Entries by Mahyar Rezapour

Teranet: Canadian home prices post smallest increase since 2009

The April 2013 numbers just released by the Teranet-National Bank National Composite House Price Index strongly recall those posted the previous month, save for one big difference. For the 12-month period ending in April, Canadian house prices rose by 2 per cent. Though that isn’t a huge drop from the 2.6 per cent increase we reported […]

May 23, 2013 by

Up by 5.6 per cent, Toronto condos drive price growth in April

Toronto might not be seeing the same record sales and meteoric price growth it experienced in recent years, but the month of April saw plenty of promise. According to new stats released by the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB), sales have dropped slightly since the same time last year, but prices have held steady, or in the […]

May 7, 2013 by

1926 Lake Shore Blvd West, Toronto Four Points Sheraton 1926 Lake Shore is the Lake front Hotel location at Windermere and Lake Shore Blvd., W. The Hotel closed

1926 Lake Shore Blvd West, Toronto Four Points Sheraton 1926 Lake Shore is the Lake front Hotel location at Windermere and Lake Shore Blvd., W. The Hotel closed its doors October 15th. Carttera’s Urban Intensification Fund 2 acquires development site at 1926 Lake Shore Boulevard West, Toronto. November 2012 Carttera’s Urban Intensification Fund 2 recently […]

May 1, 2013 by

Canada’s housing market drawing the big-money crowd

Sotheby’s International Realty is seeing a surge in demand from wealthy Syrians, Egyptians and Europeans looking for a safe and relatively stable place to park their millions — Canada’s softening real estate market. There has been an uptick in “very significant transactions” in tony areas like Oakville and North Toronto by Europeans, many with young […]

April 19, 2013 by

2012 home sales: Best in 5 years

Steady December home sales capped the best year for the U.S. real estate market in five years, according to an industry trade group report Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors said that December sales of previously-owned homes came in just slightly below November’s sales pace, but up 12.8% from a year ago. That brought full-year […]

January 30, 2013 by

Housing to drive economic growth (finally!)

The bursting of the housing bubble plunged the economy into a recession from which it has yet to fully recover. But economists say this could finally be the year that housing lifts us out of the doldrums. Just over half of economists surveyed by CNNMoney identified a housing recovery as the primary driver of economic […]

January 30, 2013 by

Looking up

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Ryan Starr Special to the Star Anyone pondering the current state of Toronto’s condo market may want to take note of the rip-roaring success of Tridel’s recently launched Ten York project. The 65-storey glass tower — which will rise from a wedge-shaped site at York and Harbour Sts. — […]

November 17, 2012 by

Observers see Toronto as next battleground for gambling companies

By Howard Stutz LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL Posted: Nov. 11, 2012 | 2:02 a.m. Updated: Nov. 11, 2012 | 2:00 p.m. A study by UNLV’s International Gaming Institute concluded a resort complex featuring a hotel, casino, convention space and other entertainment amenities in the heart of Toronto could stimulate the economy of Canada’s largest city. Instead […]

November 16, 2012 by

Caesars Entertainment and Rock Gaming share early vision for urban-integrated casino in downtown Toronto

TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2012 /CNW/ – Caesars Entertainment Corporation and Rock Gaming LLC today released its early vision for a downtown Toronto gaming entertainment facility.  The renderings depict how an urban-integrated casino could be developed at one of several potential downtown sites. Caesars and Rock Gaming are leaders in developing integrated entertainment complexes in major […]

November 16, 2012 by

David Mirvish and Frank Gehry to transform King St. strip into culture and condo complex

David Mirvish and Frank Gehry are boldly planning a mega culture-and-condo complex that brings down the curtain on the Princess of Wales theatre and will transform Toronto’s Entertainment District, the Star has learned. The complex will give Toronto two new museums, including one that showcases the sensational abstract art collection of David and Audrey Mirvish. […]

October 3, 2012 by

Hume: Regent Park brings new life to Toronto

As Toronto’s most successful city-building effort in more than 30 years, the Regent Park remake is one of few projects in which we can all take pride. Not since the St. Lawrence Neighbourhood of the 1970s has local officialdom managed to pull off such a bold and innovative scheme. When done, it will have improved […]

October 3, 2012 by

Paintbox brings values and fine food to Regent Park

There’s something remarkable going on inside the Regent Park Arts & Cultural Centre at chef/owner Chris Klugman’s new Paintbox Bistro and catering company. The first visual clue is the bank of windows on Dundas St. E. that gives passersby an open view of the kitchen — a rarity in Toronto, where virtually all kitchens are […]

October 3, 2012 by

Hume Paintbox condo brings colour to Regent Park

STAR COLUMNIST s the remake of Regent Park unfolds, one thing is already clear; Dundas St. east of Parliament will never be the same. Though much remains undone, the spectacular new aquatic centre appears set to become a destination, as does the Regent Park Arts and Cultural Centre. Then, of course, there’s the residential component, […]

October 3, 2012 by