North of Toronto’s Finch subway station, the former Newtonbrook Plaza site at Yonge and Cummer in North York will be the future home of a mixed-use community from Aoyuan International known as M2M Condos, a five-building, Wallman Architects-designed complex. The community’s first pair of towers are now well underway at the site’s south end, to rise 34 and 36 storeys from a shared podium that will contain office, retail,…

When a title insurer pays a referral fee to a lawyer for arranging a policy on a client’s property purchase, who should get the benefit of the fee — the lawyer or the client? For more than 20 years, some Ontario title insurance companies have been paying lawyers a fee for the legal work involved in placing title insurance policies…

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Today’s Daily Photo on UrbanToronto wasn’t taken in Toronto, but in Niagara Falls of the shuttered Toronto Power Generating Station. UT Forum contributor Marcanadian snapped this photo of the E.J. Lennox-designed building at the beginning of August. The majestic Beaux Arts 1906-opened facility has been one of two shuttered power generation facilities along the Niagara River Parkway just above the Falls,…

Toronto is one of the largest cities in North America, and compared to other great cities on the continent with a metro system, it is moving through what is by far the largest subway expansion program.  The city has enormous transit expansion plans, and that extends beyond subways to several under construction and in development light rail lines in the…

Madison Group and Westdale Properties have been releasing new renderings month-by-month for The Capitol Residences, their upcoming condominium development at Yonge and Castlefield streets in Midtown Toronto. The final renderings of the 14-storey, Turner Fleischer Architects and Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed building have now been shared, ahead of the sales centre’s grand opening. Upon completion, the famed Capitol Theatre will be transformed into a stunning 14-storey residence, while preserving…

In July, Brenyon Way Charitable Foundation filed a Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit the development of new purpose-built, affordable rental housing at 25 Sewells Road in Scarborough’s Malvern community. Toronto’s Open Door program provides non-profit developers municipal tax exemptions, grants, and other incentives to build affordable homes. This 2-building, 317-unit proposal aims to provide flexible indoor and outdoor areas that promote…

Sunrise, cityscape, wingscape: today’s Daily Photo is by UT Forum contributor Isotack who took this eye-catching, abstract, very pleasingly composed and colourful over-the-wing shot when he flew back to Toronto from Vancouver last week. Sunrise over Toronto in a photo by UT Forum contributor Isotack Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? You can post in the City Photos & Videos section…