Downtown Toronto’s Novotel Hotel, which has been functioning as a temporary COVID-19 homeless shelter for the past year, may be replaced with a much denser, gilded two-tower complex. Last month, Republic Developments submitted a redevelopment proposal to city planners for two 36-storey towers containing condos and hotel suites in Toronto’s vibrant St Lawrence neighbourhood at 45 The Esplanade. Looking southwest to 45 The…

Lamb Development Corp has applied to the City of Toronto for the rezoning of 778 King Street West, a 0.21 hectare site on the north side of King between Niagara and Tecumseth streets in the Niagara neighbourhood. Looking up at 778 King West, designed by architects-Alliance for Lamb Development Corp If approved, Lamb hopes to build a contemporary, 17-storey, architects—Alliance-designed mixed-use building, topped…

This is an UrbanToronto industry update sharing information and status updates from around the industry as a means to keep our readers in the loop. We are covering updates related to rules, regulations, and changes that are being made as a result of the pandemic that impact the real estate and building industries in Toronto.  In today’s report: Ontario Builds the First…

This is an UrbanToronto industry update sharing information and status updates from around the industry as a means to keep our readers in the loop. We are covering updates related to rules, regulations, and changes that are being made as a result of the pandemic that impact the real estate and building industries in Toronto.  In today’s report: Ontario Builds the First…

We all know that the corner of Yonge and Castlefield in Midtown Toronto will soon be the home of one of Madison Group and Westdale Properties’ newest projects, The Capitol Residences. While the Turner Fleischer Architects and Hariri Pontarini Architects design of the new section is undoubtedly a looker, what really will make the development special is its unique heritage aspect.  The three-storey building…

One of the necessary amenities that allows us to get the very best out of urban living is access to a lawn, parks, gardens, trails… any green space! We all know that regularly escaping to the outdoors can often be essential to both mental and physical health, and so, it follows that quality of life is enhanced with convenient access…

Where in the world is Murfreesboro, Tennessee? Well, it’s not “Mumfreesboro,” and I know that now, thanks to Google spell-checking my mistake. A client of mine recently told me that she’s looking at retiring to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, which apparently is the hottest market in the United States.  She’s thinking that she’ll sell her large condo here in Toronto and look for a tiny…

It was cccccold out, but boy were the skies ever blue this past weekend. In Vaughan, UrbanToronto Forum contributor ryanbruins17 caught this shot of the first three Transit City towers basking in bluebird skies, traces of steam rising into the frigid air above each one of them. Transit City condo towers, Vaughan, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor ryanbruins17 Want to…