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Lanterra's Ice Condos Gets a Podium, and Other Storeys

Ice Condos Lanterra Developments Cadillac Fairview architectsAlliance Toronto

March 26, 2013 6:25 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

We just can’t keep our eyes off of Ïce Condominiums, Lanterra’s 57 and 67-storey, twin-tower development rising from York Street and Lake Shore Boulevard. With the 57-storey west tower approaching ... read more

Waterscapes and Ocean Club Condos Chart Progress in Humber Bay Shores

March 26, 2013 4:40 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments

The 5th and final phase of Monarch’s Waterview community is well underway. Waterscapes is a new condominium development located at 68 Marine Parade Dr in Toronto, just south of the ... read more

One Sherway Wrapping Up as Sherway Gardens Ramps Up

One Sherway condos, Toronto, by Page + Steele for Menkes and Great Gulf

March 26, 2013 1:22 pm | by Ted DuArte | Comments

The condominium towers at One Sherway are nearing completion after several years of planning and construction. The towers, four in total, range from 23 stories to 32 storeys and are contributing ... read more

Westwood Condominiums Bring Renewal to Central Etobicoke

Westwood Condominiums, EI Richmond Architects Ltd.

March 25, 2013 5:35 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments

Alterra's current addition to the Islington neighbourhood of Etobicoke is two-thirds of the way to its 6-storey topping out mark. Westwood Condominiums is a low-rise development ... read more

Construction Progressing at Southcore Financial Centre and Delta Toronto

Southcore Financial Centre Delta KPMB Page + Steele IBI Group GWL bcIMC

March 25, 2013 2:40 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

As a figurative tidal wave of development continues to vertically transform Toronto, few areas of the city have seen the same level of unprecedented change as the downtown district becoming ... read more

Lanterra Collaborates With Neighbourhood Working Group on 501 Yonge St

Lanterra Developments, architectsAlliance, 501 Yonge St.

March 25, 2013 1:10 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments

Lanterra Developments and architectsAlliance have been collaborating with the City and a neighbourhood Working Group towards a condo proposal for 501 Yonge Street that is acceptable ... read more

Carttera Seeking to Build Condos on Four Points Sheraton Site

1926 Lake Shore Blvd W condo by Graziani + Corazza for Carttera, Toronto

March 22, 2013 4:45 pm | by Craig White | Comments

Carttera Private Equities, a Canadian boutique real estate fund manager who has worked with well-known developers Freed, Harhay, Lash, and others in Toronto, has applied for a zoning amendment to ... read more

Lanterra Buys 11 Wellesley West For Future Development

Image by Lanterra Developments of potential condo development at 11 Wellesley

March 22, 2013 3:57 pm | by Jason Allen | Comments

There are new developments in a downtown plot of land that has long been the subject of speculation. The Ontario Government has sold the site of 11 Wellesley Street West to Lanterra ... read more

City Receives Application to Double Height of Hotel Victoria

Hotel Victoria amongst larger neighbours on Yonge Street, from Google Streetview

March 21, 2013 5:10 pm | by Craig White | Comments

Hotel Victoria is a venerable 8-storey, 56-room boutique hotel at 56 Yonge Street in Downtown Toronto. The red-brick and stone trimmed building is moving towards a makeover now though, with an ... read more

Minto30Roe Begins Construction Near Yonge and Eglinton

March 21, 2013 2:47 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments

Downtown is not the only neighbourhood whose parking lots are going out of fashion these days. The ever-growing urban node centred around Yonge and Eglinton has certainly seen its fair share of ... read more

BILD Announces People's Choice Award Nominations: Vote Now

March 21, 2013 1:32 pm | by Editor | Comments

The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) has announced the nominations for its second annual People's Choice Award. Here's your chance to weigh in on which project you think ... read more

Design of E Condos Evolving Into Future Yonge & Eglinton Landmark

E Condos Roy Varacalli Metropia Riocan Bazis International Toronto

March 20, 2013 5:30 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

Midtown’s de-facto capital is growing exponentially. With five active construction sites and up to a dozen high-rise proposals in the immediate vicinity, Yonge and Eglinton has become a ... read more

Market Wharf Nearing Completion; Public Art Renderings Released

March 20, 2013 4:40 pm | by Devon Johnson | Comments

Market Wharf, developed by Context Development and designed by architectsAlliance, has started occupancies in the tower. This 33-storey condo located in the St. Lawrence Market neighborhood is ... read more

Work is Underway on the Market Street Makeover

Work gets underway on fixing up Market Street, Toronto

March 20, 2013 4:00 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments

The pedestrianization of our streets has been a long, uphill battle in our car-centric city for along time now, but the past few years have seen some modest progress. Partial closures of ... read more

Blythwood at Huntington Bringing Luxury Living to Lawrence Park

Blythwood at Huntington condo in midtown Toronto by Tridel and Concert

March 20, 2013 3:30 pm | by Devon Johnson | Comments

The Blythwood at Huntington is the newest condominium development on Bayview Avenue in Toronto's tony Lawrence Park area. Jointly built and developed by Tridel and Concert Properties, the Kirkor ... read more

Zoning Sought for a 55-Storey Tower at 481 University

481 University Avenue Davpart Smith Company B+H Architects Toronto

March 20, 2013 1:00 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

Over the past few years University Avenue has seen a string of new development proposals, some like the Shangri-La now realized, all hoping to add height to the streetscape. Should they be ... read more

A Timeline of The Madison's Progress at Yonge and Eglinton

The Madison Madison Homes Kirkor Architects Eglinton Toronto

March 19, 2013 1:40 pm | by Jack Landau | Comments

Excavation work is nearly complete in preparation for Madison Homes’ eponymous twin-tower condominium development, The Madison. Work at the site on Eglinton Avenue, two blocks east of Yonge, ... read more

Clear Spirit and Gooderham Condos Extend Toronto's Skyline Eastwards

Clear Spirit and Gooderham condos, Distillery, Toronto by architectsAlliance

March 18, 2013 6:10 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments

The panorama from Toronto's Harbour shows the growing development at the Distillery District in the larger context of the city. Various UrbanToronto Forum members have pointed their cameras in the ... read more

Branch Library at Context's Library District Condos is Stacking Up

Blue and Green stripes colour Library District Condos, Toronto

March 18, 2013 4:25 pm | by Stephanie Calvet | Comments

Cladding is marching its way up the façade of Library District Condominiums, a lively palette of dark green glass accented by blue, yellow and green spandrel stripes. Blue and Green ... read more

L Tower: From The Ground to the Sky in 23 Seconds

March 18, 2013 4:00 pm | by Craig White | Comments

UrbanToronto Forum member Udo is a prolific and terrific photographer, shooting Toronto from interesting angles wherever he finds them. We are particularly lucky that Udo lives where he does ... read more

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