Nearly two years since our last look at Plaza on Yonge, the condo construction site has ascended for the bottom of its excavation pit to its podium floors. This 32-storey-to-be mixed-use tower from Plaza at 5840 Yonge Street is rising alongside a Subaru car dealership, on a site that was previously three low-rise commercial buildings. Situated about a ten-minute walk north of Finch…
A proposed 12-storey residential building in the Mimico neighbourhood of Etobicoke looks to provide a significant contribution to the area’s rental housing sstock. Designed by Vincent J. Santamaura Architect Inc for Wycliffe Homes, this purpose-built rental project is situated at 464 Royal York Road. The location is just beyond the Major Transit Station Area (MTSA) for the Mimico GO station, an…
Construction and maintenance causing significant changes for Lakeshore West GO train riders in Oakville and Burlington as well as Mississauga and Hamilton; all current TTC subway slow-speed zones should be removed by end of March, according to officials; buyers appraise a more pliant condo market in the Greater Toronto Area; and other news. Significant changes coming for Lakeshore West GO…
In this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor DavidCapizzano of 222 Jarvis Street — a 1971-built upside-down ziggurat originally occupied by Sears Canada but now home to some provincial government ministry offices following a retrofit that began in 2007 — light plays on the 45°-turned, brick pillars of this uniquely textural WZMH Architects-designed building on the east side of Downtown Toronto. Light catches…
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