Liberty Development has applied for Official Plan Amendment (OPA) and Zoning By-law Amendment (ZBA) applications from the City of Toronto to permit the redevelopment of the Six Points Plaza in Etobicoke. Upon approval, the redevelopment would include four mixed-use blocks consisting of high-density and medium-density buildings as well as parkland, on the property that is located on the south side of…

Last week had five important updates that have implications for our mortgage rates, spanning from Omicron to the latest employment and GDP data In this week’s post we’ll go around the horn to touch on each. The Latest on Omicron There is still a lot on uncertainty surrounding the Omicron variant and its potential economic impacts, but we did learn…

At the southwest corner of Dundas Street East and Church Street in Downtown Toronto, CentreCourt is preparing to bring a 52-storey residential tower to land that is now mostly a surface parking lot. The IBI Group-designed complex will also incorporate the fully restored historic corner building that currently sits on the site, acting as an architectural counterpart to the modern brick and stone podium…

While many sectors have been rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, real estate sales throughout Canada have surged in 2020 and 2021. National sales numbers for October, recently announced by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), show that 2021 has already set the new high bar for annual sales, even with a full two months to go before year-end.  Specifically, those…

It’s an experience almost every condominium resident has had: you arrive at the entrance to your underground garage, press your fob so the garage door opens, when you suddenly notice a car on your tail entering immediately behind you. Later you may think, ‘Who was that? Did someone gain access to my building who doesn’t belong here or shouldn’t be…

Do you want Alexander Ovechkin to break Wayne Gretzky’s record for most goals scored in the NHL? I don’t. It’s not because Ovechkin is Russian and Gretzky is Canadian.  It’s not because Gretzky played for the Edmonton Oilers – a Canadian team, and Ovechkin played for the Washington Capitals.  It’s not personal. Or maybe it is. Wait, it is.  That’s exactly…

UrbanToronto Forum contributor Nwalsh captured a little bit of everything lit up one night last week when he took his camera to Sugar Beach and pointed it back towards the city. Aglow in the left foreground is a freighter delivering sugar to the Redpath refinery, while the light of office towers, a crane, condos, commercial buildings and streetlights bounce off the water…