There is a new condo starting to grow in downtown Toronto’s Garden District. Dream Unlimited’s Ivy Condos is now well under construction at 69 Mutual Street, with the RAW-designed building starting to rise from the bottom of its excavation, working towards a final height of 102 metres and 32-storeys. Recently, the project hit a construction milestone when its crane was installed at the end of August. …
The Liberals have proposed many changes to Canadian housing policy – which of these are likely to happen and what will their impacts be? Now that the election has concluded and the Liberal Party holds the power once again, attention has turned to not only what their housing proposals are, but also how, and if, they can actually implement them. …
When Toronto’s reopening came to pass, following a hard year and a half, some were slow to dip their toes back in the water. Others couldn’t wait to re-enter boutiques or sip a beer on a restaurant patio. As of today, 65% of Torontonians have been fully vaccinated. Throughout the summer and into autumn, Torontonians have been boldy wading back into public…
It doesn’t seem all that long since the centre of Vaughan was just big box stores amid acres of parking… but then the subway arrived with the opening of Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station, and the area has been on a tear ever since. SmartCentres REIT, who own 100 acres adjacent to the station, took the opportunity of the new direct accessibility…
The residential rental industry does not have a history or reputation of being particularly innovative. The experiences of the rental process are often frustrating at best from both ends of the spectrum, with property owners and managers struggling with gaining efficiencies, and the difficulties that renters and tenants are often faced with regularly being overlooked and ignored. But there is…
Toronto home sales and prices up, but new listings down in September; Toronto area home prices surge more than 18% to hit a new record high; Ontario rent freeze expires on January 1; and more news: The Open House may be headed for extinction (Globe & Mail) Toronto home sales and prices up, but new listings down in September: TRREB (Global News)…
Faint light warms the walls of a pair of 1960s TCHC rental buildings about to come down in the Ashbridges Bay area of Toronto in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor flonicky. The buildings are on a site that will soon have new condos and a new affordable rental building in a more urban setting than the park-style development from…
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