At a press event this morning at the East Harbour site near the foot of the Don Valley Parkway in Toronto, representatives of the municipal and provincial governments gathered to announce that five Minister’s Zoning Orders (MZOs) have been handed down to the City to support the building of Transit Oriented Communities (TOCs) at five of the stations along the…

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: Ontario Moves Forward with East…

This week, the Carpenters District Council of Ontario (CDCO) is observing its annual Tax Fraud Days of Action campaign from April 11th to 16th. Tax fraud is a major issue in Canada, and construction industry tax fraud, labour trafficking, and the underground economy cost the Canadian economy billions every year. That is why the Carpenter’s Union is trying to promote…

Officials from four governments gathered yesterday at a site near Mississauga’s Airport Corporate Centre and, with a flick of a switch, officially launched tunnelling for the Eglinton West extension to the Crosstown LRT line. According to Ontario’s transit agency, Metrolinx, during the next 20 months, two massive tunnel-boring machines (TBMs) will work 20 metres underground, digging two parallel tunnels that…

Cars are lined up on Jarvis Street, stopped at the lights at King, in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor urbanexplorer. The photo is not so much about traffic though as it is about the rhythm of the buildings on this stretch, the venerable, limestone column-lined Canadian Bank of Commerce branch in the right foreground, followed by the double-cupolaed St…