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Allies and Morrison Lakefront Community Designs Unveiled
A new urban and green lakefront community, designed by a team led by Allies and Morrison, is coming to a neighbourhood in Toronto.Located on an 11.5-ha site at 2150 Lakeshore Boulevard West at Park Lawn Road, the project involves the…
Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto Reach Deal on Reduced Scope for Quayside
TORONTO —A contentious development on Toronto's waterfront proposed by Sidewalk Labs has cleared a major hurdle after Waterfront Toronto's board unanimously approved terms for a scaled-back vision of the project.The two sides had set a…
Sidewalk Labs Faces Criticism Over Indigenous Consultations for Quayside
TORONTO — Sidewalk Labs has come under criticism for not doing enough to include recommendations by members of the Indigenous community in its proposal for the Quayside development on Toronto's waterfront.In an Oct. 25 letter to…
Google affiliate begins drone deliveries in Virginia town
A Google affiliate started using drones Friday to deliver customers' Walgreens and FedEx purchases in a test being run in a Virginia town.Wing, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet, received federal approval earlier this year to…
Sidewalk Labs Proposals Put the Fox in Charge of the Henhouse
Sidewalk Labs’ nearly 1,500-page Master Innovation and Development Plan was released in June 2019. The document exhaustively detailed proposals for a smart city on Toronto’s eastern waterfront.Following nearly two years of…
Affordable Housing if Necessary, But Not Necessarily Affordable Housing
Affordable housing is having a moment. Research conducted by Abacus Data on the eve of the Federal election ranked housing affordability fifth among voter concerns, just short of perennial front-runners, healthcare and taxes. The media is…
UPS gets government approval to become a drone airline
DALLAS – UPS says it has won government approval to run a drone airline, a first for a U.S. company, and it plans to expand deliveries on hospital campuses and eventually other industries.United Parcel Service Inc. said Tuesday that its…
Morguard Launches Plus 15 Walkway Extension at Calgary’s Penn West Plaza
Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust has officially opened a new footpath segment of downtown Calgary’s Plus 15 network, at Penn West Plaza.The latest addition connects the building at 215 9th Avenue SW to Gulf Canada Square and…
Customer-driven Demand Shapes Real Estate in Canada: PwC Canada and ULI Report
According to the 2020 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report published by PwC Canada and the Urban Land Institute (ULI), Canada's real estate sector is carefully monitoring government policy changes, housing affordability and technology…
The Canadian Global Cities Council Says Canada needs a National Urban Strategy
The Canadian Global Cities Council (CGCC) called on the campaigning federal parties to support the development of a National Urban Strategy. The Strategy aims to help cities build the infrastructure they need to reinforce Canada’s economic…