Topping Off January 2022: What Was Hot on UrbanToronto | UrbanToronto

Another month of Toronto city-building, transportation, and real estate talk is now behind us, so we are looking back at what were the hottest stories, project Database files, and Forum discussions from January, 2022.  Our Top Ten News Stories We start off our top 10 news stories with #22, a fresh proposal submitted by Diamante for the Bay Street terminus…

Oakbank Capital Launch Brings Seasoned Real Estate Capital Advisory Services to the Market | UrbanToronto

It may be time to change the real estate mantra of ‘location, location, location,’ to ‘money, money, money.’ It’s clear to everyone, whether you are struggling to save for a down payment to become a homeowner in Toronto’s insane real estate market, constructing a condominium tower, or facilitating the recent sale of Royal Bank Plaza at Bay and Front Street…

News Roundup for February 1, 2022 | UrbanToronto

Historic building to be transformed into Toronto’s Distillery District’s first hotel; Should Toronto use size limits to rein in ‘monster homes’? Seattle does — with a catch; Say it ain’t so: Has Raptors’ Kyle Lowry listed his Toronto house?; and more news: GTA home prices still forecast to rise 11 per cent in 2022 even with expected interest rate hikes: Royal LePage (CP24)…

Icetime | UrbanToronto

Where the Mimico Creek meets Lake Ontario in Etobicoke’s Humber Bay Shores neighbourhood, an artificial headland extends parks out into Humber Bay and provides enough protection from that waves that the creek has become a rink. UrbanToronto Forum contributor 67Cup caught people enjoying some time on the ice a couple weeks ago. Skating on the Mimico Creek in Humber Bay…

Why This Man is Selling Off His Toronto Homes to Build in the Metaverse

New listings in a high potential area of east-end Toronto fuel an even bigger vision. When real estate investor Albert Shoihet recently approached the team at Realosophy Realty about selling off a lucrative portfolio of east downtown Toronto homes, his motivation for selling was very surprising – even to a group of seasoned brokers and agents. Shoihet had acquired two…