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…

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…

Fieldgate Urban is advancing a plan submitted to the City of Toronto for a mixed-use condominium and townhome development on Sheppard just a bit west of Yonge. The building would be built in a transition zone where the recent high-rises of North York City Centre blend into the low-rise Lansing neighbourhood. UrbanToronto last reported on this site in 2017. Then site owner…

Republic Developments has applied to the City of Toronto for the rezoning of two properties on the east side of Yonge Street on either side of Newton Drive in Willowdale. The property to the north of Newton Drive is addressed to 6167 Yonge Street while the property to south is, oddly, without an address. A Mazda dealership is located at 6167, while its…

Bit by bit the new bridges that grace Toronto’s Port Lands are getting closer to opening. Each one built in Halifax and barged to Toronto individually, the most recent to arrive was sitting in a temporary position until it was moved in recent days to its permanent resting place on a new of alignment of Cherry Street over the new…

What is behind buyer willingness to pay 40 to 50% more per year for homes? As featured in our monthly Move Smartly Toronto Area Market Report – Read full report here Low-rise home prices rising by 30% per year in the Greater Toronto Area is masking an even more alarming trend — that prices are rising far more rapidly than…

A new tower is set to rise at Yonge and Wellington that will grace the skyline of Toronto’s growing Financial District. SmartLiving, the residential sub brand of SmartCentres REIT, is proposing a redevelopment at 49-51 Yonge Street. Currently home to a restaurant and offices, the pair of heritage buildings will be preserved and transformed into the base of a new…