Options for Homes have resubmitted Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to the City of Toronto for a housing proposal on the northeast corner of Markham Road and Dunelm Street in Scarborough.  A cluster of six condominiums and townhome buildings would be built on the vacant site. Delivered over the course of four phases, the project would bring 780…

An area in Downtown Toronto formerly home to a strip of hotel chains will be welcoming a brand new hotel on the northeast corner of Jarvis and Shuter streets. Being built by Manga Hotels, the new tower will house a mix of hotel and residential units, to be known as Hyatt Place and The 203 Residences on Jarvis. The 32-storey mixed-use, IBI Group-designed development has…

From 2015 to 2017, UrbanToronto and its sister publication, SkyriseCities, ran an occasional series of articles under the heading Explainer. Each one took a concept from Urban Planning, Architecture, Construction, or other topics that often wind up in our publications, and presented an in depth look at it. It’s time to revisit (and update where necessary) those articles for readers who…

Along the Danforth, just around the corner from Main Street subway station, Marlin Spring Developments is bringing The Dawes – 24 and 38-storey condominium towers rising from a shared podium – inclusive of a unique heritage twist. While the new mixed-use development will host office and retail spaces in its podium, it will also boast a renovated 1906-built grain elevator and…

An early March morning on Bloor Street at the South Kingsway covers a development site in fog as morning commuters drive past in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Ottawan. Fog covers the Bijou on Bloor development site in Bloor West Village, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Ottawan Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? You can post…