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Artists Sought To Transform Taxiway At Downsview Airport Lands
An urban community will take shape in the coming decades at the Downsview Airport Lands and, in the meantime, Northcrest Developments is calling on artists to help bring the site to life through cultural events and installations come 2025 – including 600 metres of tarmac.
May 02, 2024
Construction
‘A Lull In The Market’: High-Density Land Sales Plunge To A 10-Year Low In GTA
According to data from Colliers and Altus Group, there have been just 20 transactions as of the first quarter of 2024, putting annualized sales in the territory of 2009.
Affordable Housing
"A Brutal System": Toronto's Affordable Housing Lotteries Need An Upgrade
Since March 2018, when the city began using a lottery system for new affordable housing, it has overseen 18 lotteries, for a total of 858 affordable units. But the current system isn't working for everybody.
Policy
What's In A Name? Out Of Date MLS Maps Are Getting Toronto Neighbourhoods Wrong
TRREB hasn’t updated its MLS maps since 2011, and several neighbourhoods have changed in Toronto since then.
This $3.7M Arthur Erickson-Designed Townhome Is A Work Of Art
A home needs to be more than just aesthetically pleasing to be an artistic dwelling; it needs to inspire its inhabitants through unique, thought-provoking design, that pushes boundaries and transcends the norm. (You’ll know one when you see it.)
Development Projects
Hazelview Proposes 44-, 35- And 9-Storey Rental Towers Near Eglinton East
The site of the project is 123 Bellamy Road North in Scarborough, which already comprises of a 12-storey rental building with 250 units.
Industry
Slam Dunk: Ballin' Out For Charity Raises $111,000 For MLSE
The Second Annual Ballin' Out for Charity event united Toronto's real estate industry in friendly competition.
Development Projects
Plans Filed For 63-Storey, Turner Fleischer-Designed Condo Tower On Jarvis
The project is being developed by Earl Huntley Limited Partnership and the application just hit the City's desk last week.
Development Projects
Another Mixed-Use, Multi-Tower Development Proposed For Yonge And Eglinton
Toronto’s perpetually growing skyline might see another high-rise development come to fruition in the coming months. This time within metres of the hustle and bustle of Yonge and Eglinton — which in recent years has seen several mixed-use towers pop up.
Listed
Sleek Dufferin Grove Shipping Container Home Back On The Market
The distinct shipping container home is only for the narrow-minded – literally.
Policy
Toronto’s New Condo Development Charges Could Hurt Affordability (Even More)
On May 1, development charges on Toronto condos will increase 20.7% from their current rates, meaning the average one-bedroom and bachelor unit will now cost $44,774 in development charges (up from $37,081).
Development Projects
Receivership Order In Effect For Approved Dundas And Shorncliffe Development Site
Contessa Developments’ plans to bring a 22-storey purpose-built rental building to the site have forcibly come to a stand-still after receivership proceedings were initiated last summer.
Development Projects
Madison Group Master-Plan Pulls In “World-Renowned” Rafael Viñoly Architects
The forthcoming master-plan community will comprise of four towers, and will jointly bring 2,364 new residential units to the site on Eglinton Avenue.
Renting
Updates To RentSafeTO Include More Inspections, Steeper Fines
Toronto City Council approved a series of “updates” to RentSafeTO last week, and among those were new parameters for city inspections, a more hands-on system for tenant complaints, and increased fees for non-compliance.
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