United Property Resource Corporation, the development division of the United Church of Canada, has submitted an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment to the City of Toronto for a site located in Scarborough’s Wexford neighbourhood. The proposed 11-storey, purpose-built rental apartment building and 2 rows of 3-storey townhomes would replace a church and single storey detached house currently occupying…

Just east of where Markham meets Pickering, White Sun Developments is creating a community of family-sized townhomes and detached homes. Designed by Anderson & Associates, the new community of Whitevale, named in reference to the local heritage farming community, will be built by the well-known home builder Sundial Homes.  Front corner view of townhome showing building materials Currently in the pre-construction…

Today, the City of Toronto announced that it has revised the boundaries for Toronto’s social planning neighbourhoods, resulting in an increase in the number of neighbourhoods from 140 to 158. The City and its community partners use the neighbourhoods to better understand the needs of their exclusive communities, and to help City staff collect data, plan, analyze, and forecast City…

UrbanToronto’s February UTPro New Development Report shows that, after two months of a flurry of major development applications at the end of 2021, developers began to return from a winter break in February, 2022.  UT Pro is UT’s premium database service that collects and reports information on development applications across the Greater Toronto Area. ​​​​This UTPro New Development Report analyzes new…

On Monday morning, I began the arduous task of sorting through a week’s worth of mail that had piled up and been left by my lovely wife in my home office. Mail, eh?  How could there be so much when we don’t really even use mail anymore? More than a dozen flyers – several from politicians, since it’s that time…

A Canada Goose with a view surveys Toronto from a perch at a waterfront condo in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Katxaxa. image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Katxaxa Want to see your work featured as Daily Photo? You can post in the City Photos & Videos section of the UrbanToronto Forum, or submit your images to our Instagram or UrbanToronto Flickr Pool for your chance…