Why US authorities are going slow on winding up Covid economic responses – and how our mortgage rates will be affected. Last Friday US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell delivered his much-anticipated speech at the Jackson Hole symposium, an annual global conference for central bankers, finance ministers, academics, and prominent investors. In the lead up, the market consensus…
Construction of Lifetime Developments’ Liberty Market Tower is nearing completion in Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood. It is the final phase of the long-term redevelopment of the six-acre Liberty Market Complex. The 28-storey mixed-use building was designed by Wallman Architects, with the first condo residents expected to move in towards the end of this year. Wedge-shaped east end of Liberty Market Tower, image by Forum contributor Domenico…
With September approaching, how safe is your child’s elementary school?; Local businesses expect subdued TIFF to generate fewer sales, less foot traffic; Trudeau says he won’t back down after protesters hurl death threats, racist and sexist slurs; and more news. With September approaching, how safe is your child’s elementary school? (Toronto Star) The future never really took shape for Toronto’s whimsical cube…
Serendipity. I could have played off that theme for today’s blog post and I wouldn’t have been off base. My client, who will be the subject of today’s blog, used the term “meant to be” several times over the last few days, as we both questioned whether or not there was such a thing. Kismet, karma, fate, luck, chance……….coincidence? Some…
Today’s Daily Photo was taken my UrbanToronto Flickr Pool contributor Matthew Smith, recently posted to the pool, but taken way back in 2018. Here sunlight pours through the coloured glass on sides of the balconies at The College Condominium, a Tribute Communities project that was designed by Core Architects. A T&T Supermarket was recently opened at ground level in the…
In Toronto: Don’t call it a comeback, but the Condo market is on fire. We explained how it happened and why in our Move Smartly feature. Elsewhere: Trudeau’s housing proposals draw backlash, the Supreme Court strikes down a U.S. eviction ban, and why an examination of Sweden’s issues with rent control. Toronto ‘A complete frenzy’: Toronto condo rental market on fire…
Choice Properties has submitted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto to redevelop their Loblaws store along with adjacent properties on Broadview Avenue south of Danforth Avenue. We spoke with a number of the people involved with the planning of the project to get their take on it, starting with Joe Svec, Vice President of Development…
Heritage Toronto has released its list of nominees for the 2021 Heritage Toronto Awards, the longest-running heritage awards in Canada. This year’s nominations include 47 nominees being recognized for their contributions to Toronto’s heritage across four categories; Book, Built Heritage, Community Heritage, and Public History. We recently did a story on all nine of the the Built Heritage nominations. The Community Heritage category features 11 volunteer-based…
The Artworks Tower and Artsy Boutique Condos complex from The Daniels Corporation has made significant progress Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood, rising quickly on the northwest corner of Dundas Street East and River Street. Under construction since the end of 2018, the BDP Quadrangle and Kirkor Architects-designed development’s pair of buildings are making steady progress towards heights of 33 and 11 storeys, rising from a shared three-storey podium. We last…
Davpart’s The United BLDG is still in the early stages of construction in Downtown Toronto. At this point that doesn’t mean new work on this complicated project, but rather mostly means demolition and gutting for now, while at the northeast corner of the block at University Avenue and Dundas Street, structural shoring caissons have been removed since our July update, and as…
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