1. Bjarke Ingels Group's King Street Vision Detailed at Consultation

Aerial view of the site, image courtesy of Westbank/Allied

April's most popular news story covered the evolving plans for a Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) designed development at 489-539 King Street West. The project would be BIG's first in Toronto, with a novel design that playfully strays away from the area's emerging built form. The second most popular story of the month was a roundup of our 'Growth to Watch For' series, covering the countless planned and under-construction projects in Toronto.

2. UrbanToronto's Development Guide: Growth to Watch For 2016

3. CityPlace School and Community Centre Revealed at DRP

4. Streamlined Gardiner Off-Ramp to Begin Construction in July

5. Could the Toronto Port Lands Become Host to Expo 2025?

6. Design Review Panel Considers 33 Gerrard Proposal Site Plan

7. APRIl FOOLS: John Tory's SmartTrack Rebranded as Bike Racks on GO Trains

8. King Portland Centre Going Ahead with Shopify Anchoring

9. Growth to Watch For in 2016: Toronto's Central Waterfront

10. OCAD University to Expand and Renovate on McCaul Street

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

1. The One

Rendering of The One, image courtesy of Mizrahi

April's most popular dataBase file was Mizrahi's proposed 'The One', the height of which was recently reduced to 304.3 metres. The second most popular dataBase file was for One Bloor East, now topped off and racing towards completion at the southeast corner of Yonge and Bloor.

2. One Bloor East

3. Ten York

4. 1-7 Yonge

5. Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences

6. Pace Condos

7. 88 Scott Street

8. Backstage on The Esplanade

9. 489-539 King Street West

10. Form Condos

Our Top Ten Forum Threads 

1. Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences

Harbour Plaza Residences rising into the South Core skyline, image by Forum contributor G.L. 17

The most popular Forum thread from April was that of the Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences. Finishing touches are being applied to the development's office tower at 1 York Street, while the project's two condo towers climb higher into the South Core area's skyline. April's second most popular Forum thread was for the ongoing Union Station Revitalization project, which has become even more visible to commuters since work began inside the station's Great Hall.

2. Union Station Revitalization

3. One Bloor East

4. Eaton Centre - Nordstrom Rebuild

5. Ten York Street

6. Massey Tower

7. EY Tower

8. Bisha Hotel and Residences

9. 88 Scott Street

10. L Tower

We will return next month for a recap of May's top news stories, dataBase files and Forum threads!