Laurent Condos — a proposed 12-storey condo building from Firmland Development Corp at Lawrence and Galloway in Scarborough — had its rezoning approved by Toronto City Council last week. As part of the approval, the City and Firmland negotiated Section 37 funding of $665,000 towards playground/park amenities for St Margaret’s Parkette, located 250 metres east the site on the north side of Lawrence Avenue. If…

Mattamy Homes is bringing a second phase to their successful ClockWork condo community in Upper Joshua Creek, a sprawling ravine community located along Dundas Street East in Oakville, just west of Toronto. Although positioned in a relatively new area, the first phase has sold out, and Mattamy is expecting the same level of excitement for the second. Designed by BNKC, ClockWork Phase Two…

By all accounts, the real estate market in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has been performing consistently well for several years. More recently, the headlines and the soundbites proclaim Toronto properties are a HOT commodity! It’s certainly true Canadians have not been swayed by the pressures of the pandemic. Due to the complex intersection of several factors I wrote about in The…

The incredible demand that has pushed Toronto area home prices up more than 30% over last year seems unstoppable on paper, but on the ground, it is showing some early signs of easing up.   On Twitter, fellow industry watchers and I have been discussing some of these early signs of a slow down over the past few weeks. Notably, Twitter has become…

A landmark Downtown Toronto heritage tower on Bay Street has been reimagined by Menkes Developments, and now glitters in gold with antique interiors paired with modern designs from B+H Architects. 320 Bay is the address of what was the Canada Permanent Trust Building, now referred to as ‘The Permanent.’ It was acquired by Menkes in partnership with TD Asset Management in 2019, and has…

Spotlight Developments and the Urban Capital Property Group have proposed a new mid-rise building to the City of Toronto on an assembly of 5 parcels of land addressed to 774 through 782 Marlee Avenue in the Glen Park neighbourhood. The application seeks both Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments to move the project forward. Looking west across Marlee Avenue to…

What would go through your mind if you pressed the button for the elevator in your building, the light went on, the chime ‘dinged,’ the door opened, and there was a man inside holding a steak on a plate? “Well, David, that depends on what kind of steak!” Fine, fine.  I get it.  If it’s a Porterhouse, you’d have a different reaction…

The surf is up as we look west across Lake Ontario on a windy day to the towers of Etobicoke’s growing Humber Bay Shores area, in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Marcanadian. The surf is up on a windy day at Humber Bay on Lake Ontario, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Marcanadian Want to see your work featured as Daily…