With the impending construction of a new rapid transit line for Toronto, the Province is looking to redevelop the site of Ontario’s first parliament buildings, located where an Ontario Line station is planned along Front Street between the St Lawrence Market and the Distillery District. The site is comprised of multiple properties, including 265-271 Front Street East, 25 Berkeley Street, and…

On behalf of Damis Properties, N. Barry Lyon Consultants has applied to the City of Toronto for Zoning By-Law Amendment for the property at 7 through 11 Rochefort Drive in the Flemingdon Park neighbourhood. Upon approval of the application, three towers designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects would rise on the site which is currently occupied by two splayed, V-shaped, four-storey rental apartment buildings containing a total of 128…

More changes could be coming to Toronto’s Old Town neighbourhood if a proposal for a mixed-use condo building on the northeast corner of Adelaide Street East and Berkeley Street is approved. Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment applications were submitted by 5050075 Ontario Ltd to the City last week, and, if approved, the building would stand 29 storeys tall….

Looking back at my year-end posts from 2020, 2019, 2018, and so on, I swear I don’t think I’ve ever felt older. Somebody told me once that when you have children, the years go faster because you start to view your life in terms of your children’s milestones.  Growing from age one to age two represents a fifty percent increase in…

 There’s no W affixed to it yet, and the doors have yet to open, but the new front wall for the W Hotel Toronto was all lit up yesterday evening when UrbanToronto Forum contributor thaivic snapped this shot. Previously managed as the Bloor Yorkville Marriott, the building has been given a makeover inside and out, with the Bloor Street interface having been…