Of the many measures being put forward, which proposals will actually help Canadians with housing affordability? The Bank of Canada (BoC) held its policy rate steady last Wednesday and, as expected, refrained from materially altering its forward guidance in deference to our current federal election. Because the Bank effectively stood pat last week, in this week’s post I will offer…

Y9825 is the second condominium project in Metroview Developments’ The Yonge Series, (the first, at 8888 Yonge is currently under construction), four buildings all fronting Yonge Street between Highway 7 and Major Mackenzie Drive in Richmond Hill. Situated a couple blocks south the corner of Yonge and “Major Mac”, the warm and modern Wallman Architects designed Y9825 will stand 22 storeys tall, and be…

A new mid-rise building continues to progress through the stages of construction on Toronto’s famous ‘Graffiti Alley.’ Alterra Group’s Rush Condos. located at Richmond and Augusta in the city’s Fashion District. has seen a significant amount of exterior work done in the past few months. The development, which backs on Rush Lane—better known as ‘Graffiti Alley’—has had its 7-storey podium nearly fully clad with brick-embedded precast…

What is a “double whammy?” You’ve heard the term before many times.  You’ve probably used it yourself before on occasion. It was also a really bad movie from 2001 with Denis Leary, Elizabeth Hurley, and Steve Buscemi that managed to still get a 5.7 rating on IMDB.  As embarrassed as I am to admit this, I watched Double Whammy one…

Our daily photo is by UT Forum contributor bangkok, this time lofting his drone about 100 metres into the air and then aiming it southwesterly, capturing the grids of Islington Terrace, a set of three new Tridel condo towers, the closest to the camera still under construction, and missing one piece of the precast concrete grid at the top of the…