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 July, 2022.
Our Top Ten Most Read News Stories
Our Top Ten this month goes to 11, a report from our visit to the opening of the impressive W Hotel in the former Yorkville Marriott space at Bloor and Yonge.
11. W Hotel Toronto Opens Its Doors To Unique Interiors
In 10 through 2, we get a couple of transportation stories, plus two more of our six reports on how dozens and dozens of development applications fared at the marathon City Council meeting in August (plus the developments that the City is fighting made it to #13 in the Top Then list), while other stories mostly covered big new developments coming our way, along with one big disappointment at TMU.
10. Flying Through the 6th Floor of Mizrahi's The One
9. Crane Dismantled at St Lawrence Market North Site
8. City Council Okays Transit and Transportation Projects
7. TMU Drops Plans for Student Residence Atop New Science Building
6. Three High-Rise Towers Proposed by Metropia in Downtown Markham
5. Now Approved, St Clair Place to Remake Yonge and St Clair
4. Taking A Look at Progress Made on the Finch LRT
3. Capital Developments Proposes 75-Storey Tower at Yonge and Gerrard
2. Twin Towers With Few Elevators Proposed by Crown Realty Partners in Downtown Toronto
1. Toronto Approves Major Applications Following Debate
St Clair Place featured in both its own story, and the Major Applications story, image courtesy of Wittington Properties
Our Top Ten Most Searched Database Files
This Top Ten list kicks off with #23, a brand new database for a brand new 75-storey residential development application at Yonge and Gerrard streets.
23. 399 Yonge
Numbers 10 through 1 feature many of the database files that have been consistent favourites of late, with some shuffling in the mid-ranks, but no unseating of the long reigning champ, The One.
10. Forma
7. Lower Don Lands Redevelopment
6. CIBC Square
5. Sugar Wharf Condominiums (Phase 1)
4. The Well
1. The One
399 Yonge joins the Top Ten Database Files for the first time, albeit at #23, image courtesy of Capital Developments
Our Top Ten Busiest Threads
We are starting this Top Ten list with not a building, but an addition to Toronto's public realm. At #18 at the foot of York Street, it's the Claude Cormier designed…
18. Love Park
In the Top Ten itself, another addition to Toronto's public realm, the largest one in decades, comes in at #7, while the revitalization of Union Station is the only other thread to stay as busy as our busiest threads all covering tall new buildings in Toronto's core.
9. Union Station Revitalization
7. Lower Don Lands Redevelopment
6. Sugar Wharf Condominiums (Phase 1)
5. The Well
4. CIBC Square
1. The One
The new bridges in the Lower Don Lands are among the changes in the area keeping people returning to this thread, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor globalexpress
We will be back at the beginning of September for a recap of August's top news stories, Database files, and Forum threads!
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