Revenue Properties Company has submitted an application to the City of Toronto for the rezoning of the Centerpoint Mall site at 6464 Yonge Street in North York. A fully enclosed shopping centre that was built in the 1960s, the expansive site actually covers 6212 through 6600 Yonge Street. The proposal includes a phased redevelopment over a number of years with residential, commercial, open space, and…

Why five-year variable rates will likely save money versus their fixed-rate equivalents in 2022 (and beyond). We begin 2022 with Canadian inflation at its highest level since 2003. Prices have been driven higher by a combination of surging demand, fueled by generous government support payments, and supply shortages tied to the pandemic. Both the Bank of Canada (BoC) and the…

The Bentway in partnership with the City of Toronto, Waterfront BIA, and Toronto Downtown West BIA, has revealed six proposals for the next phase of Waterfront ReConnect — a project aiming to improve the pedestrian experience at two intersections below the Gardiner Expressway. Two groups of three shortlisted designs have been proposed for the intersections of Lake Shore Boulevard and York…

A lot has been going on at the site of Plaza’s Bijou on Bloor in Bloor West Village, just west of Jane subway station in Toronto’s West End. Since our last story on the project back in September, demolition at the site is nearing its end, most recently seeing the shuttered Humber Cinema almost fully taken down. In mid-September, the red brick theatre…

Applying a coat of paint on a wall might seem like a simple task, but there is more to painting than meets the eye. So, finding the best painter is essential whenever you plan to paint your home or roof. Professional painters are skilled, and understand how to prepare the surface to be painted before actually starting the painting job….

Well, maybe Thursday’s blog was a mouthful.  But can you blame me?  All that time off over the holidays without an outlet for my thoughts – both about real estate, and not, and you had to know that the first blog back in January would be lengthy. It’s blogs like these that often make me feel guilty of being unoriginal,…

Shot last week by UrbanToronto Forum contributor ADRM, a view over Christie Pits park shows a patchy, sun-and-cloud-mottled sky reflected on the burnished surface of the rink, while Toronto’s downtown skyline pokes up in the distance amidst the rink’s high-mast lights. Off to the left on the horizon, three cranes top three pretty-much topped-off towers currently under construction at Mirvish…