This summer, Metropia submitted applications to the City of Toronto for Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments, along with Site Plan Approval for a 39-storey mixed-use, 406-unit condominium building. Designed by IBI Group, the building at 1406 Yonge Street would rise on the west side opposite the end of Pleasant Boulevard in the Deer Park neighbourhood. A passage through the building would provide a discreet entrance to St Michael’s…

A new online exhibition is shining a spotlight on an often ignored part of Toronto’s architectural heritage: its Modernist schools. In the decades following World War II, Toronto’s school boards embarked on a massive building campaign to accommodate a huge influx of new residents to the city coupled with the Baby Boomer generation that created an urgent demand for new…

65 King East, a new 18-storey office tower just west of Church Street in Downtown Toronto is approaching completion. The Carttera Private Equities project features a sleek, minimalist design from IBI Group and WZMH Architects, and upon completion will provide 400,000 ft² of new office space, all of which has been leased out to Google.  Our last update on the project was in February, when crews were in the process of forming…

Welcome to my blog on housing, culture, and design in the City of Toronto. We’re approaching the 2-year anniversary since Laneway Housing was approved in the City of Toronto. Here’s our post About Laneway Housing In Toronto By Urbaneer & Sustainable. We’re now awaiting word on when Garden Suites will be officially approved, once all the mitigating factors expressed by…

There are many phases to the development process which we regularly cover here on UrbanToronto. From site applications revealed by our insiders, through public notices posted on-site and captured by our Forum contributors roaming the city, to the day when hoarding is finally erected and equipment appears on the site. But there is a much earlier part of the process, which…

A Superior Court decision in August provides valuable guidance on how buyers and sellers should act when a property suffers substantial damage before closing.In November, 2019, Sative Yan-Ling Tsui and Jonathan Simon Levert signed an agreement to buy a three-level condominium townhouse from Ye Zhuoqi for $626,800. The buyers paid a deposit of $31,000 to the real estate agent. On…

It’s been several weeks since the Ontario Government announced—controversially—that three companies have been chosen to redevelop parts of Ontario Place with new or renewed attractions. Today’s Daily Photo by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Marcanadian is a reminder of what’s there now (the Pods and Cinesphere will stay, but what will be in them, and what will happen to the Japanese temple…