The Canadian military is well-known for being peacekeepers overseas, with thousands of personnel currently deployed on missions all over the world. After years of service, veterans returning home can often face many challenges, including physical or mental limitations. While some injuries are visible, there are also countless soldiers suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario (CDCO) is celebrating…

Construction continues on the new KING Toronto luxury condominium complex designed by world-renowned Danish ‘starchitects’ Bjarke Ingels Group with Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects, while Westbank Corp and Allied Properties REIT have given future suite owners a peek at the unique cladding that will make up the building’s luminescent walls.  Upon our last update in July, forming of the P3 and P2 levels was taking place at the west end of the…

A proposed residential building on Dundas Street West in the Lambton area of Etobicoke could deliver 117 units in the 15-storey development. In August, 2021, MHBC Planning submitted a rezoning application on behalf of Dunpar Homes to the City of Toronto regarding the site located at 4174 Dundas Street West. The building would be perched high above the Humber River and…

Many of you have seen my now-infamous video of comparing pre-construction condo sales to buying pre-sale jeans. I always find that when I’m having trouble getting a point across, whether that’s because those on the receiving end are dense, or because the subject matter is complicated, I am more successful coming up with an analogy or a metaphor. In my pre-construction…

As recent shots chosen for our Daily Photo of the Gardiner Expressway’s East End coming down have shown, sometimes destruction can be strikingly appealing. Today, more of that, but this time at an aging office complex in Etobicoke that is soon to be replaced by a mixed-use community in these two drone captures by UrbanToronto Forum contributor bangkok. Goodbye Valhalla Executive…