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Toronto launches online Streetscape Manual (June 13, 2010)
The City of Toronto released the Urban Design Streetscape Manual in a new online format. Available at www.toronto.ca/streetscapemanual, the manual focuses on design quality in the public right-of-way, with an emphasis on coherence, beauty,…
Build Toronto lists first property
Build Toronto, the City of Toronto’s newly formed arms-length real estate development corporation, is pleased to announce the listing of its first property – 154 Front Street East. The sale of this site is part of the Build…
What is the future of the edge?
When it comes to city building, nothing stays the same forever. Things change. Except for one thing: growth. Growth drove the traditional city building model and it will drive the future model. As we now know, for the first time in history…
Canadian real estate investors cautiously optimistic about a pending market rebound
TORONTO -- Although Canadian institutional and private real estate investors think the market has yet to reach its lowest point, they are cautiously optimistic that a fast recovery is on the horizon and are honing their expansion…
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…
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Lessons from the “Bubble” Rubble
Nine leadership mistakes NOT to make as we rebuild real estateWith 2010 expected to be another slow year for real estate, many industry executives and analysts are wondering what additional steps -- beyond cost cutting and downsizing -- can…
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…
Weirfoulds LLP partner Glenn Ackerley elected 2010 Chairman, Toronto Construction Association
Glenn Ackerley, a partner at WeirFoulds LLP, has been elected Chairman of the Toronto Construction Association. Ackerley exclusively practices construction law in all aspects of projects and related disputes. He often fills the role of a…