A mixed-use, multi-tower community could bring thousands of new homes to a corner of Don Mills in North York, replacing an office complex. This past July, Fengate Properties submitted a Zoning By-Law Amendment application to the City of Toronto for the lands on the northwest corner of Wynford Drive and Concorde Place with plans to redevelop the land with nine towers ranging…
Gone are the days where receiving a parcel was a once-in-a-while occurrence. With the growth of e-commerce purchases over the last decade, and recent stay-at-home order that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, the volume of parcels coming through residential lobbies has grown significantly. Much about life has now returned to normal, though some habits will likely remain for the long haul—e-commerce consumer…
An application for Zoning By-Law Amendment was submitted by Greatwise Developments Inc. to the City of Toronto in August, 2021 to permit a 12-storey mixed-use building at 333 Wilson Avenue in North York. Located on the south side of Wilson Avenue one block west of Bathurst Street, the building would offer 185 residential units plus commercial retail and office uses. Looking southwest towards…
The Liberal’s are promising 1.4 million new homes by 2026 (but the fine print clarifies that these “new homes” includes renovated and preserved homes — so not entirely new). The Conservatives plan to start the construction of 1 million new homes over the next three years. Even if their plan includes the roughly 180,000 housing starts we normally expect to…
A new condominium is quickly rising above the southeast corner of Queen and Sudbury streets, at the former site of the Gladstone Cafe in Toronto’s West Queen West neighbourhood. Since ground was broken in 2019, Skale Developments’ 1181 Queen Street West has been growing on the triangular lot into a 15-storey, BDP Quadrangle-designed building. Our last update on the project in June shared that crews were pouring the fourth…
Pickering bridge makes it into the Guinness Book of World Records; Allen Road will be closed this weekend for maintenance; vaccines are being renamed; and more news: Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines get full Health Canada approval — and new names (Global News) City to completely close Allen Road this weekend for maintenance (CP24) Pickering, Ont. bridge lands spot in Guinness World Records (CTV…
The Gardiner Expressway is getting shorter. While some people would like to see even more of the elevated Toronto waterfront highway come down, the portion east of the Don Valley Parkway off ramps closed forever recently, and is now being taken down. Several UrbanToronto Forum contributors have shot images of the demolition over the last several days, and some of the…
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