Devron Developments and Great Gulf have submitted applications for a Zoning By-law Amendment and Site Plan Approval to the City of Toronto for the construction of a 39-storey residential tower with retail at grade at the northeast corner of Spadina Avenue and Oxley Street in Downtown Toronto. The development would replace a low-rise retail building on a lot of 1,171m² in area. The proposed gross…
Last week, Trillium Health Partners (THP) announced the Trillium HealthWorks expansion program, which includes major works at two of the three hospital sites under their umbrella in Mississauga and Etobicoke; leaving the most up-to-date site — Credit Valley Hospital — alone for the moment, while totally replacing the Mississauga Hospital on Hurontario Street, and expanding the Queensway Health Centre, which we looked at…
One of the many benefits of living in Toronto is the beauty of our vintage housing stock. While older residences typically require more maintenance and repair simply because of their longevity (although it should be noted that the mass-produced housing stock we construct today is built to be obsolete sooner with respect to structural integrity), the high style patina and…
The third floor of Lifetime Developments and Pinedale Properties’ first phase at XO Condos is now being formed on the southwest corner of King and Dufferin streets in Toronto’s West End. Work on the Core Architects and Turner Fleischer Architects-designed condo is heading towards a final height of 14 storeys. Our last construction update in November shared that the project had just passed grade lvel, and formwork along the…
More than half of young potential buyers in Toronto have given up on ever owning a home, survey finds; Surviving the Scarborough Rapid Transit shutdown: riders call on city and province to act before 2023; ‘This unveiling is a statement of unity:’ Pink bandage added to Toronto sign; and more news: Ontario government will extend paid sick days program until July (Global News)…
Are you tired of the stats blogs yet? Longing for some funny photos or something less serious that you can casually peruse from the cozy confines of the TTC streetcar or office toilet stall? Well, hang in there. My year-end “MLS Musings” is due Friday, and I’ll dump out everything I have left from 2021. But in the meantime, yes, we’re going…
One evening last week, UrbanToronto Forum contributor Ottawan captured this image of a new tower under construction in Downtown Toronto. As it rises, Westbank and Allied’s 19 Duncan is glowing with lights bouncing off the undersides of recently poured floor slabs. Glazing, which is following several floors behind, mutes to glow of the lights within. Westbank and Allied’s 19 Duncan is glowing…
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