Plans for the redevelopment of a block on the east side of Downtown Toronto with several years of planning history have evolved again. What was previously a single development has become two after the lot was severed by ONE Properties and its eastern half sold to Tricon Residential. New renderings of both proposals hint at what we can expect when plans…
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,…
Our feature, Career Opportunities, allows employers in development, planning, architecture, and other UrbanToronto-related industries to reach our unique audience. For more information about this feature, please contact us. *** Options for Homes Non-Profit Corporation is Canada’s largest developer working exclusively on making homeownership more affordable. For 25 years Options has operated as a self-funding, non-profit corporation, and has helped make homeownership…
At the Bay Adelaide Centre in Toronto’s Financial District, the cranes are now down from the third and final tower. After earlier plans to build a single tower here were quashed in the recession of the late 1980s, Brookfield Property Partners reworked plans in the 2000s for three towers. Following the complex’s 51-storey, 2009-built West Tower and 44-storey, 2016-built East Tower, the final phase dubbed Scotiabank North Tower at Bay…
Why Canada and US vaccination rates may impact our economic recoveries – and our mortgage rates – more than job reports normally do. Last week we received the latest Canadian and US employment reports, for July, and both offered useful insights for anyone keeping an eye on mortgage rates. Labour represents the largest single cost for most businesses,…
Why is access to natural space limited in a pandemic summer?; City to open cooling centers amid heat warning; Toronto City Hall, civic centers open in August, slowly and more news: ‘People have to park in a proper way’: Hospitals among top 10 spots in Toronto where people got parking tickets during the pandemic (Toronto Star) Ontario is a vast…
Do you remember that thing we used to do all the time before March of 2020? What was it called, again? That thing we did? Oh yeah, “getting sick.” The one positive by-product of this soon-to-be two-year pandemic is that with all the hand-sanitizing and mask-wearing, we’ve basically eliminated the common cold! That is, until, last week. It’s the exact same…
The Goddess of Peace in the Rose Garden features in a photo entitled Exhibition Place’s (Kinda) Hidden Gem—is today’s Daily Photo. Shared by by UT Forum contributor kotsy, this view faces northwest with the bandshell in the background. While the grounds are open to stroll and you can visit the garden, for the second straight year because of Covid, the…
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