It has been more than two years since we last reported on the new Etobicoke Civic Centre (ECC) that is planned as the centrepiece of a reinvented Etobicoke Centre, but much has been happening in the background in the meantime. Since that last update, the reconfiguration of the Six Points intersection has been completed and opened to traffic, and plans…
The Greater Toronto Area is transforming at a tremendous rate, with about a hundred thousand people looking for new homes in the area every year. Over the last few years, SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust, one of Canada’s largest fully integrated REITs with approximately $10 billion in assets, has become a leader in the intensification of under-utilized land into much-needed housing and…
The Toronto branch of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) will be holding a panel discussion this week on Thursday, September 23 at 12 noon, with panelists sharing their thoughts on and outlook for the residential and commercial real estate markets, and to share key insights from the latest Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) Crane Report that was released earlier this month. Cranes have…
Inflation will likely be a longer-term issue for Canada – but it may not affect our interest rates immediately. Last week Statistics Canada confirmed that our overall inflation rate, as measured by our Consumer Price Index (CPI), spiked to 4.1% in August. Inflation is at the forefront of people’s minds these days, and it has caused many to predict that…
There will soon be a new spot to relax in Downtown Toronto; construction at Dr. Lillian McGregor Park is in full swing on the south side of Wellesley Street between Bay and Yonge. The park’s namesake, Dr. Lillian McGregor of Whitefish River First Nation, was a dedicated nurse and community leader who was well-recognized for her work in promoting Indigenous…
Election day is here; highway 427 north extension opens over the weekend; Toronto real estate market signals that it will return to pre-pandemic norm; and more news: Canada election: Voters head to the polls as pandemic campaign comes to end (Global News) $616M Highway 427 expansion is now open to the public (CTV News) DineTOgether program kicks off in Toronto today (CTV News)…
Do you remember Wacky Wednesday? It’s a book by Dr. Seuss and it’s an absolute classic! One of the best parts about being a Dad is that I get to re-live parts of my childhood as I parent my own kids, and sometimes it helps me visualize what my own mother and father experienced while raising us. My daughter has her…
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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