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Toronto, ON · TorontoWhen developers care, they look to distinguish their projects from the ones around them, spending on architects and architecture what it takes to set the building apart. In this image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor DavidCapizzano, the red brick, Edwardian commercial, 1906-built Queen Richmond Centre is marked by a degree of detail that we do not see in today's architecture. The building is what we refer to now as human scale, and while not or…See the Story
Street Scale and City Scale
Toronto, ON · TorontoA new Tower-in-the-Park infill development submission in Scarborough proposes 15- and 37-storey residential buildings south of an existing 19-storey apartment building. CAPREIT Limited Partnership, with a design by Wallman Architects, has submitted plans to the City of Toronto for 1050 Markham Road, south of Ellesmere Road in Scarborough's Woburn neighbourhood. The developer seeks to intensify the site located a seven-minute drive east of Scarbo…See the Story
Infill Towers Proposed on Markham Road South of Ellesmere
Toronto, ON · TorontoThe blistering afternoon sun did not stop attendees from gathering for a ceremony at 1071 King Street West on the edge of Toronto's Liberty Village area. The event, held on Tuesday, July 23, saw the development team of Hullmark, First Capital, and Woodbourne Canada Management Inc. gather to break ground on the 17-storey development on the south side of King Street west of Shaw Street. The flatiron-shaped rental building — responding to the prope…See the Story
Hullmark, First Capital, and Woodbourne Break Ground on 1071 King West
Toronto, ON · TorontoThere is much more transit construction going on in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) right now than most people realize, so UrbanToronto's next free webinar in partnership with Informa Connect and Buildings Canada is designed to help you better understand how all the changes coming your way over the next many years will impact the way you live day-by-day. Join UrbanToronto on Wednesday, July 31 at 1 PM EDT for this free event. UrbanToronto Researc…See the Story
UrbanToronto Webinars — All Aboard: How New Transit Will Change the GTA
Toronto, ON · TorontoOld meets new at the recently topped off 10 Prince Arthur Avenue in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood, where a two-storey heritage home has been retained and incorporated into a modern condominium building. The seven-storey boutique condominium, designed by Richard Wengle Architect for North Drive Investments Inc., has made steady construction progress the last year-and-a-half, with the building having recently topped off. Looking north to 10 Prince…See the Story
10 Prince Arthur Tops Off in The Annex
Toronto, ON · TorontoIn the city that famously used to call itself 'The City Above Toronto,' plenty of density and verticality is happening in its core at the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) to the east of Highway 400. To west of Highway 400, however, while there have been a number of redevelopment submissions over the last half dozen years, only one towering project has been built so far. The plans for intensification of that area keep coming, though, as The Muzz…See the Story
Trio of High-Rises Proposed at Highway 7 and Weston in Vaughan
Toronto, ON · TorontoFirst Capital has submitted revised plans to the City of Toronto for the redevelopment of a suburban plaza at 1881 Steeles Avenue West. Situated on the southeast corner of Steeles and Dufferin Street, the proposal calls for four towers ranging from 12 to 32 storeys, with a design by Turner Fleischer Architects, reducing the tallest heights from the previous revision. Looking southeast to 1881 Steeles Avenue West, designed by Turner Fleischer Arc…See the Story
Resubmission Tweaks Heights for Multi-Tower Steeles and Dufferin Development
Housing · TorontoSaturday, July 20 saw Bloor Street West alive with foot as opposed to vehicular traffic for the Big on Bloor Festival, while at community leaders and developers simultaneously came together to mark a ground breaking of the affordable housing component of the Bloor & Dufferin masterplanned community. The ceremony spotlighted the 8-storey building to be built at 1159 Bloor Street West in Bloordale Village, designed by Turner Fleischer Architects. …See the Story
