It’s a moody Spring sky during sunset that attracts the eye to this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor jsmith77, that and the alternating reflective and dark sections of the Diamond Schmitt-designed Globe and Mail Centre at 351 King East. In the foreground; land has been fenced off where Corktown Station on the Ontario Line and its associated Transit Oriented Community will…

Mortgage rates have surged higher of late. Five-year fixed rates are now offered in the 4% range, and while five-year variable rates are still offered at discounts of about 1.50% below that, the Bank of Canada (BoC) recently hiked its policy rate by 0.75% and is warning Canadians to “expect further increases”. Against that backdrop, it’s time for a fresh…

I’m Steve Fudge, and I sell real estate. Welcome to my blog on housing, culture, and design in the City of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Today I wanted to share my love for Toronto’s Edwardian architecture and, in particular, the adaptive reuse conversion of the former Bell Telephone Company’s world headquarters (circa 1911) into 12 custom contemporary lofts in Riverdale, a…

The City of Toronto has submitted a Site Plan Approval application for a site in the Davisville Village. Not far east of the Davisville and Yonge Street intersection, the site includes the new Davisville Junior Public School and Spectrum Alternative Senior School building which opened in September, 2021. The proposed CS&P Architects-designed 3-storey recreational facility would replace part of the…

Collecdev has begun work on Cielo Condos, a 29-storey tower that will rise at the site of Bloor Street United Church (BSUC) at the northwest corner of Bloor and Huron streets in Downtown Toronto. First constructed in 1886, the church is to be part of the redevelopment, with the United Church of Canada getting a new head office space here, while the congregation…

The Ivy, a new rental tower at the northeast corner of Yonge and Gloucester streets in Downtown Toronto, has recently risen above a pair of heritage buildings that it incorporates into its base. Developed by Tricon Capital and Angel Developments, the Graziani + Corazza Architects-designed tower currently has crews working on forming the 11th of its eventual 34 storeys.  The Ivy, 11 storeys into…

Mayor John Tory announced this morning that a Toronto Parking Authority parking lot located at 1117 Dundas Street West near the intersection with Ossington Avenue, will be the operating site of a new pilot program that will bring 100 new affordable rental homes to the city.  This project will be the first of its kind in Toronto and will take a new climate…

Pardon my lack of zealousness here, folks.  I guess part of me just felt like this post would prove to be a fool’s errand. Everybody and their mother want to talk about “blind bidding” but many of those people aren’t interested in a discussion.  At least, not a two-way discussion. Many people already have their minds made up!  Blind bidding has to…