The future Ontario Line 3, now under construction, is bringing with it several Transit-Oriented Community (TOC) plans at stations along the line, with Infrastructure Ontario aiming to add hundreds of housing units at most. UrbanToronto has delved into various TOC initiatives along the coming subway line, including on Eastern Avenue, and at Thorncliffe Park, Gerrard-Carlaw, Cosburn, Pape, and most recently Exhibition stations. Two stops…

Y&S Condos from Tribute Communities and Tenblock has over the last months popped above grade at Yonge and Soudan streets in Midtown Toronto. Just steps from Eglinton station on Yonge Line 1 and the soon-to-open Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT, this development at 2161 Yonge Street, designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects, has made significant progress since UrbanToronto last checked in on the…

Recently, a seller client and I entered complex negotiations with their tenant and a buyer in trying to arrive at this type of agreement, which resulted in us having to come to a different type of arrangement when our ‘cash for keys’ offer of $20,000 was refused by the tenant who asked for more money.   Our alternate arrangement, which…

It is very clear Canada in general, and Toronto in particular, is facing an affordable housing crisis. What is less clear is what is being done to address it, and what solutions are open to us, but solutions are being sought, some more imaginative and innovative than you might think. There are clever companies working on the issue, such as…

Parks that are close to tall buildings can feel like outdoor rooms, their walls being the surrounding skyline. Above the Rosehill Reservoir in Midtown Toronto, David A Balfour Park is one of those outdoor rooms as seen in this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor MaybeThisTimeIllWin. Looking southwest from the park, the towers of the Bloor-Yorkville area dominate, with two additions…