A Site Plan Approval application (SPA) was submitted to the City of Toronto in late March, 2021 for a mixed-use development on Block 20 of the West Don Lands (WDL), located along the WDL’s southern edge. UrbanToronto last wrote about the project one year ago. The Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application for the property, municipally known as 125R Mill Street,…
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,…
Catalyzed by the precedent-setting, 2011-completed Festival Tower and tiff Bell Lightbox at King and John, Toronto’s surrounding Entertainment District has witnessed over a decade of sustained vertical growth. Now, another prominent addition is rising in the growing cluster of condo towers. Under construction since late 2018, Great Gulf’s 357 King West has been climbing skyward towards an eventual 42-storey height, revealing more details of…
Across the Greater Toronto Area, several municipalities are seeing emerging races to build the tallest towers. In Mississauga, a westward shift in the city’s emerging Downtown is reaching a climactic point with the development of three towers at Burnhamthorpe Road and Confederation Parkway, each taller than current local title-holder, the 56-storey Absolute World. Part of Rogers Real Estate Development and Urban Capital Property…
House sales of 7,825 in May are up 157% over last year – but this is due to the anomalies of the COVID-19 lockdown last year – and sales volumes have been trending down since their peak of 10,068 in March. As Featured in the Move Smartly Report: The Market Now Have questions about this unpredictable market? John Pasalis, President…
When a new 41-storey TCHC rental tower was completed in 2013 at 150 Dan Leckie Way in Toronto’s CityPlace neighbourhood, it was envisioned at the time that a mid-rise TCHC building would follow immediately to the west across Queens Wharf Road… but without funding, it didn’t come right away. 2016 saw the mid-rise proposal advance under Mayor Tory’s Open Door…
Assaults on the TTC jumped dramatically during COVID-19 despite plunging ridership, according to a Star analysis; Canadian home prices accelerate again in May from previous month, data show; Ontario Line Downtown Segment Update; and more news: Assaults on the TTC jumped dramatically during COVID-19 despite plunging ridership, according to a Star analysis (Toronto Star) Canadian home prices accelerate again in May from…
Would you consider a statue of a dog to be “artwork?” My dad and my step-mom have this porcelain dalmatian that’s so life-like, my 16-month-old son tried to feed it a cracker last weekend. Is that statue considered “art?” My daughter wants to know. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that artwork is very, very personal. I enjoy two…
A new condominium development in Toronto’s St. Lawrence neighbourhood makes an appearance in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor DavidCapizzano, this view frames the unique geometry of the St. Lawrence Condos development between a pair of houses. St Lawrence Condos, image by Forum contributor DavidCapizzano Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? Head over to the City Photos & Videos section of…
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