A new, extended mid-rise, mixed-use United Kingsway Condos could soon replace an assembly of mostly low-rise commercial buildings along a stretch of Bloor Street West in Etobicoke’s Kingsway neighbourhood. Having started with 2915 and 2917 Bloor Street West, Fieldgate Urban acquired the adjacent 2939 through 2943 Bloor properties and have submitted a new design to the City of Toronto for Zoning By-Law Amendments…
Welcome to a blog on housing, culture and design by a cross-country Canadian and Toronto realtor! The time is almost upon us, when COVID-related travel restrictions will be relaxed, and people will begin to travel freely again. But after living under lockdown and in isolation for nearly two years, it stands to reason a lot of people may be a…
On the edge of Lake Ontario in Toronto’s downtown core, Menkes Developments’ Sugar Wharf complex has had an eventful several months since our last update. The first phase of the development includes a virtually complete B+H Architects-designed office tower at 100 Queens Quay East which has recently seen LCBO’s flagship location move into its retail base, while two rising architects—Alliance-designed condominium towers known…
Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have identified potential partners to design and build the infrastructure and then operate and maintain GO Transit trains for 25 years as part of its GO Expansion Program. The two provincial agencies have named ONxpress Transportation Partners as the “first negotiations proponent” and EnTransit as the “second negotiations proponent” for the “On Corridor Works” portion…
A development proposal has been submitted to city planners for the Jane and Finch area of Toronto for an 11-storey purpose-built rental apartment building on the southern portion of a Tower-in-the-Park site. Starlight Investments is applying for the rezoning of a property located at 2801 Jane Street which is currently occupied by a 17-storey rental apartment building with 234 rental units lot that was constructed in…
Price of new-construction homes dropped $60,000 in January, new BILD report says; Why should rent control be restricted to residential? New study says small business needs protection too; In Toronto, February market starts to loosen up; and more news. GTA home prices have surged 453 per cent over the last 25 years. A new report shows which communities have been most impacted. (CP24)…
What’s the best film trilogy of all time? Many of you are going to say Lord of The Rings, and that’s fair, although I consider that to be the same movie divided into three. And that’s unfair of me to say, since I only saw the first film (and didn’t like it), and I also don’t support the “fantasy” genre. Star…
Love Park is beginning to take shape at the foot of York Street in Toronto where until a couple of years ago there was a spiral exit ramp from the Gardiner Exporessway. The new park, designed by Claude Cormier + Associés, will feature a heart-shaped reflecting pool at its centre. The park is seen under construction in this image by UrbanToronto…
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