Laurier Homes and Paradise Developments have recently submitted Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto to redevelop a 10-acre site currently occupied by low-rise light industrial buildings in Scarborough’s Junction Triangle area — at St Clair Avenue East and Kennedy Road — with a mixed-use development of buildings with 48, 48, 39, 37, 14, 8,…

Laurier Homes has recently submitted Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto to redevelop a 10-acre site currently occupied by low-rise light industrial buildings in Scarborough’s Junction Triangle area — at St Clair Avenue East and Kennedy Road — with a mixed-use development of buildings with 48, 48, 39, 37, 14, 8, and 8 storeys,…

One of the best parts of the original City of Toronto is the rich and varied history of its many village neighbourhoods. With each representing its own unique life cycle shaped by time, place, and culture, every enclave has a colourful collective identity. This will be evident in the physical landscape, including the condition and presentation of public buildings, the…

On behalf of Benny Stark Limited, SGL Planning & Design Inc. has submitted Official Plan Amendment, Zoning By-Law Amendment, and Draft Plan of Subdivision applications to the City of Toronto, for a site northwest of the intersection of St Clair Avenue West and Old Weston Road. This is one of many redevelopments in the area that have been triggered by plans for the…

This is an UrbanToronto industry update sharing information and status updates from around the industry as a means to keep our readers in the loop. We are covering updates related to rules, regulations, and changes that are being made as a result of the pandemic that impact the real estate and building industries in Toronto.  In today’s report: Infrastructure improvements coming to…

A fair ruling or is it just downright batty?  A colony of bats discovered by purchasers inside their home sparked a dispute that ended in a B.C. court with Judge Judith Doulis pronouncing it “an archetypical case of buyer’s remorse.” Emmeline and Kevin Van Geemen bought a house in Prince George, B.C. on May 31, 2019. The 2-1/2-acre property included…

Before we begin, a point of clarification is needed: is it “yay” or nay, or, “yea” or nay? Merriam Webster’s dictionary says “yea” but Cambridge English Dictionary says “yay.” First-world problems, and all that.  But this will bother me all day… In the spirit of sayings, idioms, and adages, how about this one: One man’s trash is another man’s treasure….

Not everything in Toronto is a soaring skyscraper or a demolition site waiting to become one, much of Toronto remains at a more human scale, like these Victorian row houses in Grange Park, recently photographed by UrbanToronto Flickr Pool contributor edk7. Victorian row houses, Grange Park, Toronto, image by UrbanToronto Flickr Pool contributor edk7 Want to see your work featured…