Taylor Smyth Architects has proposed a renovation and addition on behalf of the property owner of 1072 Queen Street West in Toronto’s West Queen West area. The site, near the intersection of Queen and Dovercourt Road, currently harbours a 2-storey building with commercial units at grade with residential above. The proposal includes a 1-storey addition while maintaining and remodelling the two lower…
While competition among buyers in Toronto and surrounding communities remained strong in most market segments and ‘hoods, the GTA did experience more balance in 2022’s first quarter compared to last year. Currently, the average price for a home in Toronto hovers at $1.3M, but TRREB expects price growth to slow in 2022, if only marginally. Here is the Toronto Real…
This is an UrbanToronto industry update sharing information and status updates from around the industry as a means to keep our readers in the loop. We are covering updates related to relevant news and events, as well as any changes that are being made that impact the real estate and building industries in Toronto. In today’s report: Receive up to $500 for…
In the West End of Toronto, The Carvalo on College is a seven-story mid-rise building designed by Studio JCI for Clifton Blake Group. After months of construction, the building has topped off, and is now seeing brick cladding being applied, featuring an array of colours across its facade! West facing view of The Carvalo on College, image by UTForum contributor PatM The building…
Gone are the days when buildings could just discharge groundwater seeping into foundations directly into sewers… but you may be able to discharge infiltrated stormwater into the sewers! Groundwater levels at your site will determine if this is possible, and now is the time to measure them! As we covered in our recent article, any new Toronto development applications after…
Spillover effect from Toronto heats up industrial land demand in Waterloo Region; Ontario mother begs for answers after daughter suffers fatal fall from construction site; Toronto home sale price fell slightly in March 2022: TRREB; and more news. Toronto home sale price fell slightly in March 2022: TRREB (CP24) Spillover effect from Toronto heats up industrial land demand in Waterloo Region (Globe & Mail)…
There’s something about the corner of King and Dufferin streets that sums up so much of the city right now; a crane atop a new condo bringing new housing, a heritage bank surrounded by that construction, soon to be restored and repurposed, streetcar wire and tracks everywhere, buses and cars backed up at a light, an intrepid cyclist gingerly navigating…
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