On June 7, 2021, a new Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) application was submitted to the City of Toronto by Dream Asset Management Corporation on behalf of Dundeal Canada (GP) Inc. for a massive mixed-use development at Eglinton and Birchmount. The proposal, designed by BDP Quadrangle, with planning and urban design by Urban Strategies Inc. and a landscape plan by DTAH,…
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,…
In a recent BNN interview, I was asked about the possibility of a price decline in Toronto’s housing market this year — my response was that based on the latest trends in the data, it seems unlikely that we’ll see one. However, what I wasn’t able to communicate during my live six-minute interview was that the true answer to this question…
A development trend is emerging along University Avenue in Downtown Toronto, with existing buildings being adapted and surmounted by sky-scraping additions above. The first in these projects was the recent Residences of 488 University Avenue condo development, which re-skinned and reinforced a mid-20th century office tower and added 37 new floors atop, while up at College Street, a similar plan is…
The wheels are now in motion at the site of CentreCourt and Centrestone Urban Developments’ latest addition to Toronto’s Garden District neighbourhood, with demolition active at the Jarvis and Gerrard streets site of PRIME Condos. The 45-storey, IBI Group-designed tower is set to rise where a pair of three-storey buildings have stood, the first of which is now undergoing demolition at 319 Jarvis Street. The start…
Doug Ford changed the rules on construction hours early in 2020. Toronto councillors want them changed back; Home affordability crisis a legacy of the pandemic, says real estate association; Toronto launches ‘playbooks’ to help businesses return to offices; and more news: Doug Ford changed the rules on construction hours early in 2020. Toronto councillors want them changed back (Toronto Star) Toronto launches…
Today’s Daily Photo features a moody view of a former lake freighter, converted to a breakwater on Mississauga’s Port Credit waterfront. Originally launched as the SS William E. Corey in 1905, the freighter was renamed SS Ridgetown in 1963 before finally being scuttled to create a breakwater in 1974. 116 years after its launch, the ghostly hull appears through fog…
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