Three Canadian cities have again cracked the top five on a ranking of the world’s most liveable places. In the latest report from the Economist Intelligence Unit released Tuesday, Vancouver ranked third, followed by Toronto and Calgary in fourth and fifth respectively. The Canadian cities were bested only by Vienna in second and Melbourne, which […]
Waterfront Toronto received a $350,000 GreenMunicipal Fund grant from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), in support of its Pilot Soil Recycling Facility. Remediation efforts currently underway across the waterfront are expected to generate significant volumes of impacted soil and rather than simply ‘digging and dumping’, Waterfront Toronto is working to recycle contaminated soil. The […]
The second round of public consultation for the Port Lands Acceleration Initiative was held from March 31 – April 15. It included an open house information day, two identical feedback workshops and online consultation. A draft summary report and attachments written by the independent facilitation team of Lura Consulting and SWERHUN are available for download. […]
Waterfront Toronto will begin construction on a new section of water’s edge promenade at the Portland Slip in early May. The work follows repairs to the dockwall which were completed by the City of Toronto late last year. The new 8.4-metre wide granite promenade at the Portland Slip will help connect Queens Quay to Ireland […]
Final stages of work are underway to complete the first phase of Underpass Park, the sections of the park east of St. Lawrence and River streets. In recent weeks, crews installed skateboard obstacles in the eastern end of the park. The skateboard area is the final recreational space to be constructed. Recreational space which includes […]
Inevitably, an offer to purchase an assignment property (often on an OREA form 140 or 141) by a buyer’s sales representative will state that, if applicable, HST is included in the purchase price (as we typically see in any offer to buy resale residential properties). The sales representative who represents a seller of an assignment […]
By Olivia Stren I think safe is a pejorative word,” chef Claudio Aprile declares over a toothsome starter of devilled eggs, spiked with smoked bacon and souffletine. We’re having lunch at his King East restaurant, Origin, along with real estate developer Peter Freed, architect Peter Clewes and designer Johnson Chou (the latter two are behind […]
Toronto has a love affair with the condo, with 28,466 new-build units purchased in 2011. Thousands more are planned. Suite size, price, amenities and architecture are important, but more and more, a building’s neighbourhood is being considered the ultimate draw. The seventh part of a lengthy series examining the GTA’s new condo ’hoods. By Suzanne […]
By Suzanne Wintrob Steve Cameron lives with two university buddies in a rented townhouse near the Distillery District. But as a 27-year-old single guy working at a family-run real estate finance lending firm in the heart of the financial district, he wants to live where he works and plays. That’s why INDX, a 54-storey, 700-suite […]
OTTAWA — Price increases in Canada’s booming housing market may be topping out, according to the latest survey by the country’s largest real estate organization. The Canadian Real Estate Association says the survey of five major housing markets showed prices continued to rise in February. However, the 5.1 per cent year-over-year increase in February was […]
In 2002, Ned Kahn worked with the staff of Technorama, the major science center in Switzerland, and their architects, Durig and Rami, to create a facade for the building which is composed of thousands of aluminum panels that move in the air currents and reveal the complex patterns of turbulence in the wind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWIhkvgg6MQ&feature=player_embedded Jean […]
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I am pleased to inform you that the name for our subway station ‘Vaughan Metropolitan Centre’ has been approved. This is good news for Vaughan as it is consistent with the marketing and branding of our city and downtown core. TTC Chair Karen Stintz was very supportive of our position. In the meetings held with […]
Yonge-Gerrard project stretches to 78 storeys, edging T.O. rival’s 75 SUSAN PIGG The battle of the biggest has just escalated three storeys. Canderel’s Aura condo project at Yonge and Gerrard Sts. has regained the title of tallest residential skyscraper in Canada thanks to a committee of adjustment decision that will see it stretch to 78 […]
Toronto Star Lawrence Park — the richest neighbourhood in Canada — has the highest standardized test scores in Toronto, according to a new ranking by a local real estate company. Realosophy, a real estate brokerage in Leslieville, recently started ranking desirable neighbourhoods according to school performance. Their latest offering is a top 10 list of […]
February 16, 2012 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. is predicting the Canadian housing market will remain fairly stable this year and next, with little change from 2011 in prices, new home construction and sales of existing homes. The national housing agency said Monday in its first-quarter 2012 report that the foreseen stability stems from an […]
By: Krista Franks Capital Economics expects the housing crisis to end this year, according to a report released Tuesday. One of the reasons: loosening credit. The analytics firm notes the average credit score required to attain a mortgage loan is 700. While this is higher than scores required prior to the crisis, it is constant […]
National Post By Suzanne Wintrob If you’re tired of heading back to the ’burbs after taking in a play or a meal, developers are hoping you’ll make the Entertainment District your next permanent address. “That particular neighbourhood is undergoing a bit of a shift,” says Niall Haggart, executive vice-president of The Daniels Corp., which is […]
Toronto Star A record 28,190 condos were sold across the GTA last year, up 24 per cent from the previous high set in 2007, says condo research firm Urbanation. While sales remained sky-high in the final quarter of 2011, at a record 7,226 units, the inventory of unsold suites has been creeping up. As of […]
Toronto Star The Canadian Real Estate Association has launched a new system for tracking home and condo sales prices aimed at giving buyers and sellers a more precise picture of what’s happening right in their neighbourhoods. The new system will track Canadian and regional home sales and price escalations based on “benchmark prices.” Those benchmarks […]
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