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The month of September, 2023 gave Toronto more summer-like weather as students returned to school. We ended the month with reflection on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, along with celebrating the Blue Jays making the playoffs in typical dramatic fashion. Through all these emotions, construction and developments carried on throughout the city and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). Here is the latest roundup of the hottest news stories, Database files, and Forum threads on UrbanToronto from the month of September.
Our Top 10 Most Read News Stories:
We start our journey on the east side of the GTHA, in the regenerating area of Central Oshawa. The massive mixed-use development proposal for 144 through 155 First Avenue signals the impending arrival of the GO Train to the area, with the Lakeshore East GO line extension to Bowmanville. The 17.7-acre project, designed by Baron Nelson Architects and DIALOG, for Ellsworth Group, Forgestone Capital, and Milborne Group, plans for buildings up to 42 storeys and over 5,400 residential units.
15. Massive Mixed-Use Development Proposed in Central Oshawa
As we make our way up the list, we see further massive developments outside of Toronto with Mississauga's Sheridan Centre redevelopment, the master-planned Station Park community in Kitchener, and at the very top of the list, Toromont Industries' masterplan for their industrial site at 3131 Highway 7 just south of Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC). Meanwhile, Toronto stories looked at the aesthetic and architectural features of various projects, such as the resubmission for 15 Toronto Street enhancing its relationship with the neighbouring heritage building, and the unique glass block wall at the currently under-construction KING Toronto.
10. The One's Rail Climbing System Continues Its Ascent
9. Tower Resubmission Reflects Toronto Street Heritage Concerns
8. Revised Proposal Introduces Taller Towers in Davisville Village
7. Toronto's Waterfront to Boast a New Artistic Beacon with Q Tower
6. 29-Storey Tower Proposed on Yonge Street in Midtown Toronto
5. King Street East Proposal Grows Taller, Drops Hotel
4. Sheridan Centre in Mississauga Set for Master-Planned Redevelopment
3. 50-Storey Station Park Tower Part of Kitchener's Emerging Transit Hub
2. KING Toronto Boasts New Glass Block Wall While Scaffolds Come Down
1. Toromont Unveils Masterplan South of Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
Our Top 10 Most Searched Database Files:
In the city's east-end, Maple House at Canary Landing lands at #17 in our Top 10 Database File rankings for September. In the West Don Lands, just east of the Distillery District, this trio of towers designed by COBE Architects and architects—Alliance for Dream Unlimited, Kilmer Group and Tricon Residential is close to the end of construction, and likely coming more to mind lately for the CCxA-designed landscape around the site, which we highlighted following the far-too-young death of founder and landscape architect extraordinaire Claude Cormier.
17. Maple House at Canary Landing
In the heart of the city, Mizrahi Developments' The One again takes the top spot yet again of the Top 10 Most Searched Database Files. It is followed by Q Tower, the 59-storey tower proposed on Queens Quay. In third is Pinnacle One Yonge, with the list populated by other mainstays, including, TD Terrace — formerly known as 160 Front West, the 46-storey office tower currently under construction just west of Union Station.
9. Forma
8. CIBC SQUARE
6. TD Terrace (formerly known as 160 Front West)
5. Sugar Wharf Condominiums (Phase 2)
4. The Well
2. Q Tower
1. The One
Our Top 10 Busiest Threads:
Taking a look at our Busiest Threads, while no new project cracked our top 25 busiest threads, we see continued interest in transit projects, with the Finch West LRT bubbling just outside the top 10 at #11. The line will run 18 stops from Finch West station on University Line 1 to the Humber College's North Campus, greatly improving accessibility for the city's northwest.
11. Finch West LRT
Other transit projects on the list include the Ontario Line 3, Union Station revitalization, and Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT taking spots #9, #8, and #4 respectively. Along with the revitalization of the country's busiest transit hub, these new lines will greatly transform travel throughout Toronto and the rest of the GTHA. Meanwhile, The One continues to be more reliable than the Blue Jays in the top spot, followed by Pinnacle One Yonge and The Well, who have climbed up to the second and third positions on the list.
9. Ontario Line
8. Union Station Revitalization
7. TD Terrace (formerly known as 160 Front West)
6. Lower Don Lands Redevelopment
5. CIBC SQUARE
4. Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT
3. The Well
1. The One
We will be back at the beginning of November for a recap of October's top news stories, Database files, and Forum threads!
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