Late last year, SGL Planning & Design Inc submitted on behalf of the property owner an application to the City of Toronto for Site Plan Approval related to the proposed redevelopment of a lot at 1921 Davenport Road. Proposed at 5-storeys is a mixed-use rental apartment building which falls within the zoning for the site. Looking east across Laughton Avenue to…
The revitalization of Toronto’s Regent Park community has been ongoing for over a decade and a half. The first three phases of the revitalization include market condominium buildings from The Daniels Corporation, the latest of which is now rising from the northwest corner of Dundas Street East and River Street. The Artworks Tower and Artsy Boutique Condos complex has been under construction since…
The push by developers and the City to bring more housing to Toronto has brought on the demolition of many older buildings across Toronto in recent years. While much of the demolition has been limited to one, two, and three-storey buildings, typically houses, demolitions of larger buildings are becoming more common too. In the Yonge-Eglinton area, the promise of the new Crosstown LRT…
After several months of frenzied activity in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) housing market, the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) is reporting that the number of home sales in the region has declined for the second consecutive month. Despite an apparent cooling in the market, the 11,951 sales recorded in May, 2021 total more than double the result from the previous…
This week’s Throwback Thursday takes us to Port Credit in Mississauga, offering a before and after of a new mid-rise seniors’ living community soon to open on Lakeshore Road. In June, 2018, a drone aerial revealed drilling rigs were active at the site of 208 Lakeshore Road to begin the shoring phase for the new community from Verve Senior Living known as The…
Toronto housing market cools down in May as exhausted buyers take a break; Porter Airlines warned of losses, threatened to leave Toronto’s island airport in dispute with terminal owner; Why Toronto’s urban design needs a lesson on climate and equity; and more news: Toronto housing market cools down in May as exhausted buyers take a break (Globe and Mail) Doug Ford ‘cautiously…
A view of Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville skyline is featured in today’s Daily Photo, captured at dusk by Forum contributor Rascacielo. Facing northwest from a high-rise in the Sherbourne and Wellesley area, this shot shows the area’s dense cluster of residential towers set against a colourful sunset. Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville skyline, image by Forum contributor Rascacielo Want to see your work featured as…
With even experts mixed on where inflation will go, mortgage holders should dig into the debate to decide for themselves. The mainstream market consensus believes that higher-than-expected inflation will force central banks to hike their policy rates more quickly than they are forecasting. If that happens, our mortgage rates will rise above today’s levels, and anyone who locks in a…
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