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Revised Etobicoke Civic Centre seen by Design Review Panel

Etobicoke Civic Centre, Henning Larsen Architects, Adamson Associates, Toronto
February 22, 2019 5:22 pm | by Julian Mirabelli | Comments
The Toronto Design Review Panel met last week in an all-Etobicoke session, where they reviewed two very important and transformative projects for the redevelopment of the former suburb. First ... read more
infrastructure

Six Points Reconfiguration: Dundas Moves To New Alignment

Six Points, Toronto, Etobicoke
February 22, 2019 4:52 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Etobicoke, former Township then Borough then City, and now Toronto's western flank, has long had a pocket of high-rise development along Bloor and Dundas streets near Islington subway station, ... read more
development

21-Tower Development Proposed at 1920 Eglinton East

1920 Eglinton East, Turner Fleischer Architects
February 22, 2019 2:38 pm | by Ryan Debergh | Comments
The Golden Mile, a stretch of big-box retail, industrial, restaurants, and office space along Eglinton Avenue in Scarborough, is poised for transformation with the coming of the Crosstown ... read more
development

11-Storey Extension Proposal Updated for 368 Eglinton East

368 Eglinton East, Kirkor Architects, The Howard Property Group
February 22, 2019 12:02 pm | by Ryan Debergh | Comments
Originally proposed in 2017, The Howard Property Group has submitted updated architectural plans for an extension of their rental property at 368 Eglinton Avenue East. Located just east of the ... read more
real estate

Previewing Suite Finishes at 293 The Kingsway

293 The Kingsway, Benvenuto Group, Quadrangle, Toronto
February 22, 2019 11:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Marketing is in full swing for Benvenuto Group's 293 The Kingsway, just to the north of Humbertown Plaza near Royal York and Dundas in Etobicoke. Since introducing the project, ... read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 22, 2019

February 22, 2019 8:08 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Sidewalk Labs vision for Port Lands was a possibility all along, senior Waterfront Toronto official says; Revenue lost to TTC fare evasion three times greater than agency ... read more
photos

Photo of the Day: Church and Carlton

Photo of the Day, Toronto, Church, Carlton, Stanley Condos, 411 Church
February 22, 2019 12:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Today's Photo of the Day features a pair of new additions under construction at Toronto's Church and Carlton intersection. Captured by Forum contributor steveve, this shot faces northeast over the ... read more
development

U of T Reveals Centre for Civilizations and Cultures Design

Centre for Civilizations and Cultures, U of T, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
February 21, 2019 5:42 pm | by Craig White | Comments
The University of Toronto has made its plans public for the building it intends to replace the shuttered McLaughlin Planetarium on Queen's Park. (A new planetarium is to be built n St. George ... read more
development

580 King West Plan Refined in Effort to Avoid Appeals

580 King West, Toronto, C Squared, Audax architecture
February 21, 2019 3:48 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
A late 2018 proposal for a 15-storey office building at 578-580 King Street West in Toronto's King-Spadina area has been revised as talks with the City continue. A refusal report issued ... read more
development

Site Cleared for Theatre District Residence & RIU Plaza Hotel

Theatre District Residence & Riu Plaza Hotel, Plaza, Quadrangle
February 21, 2019 12:20 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
Another pair of towers will soon rise into Toronto's Entertainment District skyline, as the site of the Theatre District Residence and RIU Plaza Hotel is now cleared and primed for ... read more
photos

Throwback Thursday: Yorkville and Bellair

Throwback Thursday, Toronto, Yorkville, Bellair
February 21, 2019 10:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
This week's Throwback Thursday takes us back almost exactly 8 years for a view of Toronto's Yorkville area. In February 2011, plans were in the works to redevelop the office building at the ... read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 21, 2019

February 21, 2019 8:12 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Toronto moves to protect sold-off Hearn waterfront site with heritage status; In place of Toronto’s McLaughlin Planetarium, some golden architecture; Province says it will fix ... read more
photos

Photo of the Day: 1 Yorkville Details

Photo of the Day, Toronto, 1 Yorkville
February 21, 2019 12:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Today's Photo of the Day features a detail view of 1 Yorkville, a 58-storey condominium tower under construction in Toronto's Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood. Captured by Forum contributor drum118, ... read more
development

Steel Rising at Park Hyatt Renovation at Bloor and Avenue Road

Park Hyatt Renovation, Toronto, design by KPMB Architects for Oxford Properties
February 20, 2019 4:30 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Known for years as the Park Plaza, the venerable brick and limestone-faced tower at the northwest corner of Bloor Street West and Avenue Road has marked the spot where Downtown Toronto blends into ... read more
development

New Plan Emerging for Stalled Keele and St Clair Project

6 Lloyd Ave, Toronto, designed by RAW Design for Carlyle Communities
February 20, 2019 3:40 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
A reimagined plan has surfaced for a stalled mixed-use development at Keele and St Clair in Toronto's Stockyards area. The previous plan designed by McCallum Sather ... read more
development

Canderel Proposes 66-Storey Mixed-Use Tower at 1075 Bay

1075 Bay, Canderel, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto
February 20, 2019 11:55 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
The stretch of Bay Street between Bloor and Wellesley in Downtown Toronto could soon have a new tower rising high above surrounding buildings as a new proposal from Canderel seeks ... read more
real estate

Aoyuan International Launching T1 at M2M Condos

M2M Condos, Toronto, Aoyuan, Wallman Architects
February 20, 2019 10:28 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
The sounds of shoppers and employees of North York's Newtonbrook Plaza has been replaced by the sounds of demolition as work begins on Yonge Street at Cummer Avenue on M2M Condos. ... read more
culture

Daily Headlines: News from the Internet for February 20, 2019

February 20, 2019 8:13 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Waterfront Toronto officials to face grilling in Ottawa over Sidewalk Labs plans; Did the Sidewalk Labs plot just thicken, or is the story coming to an end?; Buyers ... read more
photos

Photo of the Day: Midtown Density

Photo of the Day, Toronto, midtown, 2221 Yonge
February 20, 2019 12:00 am | by Jack Landau | Comments
Today's Photo of the Day features a view of a new condominium tower rising near Midtown Toronto's Yonge and Eglinton intersection. Captured by David Ackerman, this shot faces west over the site of ... read more
development

Menkes' Fleur Condos Reaching Grade at Shuter and Church

Fleur Condos, Menkes Developments, architectsAlliance, Toronto
February 19, 2019 3:23 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments
Just over two years after Menkes Developments crews began site clearance in late 2016 for Fleur Condos, work continues on the 29-storey condominium tower at Shuter and Church ... read more

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