With the World Cup just around the corner, Toronto’s capacity for professional level soccer is set to increase. Woodbine Entertainment has announced that it will be designating a portion of its 684-acre property to develop a new high-performance training centre and soccer stadium. The new facilities would be located in Etobicoke’s Rexdale community, next to Woodbine Racetrack on the southwest corner…

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…

After deliberation, a proposal by Profile Developments’ to redevelop a site at 3079 Pharmacy Avenue in Scarborough has been approved by Toronto City Council. On the southeast corner of Pharmacy and Huntingdale Boulevard, Profile originally submitted an application for rezoning the plaza site from retail to residential in 2020. The original proposal for the new development failed to include any retail, which ruffled…

Just over a year ago, in my February 2021 report, I discussed what I saw as signs of a housing bubble in the market for suburban homes in the Toronto area. When I published that report, the average price for a low-rise home in the suburbs was just over $1.21M, up 26% in one year.  A number of big bank economists in March…

Demolition and construction side by side in Toronto’s Entertainment District in the wide-angle image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Red Mars; in the background 357 King West is in the later stages of construction, while in the foreground, a former sporting goods store is being demolished, and soon to be replaced by another tower. Demolition and construction side by side in…