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Toronto may still be nursing its heartbreak after the Blue Jays’ dramatic Game 7 loss, but the sting was tempered by the shared joy of seeing the city rally behind the team. That same mix of pride and resilience carried through UrbanToronto’s coverage in October, 2025. Transit once again tied many stories together, from GO Expansion and the TTC’s assumption of the Finch West Line 6 LRT to the Ontario Line 3’s progress, while new high-rise proposals continued to reshape the skyline at Yonge and St Clair, One Yonge, and Cooksville GO. Across our Database, Forum, and Threads, discussions and searches gravitated toward transit and megaprojects like One Bloor West, Quayside, and Forma.
Let's review our top stories, database files, and threads for October, 2025.
Our Top Ten Most Read News Stories
Attention turned to Midtown Toronto at #12, where Graywood Developments has taken over 34 Montgomery Avenue from First Capital REIT and refined its plans for the site. Now designed by Turner Fleischer Architects, the 27-storey purpose-built rental tower would bring 335 units, including 10 affordable homes, to the northeast corner of Duplex and Montgomery avenues, steps from Yonge-Eglinton station.
12. Graywood Acquires, Reworks 27-Storey Proposal Near Yonge and Eglinton
Transit and redevelopment headlines dominated October’s readership, led by the Ontario government’s plan to expand GO service along the Kitchener Line and increase weekend frequency through Brampton. Pinnacle International’s reworked South Block at One Yonge followed, looking to replace proposed offices with residential towers of 80 and 85 storeys, while Wittington and Choice Properties’ updated St Clair Place proposal introduced a new three-tower design by Kohn Pedersen Fox. As part of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat/Council on Vertical Urbanism Conference in Toronto, UrbanToronto toured TD Terrace at 160 Front West, while two Toronto-versus-Chicago features round out the list.
10. Toronto vs Chicago: High-Rise vs Low-Rise
9. Toronto vs Chicago: Transit Moving Masses Through The Metropolises
8. CTBUH/CVU Tours: A Rare Visit to the Top of TD Terrace at 160 Front West
7. Finch West Line 6 Handed to TTC, Mount Dennis GO-UPX to Open
6. Park Road’s Curved Form Shines as Golden Panels Rise in Bloor-Yorkville
5. 3,000 Units Planned in 8 Towers at Cooksville GO and LRT
4. Ontario Starts Work on Value-Engineered Caledonia GO Station
3. New Architect Reworks Multi-Tower Yonge and St Clair Development Plan
2. Pinnacle One Yonge South Block Reimagined With Dual Mixed-Use High-Rises
1. GO Going Bigger to Bramalea, Mount Pleasant, and Kitchener
Our Top Ten Most Searched Database Files
At #16, renewed interest surrounded Quayside, where Dream Unlimited and Great Gulf submitted a major revision to the master plan on the East Bayfront. The update reorganizes phasing to prioritize rental and affordable housing in the first phase, deferring condominiums to later stages. New Site Plan applications refine the tower forms as part of Quayside’s next step toward construction along the Lake Shore–Queens Quay corridor.
16. Quayside
October’s Database activity mixed familiar favourites with several new entries. Pinnacle One Yonge retained the top spot as interest remained strong across its multi-phase site, while the proposal at 110 Adelaide Street East is a surprise entrant at #2 following forum discussion on mediation updates on the 65-storey tower planned for the St Lawrence neighbourhood. New arrivals included Pinnacle One Yonge’s redesigned South Block, The Pemberton as its twin towers began rising from the podium, and One Delisle, which UrbanToronto toured as part of the CTBUH/CVU conference. The Stella returned to the list as progress continues in Etobicoke’s Six Points area under the City’s Housing Now program.
10. The Stella
9. One Delisle
7. Pinnacle One Yonge South Block
6. Pinnacle Lakeside (Phase 1)
5. Concord Sky
4. Forma
Our Top Ten Busiest Threads
Coming in at #14, discussions continued around the ongoing transformation of the Lower Don Lands, where Waterfront Toronto continues advancing landscape work by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. Forum members shared extensive photo updates showing new tree plantings and fall colours in the first phase of Biidaasige Park, also noting paving, fencing, and lighting progress along Lake Shore Boulevard East and the Don Roadway.
14. Lower Don Lands Redevelopment
Transit discussions once again topped the forums in October, with the long-delayed Eglinton Line 5 retaining its lead as anticipation builds ahead of opening. One Bloor West climbed to second place as work advanced on its crown structure housing the tuned mass damper, while Pinnacle One Yonge slipped to third. Forma jumped to fourth with cladding now climbing the 73-storey East Tower, its first visible sign of Frank Gehry’s sculpted design taking shape. Ontario Line 3 held steady in the top five as major station works continued.
10. Union Station Revitalization
9. CIBC SQUARE
7. KING Toronto
6. Concord Sky
4. Forma
We will be back at the beginning of December for a recap of November's top news stories, Database files, and Forum threads.
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