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Exit 438-86: By-Law Reform in Toronto
Even "hardcore" real estate practitioners forget just how recent zoning by-laws are. Juxtaposed against the millennia-old heritage of many tenets of real property law, the introduction of municipal zoning by-laws is a comparatively new…
From Suburb to City: An Opportunity Born of Necessity
An article entitled "transforming suburbia" runs the risk of suggesting a known and relatively constant urban configuration is either in the process of, or more proscriptively should be, changing. In 2006, The Globe and Mail reported that…
Quality of life will depend on sustainable infrastructure, Siemens study shows
Quality of life in Canada’s cities may rank “among the very best” today, but the future is not as bright, according to a national study released on the sustainability of cities. While 74 per cent of the experts…
Build Toronto to partner with private sector to create financial, environmental, social and economic…
Build Toronto, the City of Toronto’s newly formed arms-length real estate development corporation, has officially opened its doors for business. With a current portfolio of 31 properties representing hundreds of millions of dollars in…
$125,000 in prizes to be awarded in international “Living City Design Competition”
Design teams from around the world are expected to create powerful visual renderings of truly sustainable cities based explicitly on the Imperatives of the Living Building Challenge 2.0. The Living City Design Competition…
Homebuilders called to help Ontario become a world leader in “green” home building
EnerQuality Corporation, which provides certification, training and consultation in energy-efficient housing to the Ontario residential construction industry, has launched the Local Energy Efficiency Partnerships (LEEP) in four Ontario…
ULI announces ten winners for the 2010 Awards For Excellence: The Americas Competition; Heritage…
Ten outstanding developments from the Americas have been selected as winners of the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Awards for Excellence: The Americas competition, along with one winner of the Institute's prestigious Heritage Award. The…
Infrastructure Ontario issues request for qualifications and announces contract awarded
Infrastructure Ontario has released a request for qualifications (RFQ) to design, build, finance and maintain a new consolidated courthouse in St. Thomas. The new courthouse will be constructed on Wellington Street on the site of the…
International Parking Institute to launch industry-wide public relations program for advancing the…
The International Parking Institute (IPI) announced a major new initiative for advancing the parking profession. The program, Parking Matters, has been in development since last summer and soft-launched late in 2009 and while the…
International architectural firms partner to design Ryerson University Student Learning Centre
Ryerson University announced the selection of Zeidler Partnership Architects of Toronto in association with Snøhetta of Oslo, Norway and New York City as the co-architects for Ryerson's new Student Learning Centre (SLC). …