Concord Sky, the 85-storey mixed-use tower under construction at Yonge and Gerrard Streets in Downtown Toronto, is generating buzz for more than just its design and construction progress. The question of its eventual final height has sparked debate, with the possibility of it achieving “supertall” status — a title conferred upon buildings over 300 metres — hinging on a technicality….
Immediately east of Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood is another former industrial area turned the tightly-packed community sometimes know as the Ordnance Triangle, named for the street that enters into it and for its wedge shape, hemmed in on the north and south by converging rail corridors. East of Strachan Avenue, developers in the area focused on another local landmark — Fort…
Ontario home construction levels up, but still far off pace for 1.5M target; confidence growing among buyers as spring real estate market opens for Greater Toronto Area; expanded Ontario vacant home tax on the horizon as housing outlook improves slightly; and other news. Ontario home construction levels up, but still far off pace for 1.5M target (The Star) Confidence growing…
How does a crane grow? If you’re the right type of self-climbing crane, you can grow yourself by hoisting new mast sections (I’m stretching it by calling it a neck in the title above) onto a platform attached to your climbing frame. In this image, taken on a foggy early March day by UrbanToronto Forum contributor wmedia, one new section has…
Less than a year after Nahid on Broadview’s tower crane first went up in Toronto’s Danforth neighbourhood, it has now been dismantled, having been used following the initial excavation until the building was topped-off. Designed by Options Architects for Nahid Corporation and Options Development, this six-storey mid-rise is across Broadview Avenue from Broadview station on Danforth Line 2. Enhancing the local…
Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for stations on the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension. Besides the stations, the RFQ targets the rail and systems, making up what’s called an SRS package, for the design, construction, and commissioning of the extension’s seven stations. Primarily underground but with an elevated guideway over the Humber Valley, the extension…
Next stage announced for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension as Province has issued a request for qualifications; pre-construction condo buyers forced to off-load units for as much as $150,000 less than they paid; issues with Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT software persist; and other news. Next stage announced for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (CBC) Pre-construction condo buyers forced to off-load units…
The articulated arm of a concrete pump, known as a boom, stands ready atop the 18th floor of the SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge in Downtown Toronto. Captured with a telephoto lens by UrbanToronto Forum contributor mburrrrr last week, the boom is just one of hundreds that are in use across the city, literally making us a boomtown, even more…
Four months after UrbanToronto last checked in on 28 Eastern Avenue, when the building had recently topped off, its exterior is now wrapped in nearly all of its cladding. Located in Toronto’s Corktown neighbourhood, the 12-storey mixed-use condominium and townhome building is designed by Teeple Architects for the Alterra Group of Companies. Starting in late 2020 with the demolition of the…
A major new announcement on a change to Canada’s immigration targets will have a bigger impact on our housing affordability crisis than it may first appear. Last week, Canada’s immigration minister, Marc Miller, announced that the Liberal federal government plans to reduce the number of non-permanent residents (NPR) in Canada from the current 6.2% share of total population to 5%…
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