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Standing Tall on Bay Street:

Bay Street Canyon:

From Above:

From Above:

Colour vs Black & White:

From Above:

Yonge Street: Aura: Poking out:

King West:

You managed to beat me to posting my own photo.

genearlly there is a negative return on investment in terms of hard & soft construction costs vs parking selling prices. Which is why you typically see developers build to minimum parking requirements and applications to reduce parking requirements in most large projects.

The settlement on the application to increase the height by 8 floors includes $1.6 million towards the future reconstruction of Charles Street.

Well you essentially have your wish, the planning department is currently short staff by a few dozen positions due to cuts and hiring freezes in both the ford and miller eras. Lack of adequate staffing resources during one of the largest periods of economic expansion and population growth the...

Karma was approved at 46 floors and a further settlement at the OMB resulted in an approval for 50 floors. Neither Casa II (57s proposed) nor Massey (60s proposed) have obtained planning approvals. Site specific contexts, neighbouring property conditions, tower set-backs and proposed density...

A couple details from the settlement: Settlement includes a $2.5 million section 37 agreement; $1.98 million is directed to infrastructure improvements on Yonge Street and the area streetscape as well as St. Luke's Lane upgrades; Sec 37 agreement includes specific provisions for the...

A report to be considered at the February 23rd Government Management Committee recommends that council approve a deal between the TPA and MUC Properties Inc. to sell a stratified interest in city-owned surplus lands at 50 Cumberland Street and 37 Yorkville Avenue (parking garage) - the...

So, if you happen to disagree tribunal decision to resolve a particular dispute, within the applicable legislative planning framework here in Ontario that somehow means all of the Environmental and Lands Tribunals of Ontario are somehow corrupt - that is a pretty bold statement in a country with...

As far as any legal process - enrolments take place with the Tarion Warranty Corporation and any financial taxation obligations are tracked through the CRA. Accurate sales data for projects is tracked by firms such as Realnet & Urbanation.

Clear glass can often be more expensive to produce than tinted glass due to some inherent embedded characteristics of glass panels - I am often frustrated by the word "cheap" so often being loosely tossed around to describe Toronto projects with no building science or actual construction...

That is not exactly true - although the media plays that role up quite often. Most other provinces have municipal appeal boards with somewhat differing powers then the OMB as do many states. Many other states do not have appeal boards that specialize in land - use planning and those appeals get...

AOD, I don't really post on UT very often anymore, but I do take issue with this statement you’ve made... Urban development patterns in the GTAH have undergone a drastic pendulum swing over the past decade. The high-rise market has been booming the past several years for a variety of reasons...