A Zoning By-Law Amendment application has been submitted to the City of Toronto to build an architecturally distinctive 25-storey mixed-use condominium building in Weston.  Lead by A1 Development, the proposed building presents a modified traditional tower form with radiating step-backs towards the south, Humber River-facing side of the building.   Looking northeast to the Hickory Tree Tower, designed by Dialog…

In the heart of Toronto’s Bayview Village neighbourhood will rise Six99, located at 699 Sheppard Avenue East. The 12-storey condo is to be Originate Developments’ first project, poised to be an intimate mid-rise building situated just steps from Bessarion Subway Station and the brand new Ethennonnhawahstihnen’ Community Recreation Centre and Library, and Bayview Village Shopping Centre. Designed by srm Architects, the exterior of the building…

Construction continues at the site of Plaza’s condo development ‘Bijou on Bloor’ near the base of Jane Street in Toronto’s West End. The sloping site represents a challenge to shoring rigs which need flat surfaces to work on, so in the time since we wrote our last construction update, work to provide suitable ground for the rig has continued, with the site generally…

The Bank of Canada hiked last week and the key questions now are: How fast will its policy-rate rise and how high will it ultimately go? The Bank of Canada (BoC) raised its policy rate from 0.25% to 0.50% last Wednesday, as expected, and lenders increased their prime rates by the same amount shortly thereafter. The hike was almost universally…

Approximately 2,500 people died from opioid-related causes in Ontario between March, 2020 and January, 2021. Of the victims who were employed, 30% were reported as being construction workers – the industry that was impacted the most, by far. To combat this, the Ontario government announced last week that it has introduced legislation dubbed the Working for Workers Act. If passed, the…

An Alberta court decision calls the condo neighbours’ dispute “petty and pointless,” but acknowledges it’s a point of principle. An Alberta court decision last month provides a useful lesson about how living in a condominium complex requires tolerance — and sometimes the compromise of deeply-held views and principles. Lillian Lupuliak is the owner of a residential condominium unit in Calgary….

I’ve never been sky-diving. Or bungee jumping, for that matter. Once upon a time, sky-diving was a feat reserved for very few.  Those dare-devils with a death wish who loved to live on the edge. My old man was an avid sky-diver.  He showed me his “log” back when I was a kid, and it looked exactly how you’d expect…

I’ve never been sky-diving. Or bungee jumping, for that matter. Once upon a time, sky-diving was a feat reserved for very few.  Those dare-devils with a death wish who loved to live on the edge. My old man was an avid sky-diver.  He showed me his “log” back when I was a kid, and it looked exactly how you’d expect…

Depending upon where one lives in Toronto, views can be of distant skyscrapers, or skyscrapers up close, and sometimes both. This recent nighttime image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor 67Cup catches the distance skyline of Downtown Toronto across Humber Bay from between the condo towers of Humber Bay Shores. Looking east through Humber Bay Shores towers to Downtown Toronto, image by…