With another busy month of city-building, transportation, and real estate talk now behind us, we round up September 2016's hottest stories, dataBase files, and Forum threads. 

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. Eataly to Anchor $100 Million Manulife Centre Redevelopment

Looking southeast at the redeveloped space, image courtesy of Manulife Real Estate

Our biggest story from the month of September covered the long-anticipated announcement of an 'Eataly' location for Toronto, part of a $100 million renovation of the Manulife Centre. In second place, a report from the first public consultation for a pencil-thin 80-sotrey tower proposed at 8 Elm Street.

2. 8 Elm Street Proposal Met With Hostility from Local Residents

3. Revised 65-Storey 1 Eglinton East Proposal Submitted to City

4. 10-Tower M City to Rise on 15 Acres at Mississauga City Centre

5. Union Station: Finding a Way—and a Place—in Transit

6. Revised Design for Waterfront Innovation Centre Debuts Online

7. Mixed-Use Redevelopment of RioCan's Leaside Centre Proposed

8. Metrolinx Releases RFQs for Two Transit Expansion Projects

9. Pearson Airport Enhances Passenger Experience in Terminal 3

10. Sleek architectsAlliance-designed Tower Proposed on Wellington

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

1. The One

The One, image courtesy of Mizrahi Developments

Our most popular dataBase file from September was that of Mizrahi Developments' 'The One', as anticipation builds for the massive Foster + Partners and Core Architects-designed condominium tower at Yonge and Bloor. In the second spot, INDX Condos is attracting attention as the last elements of construction wrap up for the 54-storey condo tower in Toronto's Financial District.

2. INDX Condos

3. KPMG Vaughan

4. One Bloor East

5. 88 Scott Street

6. 1-7 Yonge (Toronto Star Lands)

7. St. Lawrence Market North

8. Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences

9. Sunday School Lofts

10. Ten York

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1. Ten York

Ten York rising in the South Core, image by Forum contributor caltrane74

September's most popular Forum thread was that of Tridel's Ten York Condos. As the 65-storey, Wallman Architects-designed tower grows taller in Toronto's South Core, more and more photographers are being drawn to the wedge-shaped building. In second place, the thread for One Bloor East continues to draw attention as balcony glass completes the building's sculptural exterior.

2. One Bloor East

3. Massey Tower

4. Eaton Centre (Nordstrom Rebuild)

5. Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences

6. 88 Scott Street

7. Berczy Park

8. Mirvish+Gehry Toronto

9. EY Tower

10. YC Condos

We will be back at beginning of next month for a recap of October's top news stories, dataBase files and Forum threads!