May 8, 2013 5:35 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
North York, like Toronto's other two former outer boroughs, Etobicoke and Scarborough, features a mix of predominantly low-rise single-family residential with pockets of high-rise sprinkled here ... read more
May 8, 2013 1:35 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
Eleven years after construction wraped up on the Sheppard subway line the benefits from urban intensification are continuing to apear. Formerly a low density stretch of North York, Sheppard has ... read more
In the time since our first article about Approaching Red, artist Maha Mustafa's sweeping two-piece metal sculpture coated in a sexy red finish, the work has arrived from fabricator Feature ... read more
February 8, 2013 8:30 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Following on the success of Discovery and Tango at Concord Park Place—a 45 acre (18 hectare) master-planned community near Sheppard and Leslie in North York— prolific developer Concord Adex is ... read more
January 21, 2013 7:35 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Concord Adex's Presentation Centre for CityPlace has been around for over a decade now. The low-slung modern building at the corner of Spadina Avenue and Bremner Boulevard acts as a sales centre ... read more
December 18, 2012 2:22 pm | by Dylan Giuliano | Comments
After a grand opening ceremony in late October, the new Puente De Luz pedestrian bridge was closed for a time but quietly re-opened to the public last week. Puente de Luz, or 'Bridge of ... read more
October 26, 2012 12:15 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Puente de Luz, a pedestrian connection spanning the rail tracks halfway between Bathurst Street and Spadina Avenue, opens to the public today at 4:30 PM. The $8 million bridge fulfills ... read more
October 5, 2012 11:32 am | by Anonymous | Comments
As the price per square foot of downtown condominiums invariably rises, architects and interior designers have to find innovative methods for creating livable spaces within increasingly small ... read more
September 27, 2012 2:50 pm | by Anonymous | Comments
Concord Adex, the developer behind Downtown's CityPlace and North York's Park Place, has been working on building strong communities in its large-scale high-rise neighbourhoods through community ... read more
September 24, 2012 2:29 pm | by Anonymous | Comments
One of the most looked forward to events in early fall is harvest time, a period when a variety of fresh produce arrives in the city's numerous farmers' markets. Often found in neighborhood parks ... read more
July 25, 2012 1:11 pm | by Evan Manning | Comments
It's been just over a month since the skybridge connecting the two towers of Parade was lifted into place, but we thought since this was one of the most exciting projects to watch, we would remind ... read more
June 29, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Linked together by a connective tissue of glass and steel, the twin towers of Concord's Parade condos now find themselves conjoined following months of preparation. Constructed at the base of the ... read more
June 26, 2012 12:00 pm | by Craig White | Comments
Until we get the time-lapse photography it will be difficult to claim the the Skybridge ever moved exactly – the lift was so slow, it was next to impossible to detect in real time – but over the ... read more
June 21, 2012 3:30 pm | by Nigel Terpstra | Comments
Last week in Part 1 of our interview with Prishram Jain, principal at TACT Architecture, we learned about Jain's education and early career. This week we delve into how those experiences shape ... read more
June 14, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Not only has the change in weather swept away the humidity, but it also bathed the city in a particularly beautiful summer light. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Forum member yonderbean ... read more
May 31, 2012 12:00 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
Perhaps the most eagerly awaited feature of Concord Adex's ambitious CityPlace development, the bridge linking the two towers of Parade has moved one step closer to installation following the ... read more
We're re-visiting a project we featured back in November to provide an update on how the development is progressing: Concord Adex's Quartz condominiums, located in the CityPlace ... read more
We're nearing the completion date for Concord CityPlace's Parade condominium, so it's an appropriate time to spotlight it in our Project of the Day feature. Of all the condominiums we've seen ... read more
Concord Adex is continuing with the development of the southwest corner of the Concord CityPlace site with the launch of Lumen condos, a 30-storey tower by RAW Design meant to compliment the ... read more
March 27, 2012 9:30 am | by Evan Manning | Comments
This shot of the Puente de Luz bridge on the verge of completion was taken by Forum member rdaner. As an inheritance from the site's former use as a rail marshalling yard, CityPlace is ... read more