Human rights complaint filed over ‘single family’ condo restrictions amid concerns of LGBTQ discrimination; This 36-year-old Toronto man owns 17 homes but here’s why he thinks that’s a problem; Five Ontario cities where houses are selling most above asking have been revealed; and more news: Managers shouldn’t decide if employee vaccine views are valid: federal unions (CP24) H&R Real Estate Investment Trust to…
I was in the car with clients today and one of them asked, “Do you think the end of quantitative easing by the government is going to have an effect on the market?” I’m going to have to answer that question a lot in the coming days. The words “quantitative easing” appeared in a multitude of newspaper headlines this week, for…
It’s normal to look at a blank wall of a building and make assumptions on how big it is by imagining a person filling two thirds or three quarters of the height of a floor, as that’s most often about the amount of space that we take up in the spaces we inhabit… and then photos with a person in…
Directly across the Kitchener rail corridor from a development proposal we covered yesterday, another major development in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood is proposed by Diamond Corp. Documents were submitted for Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications in July, along with a Draft Plan of Subdivision for the assembled properties at 5 and 43 Junction Road. The former indusitrial, now commercial site is…
A Zoning By-law Amendment application has been submitted to the City of Toronto for a site at 770 Don Mills Road on the southwest corner with Eglinton Avenue East. The land, owned by the City, is being shepherded through the City’s Housing Now program by CreateTO to produce affordable housing units along with new market uints. Looking north towards the 770…
October 28th, “Oxi Day” (‘Oxi’ meaning “no”) is celebrated and commemorated by Greek communities the world over for the historic stand the nation of Greece made against Italian dictator Mussolini’s fascist invasion of that country during the Second World War in 1940. The Greek’s stand, which frustrated Italy’s military progress, eventually caused Mussolini’s ally Adolf Hitler to send his legions…
Bazis and Plaza’s 1 Yorkville development is nearing completion, with residents moving in and the amenities getting closer to opening. In the meantime, 1 Yorkville’s its six heritage storefronts along Yonge Street can claim the same; while the 58-storey, Roy Varacalli-designed condominium tower has been under construction since 2015, having topped out in mid-2019, the heritage storefront buildings integrated into the base of the tower…
In condo land, COVID-19 vaccine rules are hazy; Metrolinx is battling ‘beloved’ beavers by draining the pond where they live. Local residents side with the wildlife; H&R Real Estate Investment Trust to focus on residential and industrial sector; and more news: TTC plans to reduce service next month due to staff shortage caused by vaccine mandate (CP24) In condo land, COVID-19 vaccine rules…
Few buildings in Toronto, let alone whole groups of them, boast consistently uncompromisingly modern architecture, but through its four phases, Urban Capital’s River City community has shown that new condo buildings in this city do not have to be the insipid product that is most often foisted upon us. All designed by Saucier + Perrotte of Montreal and ZAS of…
At the end of August, 2021, Bousfields Inc. submitted Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto on behalf of Limen Developments for a mixed use development designed by TACT Architecture at 189-195 Old Weston Road. The site is located at the southeast corner of Old Weston Road and Westport Avenue in the Carleton Village neighbourhood of Toronto, nestled just…
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