Fourth Apartment Tower Proposed at The Quay on Toronto Harbour | UrbanToronto

Pacific Reach has filed Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications with the City of Toronto to bring 239 new purpose-built rental residential units and amenities across expanded and new rental residential towers at 350 through 396 Queens Quay West. The proposal joins another previously approved but not yet under construction redevelopment at the site, a redevelopment of the podium between…

Urbaneer’s August 2021 E-Promo

*Did you know we publish a monthly newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE? Just click the link at the bottom of this post!* At Urbaneer, we pride ourselves on keeping our finger on the pulse of the city’s housing market, and remaining an up-to-date, reliable source of valuable information to you.  We monitor and report on everything related to Toronto real estate while continuing to…

Urbaneer’s August 2021 E-Promo

*Did you know we publish a monthly newsletter that you can subscribe to for FREE? Just click the link at the bottom of this post!* At Urbaneer, we pride ourselves on keeping our finger on the pulse of the city’s housing market, and remaining an up-to-date, reliable source of valuable information to you.  We monitor and report on everything related to Toronto real estate while continuing to…

Eight Cumberland Making Steady Progress Upward | UrbanToronto

The Eight Cumberland project from Great Gulf and Phantom Developments is now making steady progress upward at Yonge and Cumberland streets in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood. The new architects—Alliance-designed condo has been under construction since early 2019. Looking southeast to Eight Cumberland, image by Forum contributor Benito Our last update on the project in May included the podium levels approaching structural completion, as well as an extra-thick transfer slab being put…

News Roundup for August 31, 2021 | UrbanToronto

Ontario could unveil plans for COVID-19 vaccination passports as early as Wednesday; TTC to expand service ahead of new school year; Gardiner Expressway ramps to be torn down this week; and more news. TTC to expand service ahead of new school year (CBC) Ontario could unveil plans for COVID-19 vaccination passports as early as Wednesday (Toronto Star) COVID-19 vaccine protesters are dogging…

Commissioners Street Bridge Float-By | UrbanToronto

Today’s Daily Photo was taken by UT Forum contributor @globalexpress on August 27 as the east half of the new Commissioners Street Bridge was barged through the opened lower Cherry Street bridge in Toronto’s Port Lands. Work that Waterfront Toronto is currently undertaking to build new neighbourhoods in these under-utilized lands east of Downtown include a new mouth for the…

Major Redevelopment in the Works for Church Property in Weston | UrbanToronto

Historically, Toronto has always been a city dotted with places of worship. Once upon a time, the tallest structures in the city were church steeples, piercing through the tree canopy in nearly every neighbourhood of the city. But since the late twentieth-century, dwindling attendance has put many of these churches in financial peril, with increasing numbers having to shut their doors and either…

Further Excavation and Cranes Rising at CIBC SQUARE North Tower | UrbanToronto

The CIBC SQUARE office complex by Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge continues to make progress in Downtown Toronto’s financial district. Designed by UK-based WilkinsonEyre Architects with Toronto’s Adamson Associates, the complex will consist of a matched pair of towers that will stand almost perpendicular to each other. The south tower, which recently began to welcome tenants, stands 49 storeys above the corner of Bay and Lake Shore, while the north tower, for which…

Dear Urbaneer: What Can I Do About Proposed Real Estate Developments Near My Home?

Welcome to this month’s instalment of Dear Urbaneer, where we tackle real estate queries put to us by our ever-inquisitive readers. This time I’m corresponding with a property owner who is being impacted by new development near her Hunstville, Ontario home and has concerns around what that might do to the values of her property and her neighbourhood.     Dear…

Dear Urbaneer: What Can I Do About Proposed Real Estate Developments Near My Home?

Welcome to this month’s instalment of Dear Urbaneer, where we tackle real estate queries put to us by our ever-inquisitive readers. This time I’m corresponding with a property owner who is being impacted by new development near her Hunstville, Ontario home and has concerns around what that might do to the values of her property and her neighbourhood.     Dear…