Construction is underway on a 320-bed long-term care facility at the Humber River Hospital (HRH) Finch site, a fast-track project that is expected to be completed by Spring, 2022. Located in North York at 2111 Finch Avenue West at Oakdale Road, the project is part of the Province’s Accelerated Build Pilot Program (launched in July, 2020), which also includes the…
Islington subway station in the heart of Etobicoke is soon to get a complete rebuild. Originally built in the late 1960s as the western terminus for the Bloor-Danforth subway line, the station right on the northwest corner of Bloor Street West and Islington Avenue includes a 6-bay, vaulted concrete-covered bus terminal, a substantial paved area for bus operations, and hundreds…
Developer Hines has kicked off construction for the first building in their T3 Sterling Road mass timber-framed office complex in Toronto’s Junction Triangle neighbourhood. The much-anticipated development, designed by Chicago-based DLR Group working with Toronto-based WZMH Architects, began construction a little earlier this year but made things official this morning with a ceremonial ground breaking at the project site a block south of Bloor…
Toronto’s Entertainment District is growing to become one of the country’s most densely populated neighbourhoods, and the area’s vertical growth spurt is showing no signs of slowing, with the next generation of towers now joining the local skyline. Among the towers promising more life for the Entertainment District, Westbank Corp and Allied Properties REIT’s project at 19 Duncan Street is bringing a mix of uses including…
Our Throwback Thursday features are a regular reminder that much can change in Toronto over just a few years. This week’s comparison turns back the clocks to 2017 for a southwest-facing view from a high-rise suite in the Sherbourne and Wellesley area, showing the Downtown skyline. Not too many cranes were visible from this angle four years ago, with the…
New measures at Toronto’s TD Centre aim to reduce bird-building collisions; TTC ordered to report serious incidents after details of averted subway crash revealed; Toronto realtors see a slackening of demand; and more news: Making buildings bird friendly: New measures at Toronto’s TD Centre aim to reduce bird-building collisions (Globe and Mail) TTC ordered to report serious incidents after details of averted…
A Brutalist-style residential building on Toronto’s Bloor Street West is featured in today’s Daily Photo. The Colonnade was completed in 1963 at 131 Bloor Street West. The building’s raw concrete details are clearly shown in this facade view by Forum contributor globalexpress, captured facing north from Charles Street West. The Colonnade Residences, image by Forum contributor globalexpress Want to see your…
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