Welcome to this month’s installment of Dear Urbaneer, where I answer real estate queries from clients and inquisitive readers. This time, I am guiding a Buyer who is seeking a multiplex property to house his multi-generational family and is finding himself in a crowded Buyer pool. Dear Urbaneer: I’ve been looking for a property that can comfortably…
Toronto is witnessing an unsettling surge in car thefts, with police reports indicating more than double the carjackings in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year. This alarming trend is juxtaposed against a backdrop of significant urban planning shifts advancing urban density and reducing car dependency. In response to these changes, ToyBx Industrial Condominium emerges as…
Oben Build has firmly established itself as a leader in mid-rise construction in Toronto, despite the current challenges facing the ever-evolving development sector. With a strong focus on innovation, the company has integrated advanced technologies and methodologies, with a focus on sustainable, efficient, and community-centric development in order to satisfy clients. Oben Build aims to distinguish itself as a versatile entity…
Housing starts stable in 2023, but demand still outpaces growing supply of apartments; Trudeau proposes new reforms for renters amid housing crunch; tenants, advocates say RentSafeTO needs to issue larger fines; and other news. Housing starts stable in 2023, but demand still outpaces growing supply of apartments (The Star) Trudeau proposes new reforms for renters amid housing crunch (Global News)…
Are you reading your very first blog post here on Toronto Realty Blog? Or are you a ten-year veteran? Those who know me – at least, through TRB, are fully aware of my thoughts on pre-construction condos, the pre-construction condo industry, and the way that pre-construction condos are sold and eventually built. But for those that aren’t aware, let me say…
The sun has dropped behind the Downtown Toronto skyline as seen in this photo taken by UrbanToronto Forum contributor mburrrrr from Tommy Thompson Park on the Outer Harbour Headland. Prior to actual sunset, sunlight can be seen passing through the upper storey space of 160 Front West, now substantially complete on the west side of the core’s cluster of towers….
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…
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