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

Our Top Ten News Stories

1. Preliminary Plans Reveal Scope of Unilever Redevelopment

East Harbour's curving transit tunnel, image courtesy of First Gulf

November's hottest news story covered the revelation of a preliminary master plan for Toronto's 60-acre Unilever Site, which could bring up to 50,000 workers and 11.5 million ft² of new office space to the area, along with a major transit component. In second place, an annotated guide breaks down a recent diagram depicting Toronto's future skyline.

2. Towering: An Annotated Guide to Toronto's Future Skyline

3. TYSSE: On Site at Vaughan's Highway 407 Station

4. Menkes' LCBO Site Concept Presented to the Public

5. Toronto to Share Costs for SmartTrack, Other Transit Projects

6. Parks Canada Names Eglinton Theatre a National Historic Site

7. Menkes' LCBO Lands Proposal Presented to Design Review Panel

8. M City: 15 Acres of Change in Mississauga's Evolving Downtown

9. UofT Daniels Faculty Re-Introduces Toronto to Spadina Crescent

10. Tracking the Continued Progress of Union Station's Revitalization

Our Top Ten dataBase Files

1. 75 on The Esplanade

75 on The Esplanade, image courtesy of Harhay Developments

UrbanToronto's hottest dataBase file on November was that of Harhay Developments and Carttera Private Equities' 75 on The Esplanade, which recently had its design revised and resubmitted to the City of Toronto. 1-7 Yonge Street was our second most popular dataBase file of the month, with interest remaining high for the supertall proposal at the foot of Yonge Street.

2. 1 - 7 Yonge Street

3. The One

4. East Harbour

5. One Bloor East

6. 1 Yorkville

7. 88 Scott Street

8. Union Station Revitalization

9. Bisha Hotel and Residences

10. INDX Condos

Our Top Ten Forum Threads

1.  The One

The One, image courtesy of Mizrahi Developments

The Forum thread for Mizrahi's The One remains active as anticipation builds for the supertall luxury condominium tower at Toronto's Yonge and Bloor intersection. In the second spot, the thread for 88 Scott Street has been quite busy as well, with several photos depicting the 58-storey condo tower nearing its final height.

2. 88 Scott Street 

3. Sun Life Financial Tower & Harbour Plaza Residences

4. East Harbour

5. Residences of 488 University Avenue

6. Ten York

7. Massey Tower

8. Berczy Park

9. One Bloor East

10. EY Tower

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