Toronto

Another Mixed-Use, Multi-Tower Development Proposed For Yonge And Eglinton
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.

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.

Real Estate News

Creative And Connected: This Entrepreneur Will Revitalize Your Next Real Estate Project

​If you haven’t met Callum MacLachlan, you’ve likely heard of him — or, even more likely, seen his work.

Transportation

The Most Affordable Spots To Buy A Home Along The GO Station Line: Report

​Zoocasa crunched the numbers to see where it’s the most affordable to buy a home along the GO Station line.

Affordable Housing

City Files Plans For Milestone ‘Housing Now’ Development In Scarborough Centre

“The proposed development, being advanced as part of the City’s Housing Now program, represents one of the largest affordable housing projects in Ontario in the past 25 years and the province’s largest co-operative housing development.”

Real Estate News

60 GTHA Condo Projects On Hold Indefinitely As Developers Pull Back "Dramatically"

New data from Urbanation shows that some 21,505 units that were on track to launch since the market began to slow down in 2022 are now “on hold indefinitely.”

Toronto

Toronto Named A 'Tree City Of The World' (Yes, Really)

For the fifth consecutive year, the Arbor Day Foundation and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has recognized Toronto with the designation.