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Cladding Enclosing Topped Out Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza

Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza, Camrost-Felcorp, WZMH Architects, Toronto

October 22, 2018 11:42 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

After over four years of work that included demolition of an earlier building, Camrost-Felcorp's Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza has reached its final 40-storey height in Toronto's ... read more

real estate

Commercial Opportunity: Etobicoke Property Offers Big Potential on an Evolving Corridor

1306-1310 The Queensway, Toronto, CBRE Limited

October 22, 2018 9:30 am | by Marcus Mitanis | Comments

An unquenchable demand for new housing is powering the rapid intensification of Toronto, and despite thousands of residential units coming online each year, housing prices continue on an upward ... read more

culture

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 22, 2018

October 22, 2018 8:20 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

Cost of condo rentals continues to rise in Mississauga; City elections are about the small stuff – and the big stuff, too; Issues of affordable housing, transit, infrastructure ... read more

photos

Photo of the Day: St. James Town

Photo of the Day, Toronto skyline, St. James Town

October 22, 2018 12:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

Today's Photo of the Day looks over Toronto's St. James Town neighbourhood. Submitted by Forum contributor 111, this sunrise view faces southeast over the Rogers headquarters, showing new ... read more

real estate

Line 5 Condos—Named for the Crosstown LRT—Signals Change

Looking southeast to Line 5 Condos on Broadway near Yonge and Eglinton, Toronto

October 19, 2018 4:32 pm | by Craig White | Comments

As Torontonians, our lives are about adaptation. Our city's success is in large part due to our ability to accommodate new people, new ideas, new buildings, new technologies, and more. It doesn't ... read more

development

Mid-Rise Office / Restaurant Proposal Features Retractable Roof

160 John Street, SvN, C Squared Properties, Toronto

October 19, 2018 3:00 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

Almost three decades after Toronto's iconic SkyDome ushered in the era of retractable-roof stadium design, a mid-rise commercial proposal for the Entertainment District is taking a page out of the ... read more

real estate

Solmar Launches Edge T2 in Mississauga with Grand Opening

Edge Towers T2, Solmar, Roy Varacalli, Mississauga

October 19, 2018 2:50 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

Solmar Development Corporation is gearing up to make a big impact on Mississauga's skyline with their three-tower, Roy Varacalli-designed Edge ... read more

infrastructure

Toronto Planning Innovation Celebrated at National Urban Design Awards

October 19, 2018 12:48 pm | by Ryan Debergh | Comments

The National Urban Design Awards were announced yesterday in Ottawa, and two of Toronto’s most innovative public realm plans took home the top honours. The biannual awards program established by ... read more

real estate

Encore: Second Tower Launched at Plaza's Theatre District

Theatre District Residence, Encore, Plaza, Quadrangle, Toronto

October 19, 2018 10:22 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

Following swift sales of Theatre District Residence phase one, Plaza is launching sales for Encore at Theatre District, the 48-storey north tower set to bring condominium ... read more

culture

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018 7:50 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

Waterfront Toronto, advisory panel want Quayside master plan delayed; 16 candidates vying to represent Toronto’s Beaches-East York ward; The biggest campaign promises made by ... read more

photos

Photo of the Day: Front Street All Lit Up

Looking west along Front Street in Downtown Toronto, image by UT Forum contribut

October 19, 2018 12:00 am | by Craig White | Comments

Today's long exposure Photo of the Day captures the lights of vehicles making the corner on Front Street between Bay and Yonge. Toronto's Dominion Public Building has never looked so ... read more

development

KingSett Proposes Towering Development at Bloor and East Mall

300 The East Mall, Toronto, designed by Quadrangle for KingSett Capital

October 18, 2018 4:48 pm | by Craig White | Comments

KingSett Capital has proposed the redevelopment of a complex that was known for years as the Valhalla Executive Centre, and more recently marketed as The Link 300•302•204 The East Mall. It is ... read more

culture

Mirvish Village Public Art Plan Pays Tribute to the Site's Past

Mirvish Village, Westbank Corp, Henriquez Partners Architects, ERA Architects

October 18, 2018 1:28 pm | by Ryan Debergh | Comments

Westbank Corp’s Mirvish Village redevelopment, now under construction at the former Honest Ed’s site in Downtown Toronto, has been largely praised for the way it approached the planning process. ... read more

real estate

Renderings Reveal Modern Interiors for Birchcliff Urban Towns

Birchcliff Urban Towns, Core Development Group, RAW, U31, Toronto

October 18, 2018 12:05 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

With registration underway and an official launch just around the corner, new renderings highlight the features of Core Development Group's Birchcliff Urban Towns project, coming to ... read more

Throwback Thursday: Yonge North of College

Throwback Thursday, YC Condos, Halo Residences, Yonge, Toronto

October 18, 2018 10:30 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

This week's Throwback Thursday presents a south-facing view of Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto, showing just over one year of change. An August 2017 view is centred on the construction of ... read more

culture

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 18, 2018

October 18, 2018 8:15 am | by Jack Landau | Comments

Sidewalk Labs will be a ‘catalyst’ for other innovations in Quayside; The missing middle in Toronto’s housing debate; Incumbent Gord Perks under fire during Ward 4 debate in ... read more

photos

Photo of the Day: Toronto's East Bayfront Set Off by the Sun

Looking west across Toronto's East Bayfront area, image by UT Forum contributor

October 18, 2018 12:00 am | by Craig White | Comments

Today's Photo of the Day checks out all the recent activity in Toronto's East Bayfront area where several projects are in different stages of development. The foreground set off in by sunlight ... read more

infrastructure

Concord Park Place's Woodsy Park to Open Spring 2019

Looking east across Concord Park Place, with Woodsy Park at centre, Toronto

October 17, 2018 5:12 pm | by Craig White | Comments

Concord Park Place has been growing in North York for about a decade now, with the first residents having moved into Discovery—the first condo phase—in the Fall of 2011. Since then, all phases on ... read more

news

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018 9:42 am | by Craig White | Comments

There's something in the air today that's tamping down most other news stories, but we have managed to find a few development and local politics stories for your edutainment: Metrolinx plans to ... read more