The City of Toronto has received a Zoning By-law Amendment application seeking approval for an infill development which would include two new 6-storey buildings to the west of an existing Tower-in-the-Park style apartment building at 4500 Jane Street in North York. The project by Starlight Investments would contain 142 purpose built rental units across the two IBI Group-designed buildings. Looking…

Three skyscrapers are now towering where a surface parking lot once welcomed commuters’ cars just north of Islington subway station in Toronto’s borough of Etobicoke. Tridel’s Islington Terrace is a Kirkor Architects-designed condo tower trio and townhouse complex that has already brought a significant boost of residential density to the area. At Mabelle and Cordova avenues, the third and final condo tower—named ‘Bloor Promenade’—has…

Highlighting risks in Canada’s housing market is an important job, but given CMHC’s recent track record I do worry that their words of caution will fall on deaf ears.  For those who may not recall, CMHC released a very pessimistic forecast at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic predicting that prices would fall 9%-19%.   But the problem wasn’t so much…

Highlighting risks in Canada’s housing market is an important job, but given CMHC’s recent track record I do worry that their words of caution will fall on deaf ears.  For those who may not recall, CMHC released a very pessimistic forecast at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic predicting that prices would fall 9%-19%.   But the problem wasn’t so much…

A landmark property in the heart of Yorkville is for sale by CBRE Land Services Group. Nestled between the highly sought-after neighbourhoods of Yorkville and Rosedale, the site is ideally positioned at the southwest corner of Yonge Street and Scollard Street. With this in mind, the property has an approved Zoning Bylaw Amendment and Notice of Approval Conditions to permit…

A little bit like a Photo of the Day we ran last week that put a Vaughan forest in front of the Toronto skyline, this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor fanoftoronto puts a meadow at Garrison Point in front of the CN Tower and other Downtown buildings. The rather unkempt meadow will someday—when the City gets around to building it—become parkland….