across Toronto, improving the efficiency of existing commercial buildings to meet changing tenant needs, attitudes, and cost targets is front of mind for many property owners. One such building familiar to locals and tourists alike to undergo recent upgrades is the sign-covered 10 Dundas East building, which opened…
As real estate prices remain sky-high across Toronto, pockets of the city like Scarborough’s West Hill neighbourhood offer comparative affordability, attracting a range of demographics like young professionals and students of nearby educational institutions. Among the projects bringing new homes to the area, Perch Condominiums is an 11-storey, Core Architects-designed building from Firmland Developments Corp, named for its perch above the natural setting of the Highland…
Yonge Street through North York City Centre is framed by a corridor of tall office and residential towers, and now another two towers are about to add to this linear skyline as construction advances on a mixed-use complex from G Group Development and Lalu Group. Located along Yonge at Ellerslie Avenue (between Sheppard and Finch) the taller of the two will be the 31-storey, 105.8 metre-tall Ellie Condos, while there…
Eglinton Crosstown LRT to cost more and take longer, after builder scores legal victory; Two distinct plans for Toronto’s railway lands reveal opposing visions for what the city’s downtown could be; Mayor John Tory is 0-for-2 on big legacy projects. Here’s how to fix that dismal track record if he runs for office again; and more news: Mayor John Tory…
Today’s Daily Photo shows off an early morning view from Downtown Toronto. Captured by Forum contributor shoelessjoe from the Intercontinental Hotel on Front Street, this view faces east towards Union Station, with the new CIBC SQUARE office tower and the rising Prestige at Pinnacle One Yonge visible on the right against a colourful sunrise. Sunrise in Downtown Toronto, image by Forum…
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