Another month of Toronto city-building, transportation, and real estate talk is now behind us, so we are looking back at what were the hottest stories, project Database files, and Forum discussions from November, 2021. 

Our Top Ten News Stories

We start off our top 10 news stories with #17, a vast, multi-building redevelopment proposal right on Lake Ontario in Mississauga.

17. Brightwater's First Phases Under Construction in Port Credit

At #10, a photo-filled construction update on CIBC SQUARE's progress shifting to its second tower down at Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard before we move into stories about movie studios, proposed condos, and an office tower under construction… 

10. CIBC SQUARE: More Finishing Touches on Phase 1, Phase 2 Ready To Rise

9. City and CreateTO Announce Hackman Capital Partners, The MBS Group as Partners for $250 Million Basin Media Hub

8. 37-Storey Mixed-Use Tower Proposed at Bloor and Spadina

7. 160 Front West Starts to Show Its Curves

6. First Phase of SmartCentres' 1900 Eglinton East Impresses at DRP

5. Two-Tower Development Proposed on Yonge Street in Yorkville

4. Dream and Great Gulf Redevelopment in Lower Don Lands Could Rehab Victory Silos

3. Valhalla Executive Centre Continues to Fall in Etobicoke

2. 'Seductive, Enticing, Beautiful:' 55 Yonge Praised by Design Review Panel

…but our most popular story of the busy month was about the tallest towers awaiting approval in Toronto, pulled from stats using our UT Pro software.

1. Toronto's Tallest Ten Towers Waiting In Line for Approval

2180 Yonge, designed variously by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, Hariri Pontarini Architects, and Adamson Associates for Oxford Properties Group, and CT REIT

 

Our Top Ten Database Files

We move onto our top 10 database files, with the St Lawrence Market North building nearly cracking the top 10 after our update on the progress of its uniquely vaulted steel arches.

12. St Lawrence Market North

Many of those that did make the top 10 this month also did last month, but have switched around in terms of their order on the list...

10. Concord Sky

9. 1900 Eglinton East Phase 1

8. 252 Church

7. Sugar Wharf Condos Phase 1

6. Nobu Residences Toronto

5. CIBC SQUARE

4. 160 Front West

3. The Well

2. Pinnacle One Yonge 

...except for The One, still in the top spot, of course!

1. The One

Looking east to The One, image courtesy of Mizrahi Developments

 

Our Top Ten Threads

Although the top threads remain held by some long-time favourites, the lower half have seen some switching of places, including our opener at #15, the Massey Hall revitalization at the Allied Music Centre, recently busy again because of last week's reopening of the historic and beloved concert venue.  

15. Massey Hall Revitalization at the Allied Music Centre 

But our top 10 starts off with 19 Duncan, the redevelopment behind the walls of a five-storey heritage office building at Duncan and Adelaide streets in Toronto's Entertainment District, before we march through a parade of the most prominent downtown projects…

10. 19 Duncan

9. Union Station Revitalization

8. St Lawrence Market North

7. Concord Sky

6. Sugar Wharf Condominiums

5. 160 Front West

4. Pinnacle One Yonge

3. The Well

2. CIBC SQUARE

…ending up, of course, with top thread again being The One, maintaining its hold on #1 spot it's held for so long.

1. The One

Status of work on The One after having its final non-repeating level poured, image by UT Forum contributor Benito

We will be back at the beginning of January for a recap of December's top news stories, Database files, and Forum threads, while also looking back at the top attention-getters of 2021 as a whole!

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