Last fall, Kingbird Developments Inc., an arm of developer the Conservatory Group, resubmitted a Site Plan Application (SPA) to the City of Toronto for a residential multi-building condominium development at 2173 Lake Shore Boulevard West in Etobicoke’s Humber Bay Shores area. Anchored by a 43-storey tower, the proposal initially surfaced in 2012 regarding zoning permissions, with the earliest SPA documents dated to 2014. SPA resubmissions…

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,…

Toronto’s transformational high-rise boom has reached its next stage, with the first “supertall” towers—buildings taller than 300 metres—now under construction in the city. Among the pair of record-breaking towers gunning for the title of Canada’s tallest building, Mizrahi Developments’ The One has been under construction at Yonge and Bloor since 2017, and work is now heating up for the new landmark, designed by UK-based…

Why it is unlikely that the the Bank of Canada will raise the rates that affect our mortgages ahead of its US counterpart.Anyone trying to figure out where Canadian mortgage rates are headed should be keeping a close eye on the US Federal Reserve. We sell about 80% of everything we export into US markets, and about 50% of our…

The high-rise canyon of Toronto’s North York City Centre area is extending further north of Finch subway station with another pair of condo towers. The former Newtonbrook Plaza site at Yonge and Cummer is being built out with a mixed-use community from Aoyuan International known as M2M Condos, a five-building, Wallman Architects-designed complex. The community’s first pair of towers are now well underway at the site’s south end,…

A different view of Toronto’s Union Station is featured in today’s Daily Photo. Captured by Forum contributor Dustin William, this shot takes us inside the 1927-opened Beaux-Arts landmark, facing inward towards the Great Hall. Union Station, image by Forum contributor Dustin William Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? Head over to the City Photos & Videos section of the Forum,…