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Toronto home sales up 14.2% in November, prices see highest gains of the year

The Canadian Press Dec 5, 2019

Toronto home sales in November rose 14.2 per cent from a year ago while home prices saw their strongest growth for the year.The Toronto Real Estate Board says there were 7,090 home sales in the month as sales rose in all major…

Construction

Reserve Properties and Westdale Properties Unveil Design Plans for untitled

Building Dec 4, 2019

Reserve Properties and Westdale Properties have released design and development plans for untitled, a two-tower residential development with a shared podium, at Yonge and Eglinton.The designs are the result of a multi-stage process…

Real Estate

Average Monthly Rents Up 5.5 Per Cent in Canada: Report

Building Nov 29, 2019

According to the November National Rent Report from Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research & Consulting, the average monthly rent for Canadian properties in October was $1,940 per month, a decrease of 0.7 per cent monthly, but an increase of…

Construction

Medallion Capital Group Breaks Ground at 260 High Park Church Lofts and Residences

Building Nov 25, 2019

Medallion Capital Group has broken ground at 260 High Park Church Lofts and Residences, a re-envisioned Alhambra Church, on the southwest corner of Annette St. and High Park Ave. The design retains and repurposes the elements that…

Real Estate

New 60-foot public art installation illuminates second phase of Toronto master-planned community

Building Nov 22, 2019

As the Galleria Mall site undergoes transformation to become Galleria on the Park, one of the largest master-planned communities in Toronto, the 60-ft-tall shopping centre pylon has been reimagined into a glowing beacon for the…

Real Estate

Toronto, Vancouver both see home sale gains in October but prices diverge

Ian Bickis - The Canadian Press Nov 20, 2019

TORONTO — Home sales in Canada's two most valuable real estate regions rose in October as a rebound in the market continued due in part to falling interest rates.Greater Vancouver home sales were up by 45.4 per cent in the…

Urban Planning

Sidewalk labs releases further plans for Toronto waterfront development

Nicole Thompson – THE CANADIAN PRESS Nov 15, 2019

TORONTO – Sidewalk Labs has released a 482-page document updating its plans for a development on Toronto's waterfront in a bid to alleviate some of the privacy concerns that have swirled around the project since its proposal.The…

Building

The “Unignorable Tower” Brings Attention to Poverty in Toronto

Building Nov 15, 2019

KPMB Architects, along with the United Way, Norm Li Studio and TAXI, are bringing attention to the size and scale of poverty in Toronto by imagining a tower to house the 116,000+ individuals and families in need. If it were real, “The…

Real Estate

When capitalism kills culture: Gentrified real estate puts squeeze on indie bookstores

Julien Lefort-Favreau, Queen's University, Ontario Nov 14, 2019

Independent bookstores are places where culture is collected and disseminated. The gentrification of city centres makes their existence increasingly precarious. Kévin Langlais on Unsplash, CC BY-NC The story is all too familiar – yet it…

Urban Planning

Allies and Morrison Lakefront Community Designs Unveiled

Building Nov 8, 2019

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…

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