# roundup august (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover roundup august. Page: Feed: --- ## [What to Fix Next: Part 3, Suburban Toronto TTC Hubs](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/what-fix-next-part-3-suburban-toronto-ttc-hubs.60608) _2026-08-21 · Reece Martin · UrbanToronto_ In ten years from now, the Toronto Subway will feel like a properly large urban rapid transit system; we will have gone from 2026's 82 subway stations to well over 100, service will have stretched all across the city and into the surrounding suburbs, and the core of the network will be significantly denser thanks to the addition of Ontario Line 3. This is super exciting, and given ever-increasing… ## [Cladding Underway as ArtWalk Phase 1 Rises in Vaughan](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/cladding-underway-artwalk-phase-1-rises-vaughan.61598) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ On the heels of UrbanToronto’s story earlier this week on the office proposal for the ArtWalk community in Vaughan, we turn eastward to Phase 1 , or Block A5. Since UrbanToronto covered its September, 2023 ground breaking, the tallest tower now rises over a dozen floors into the air and has begun to have its cladding applied. Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for SmartCentres REIT , the… ## [26-Storey Infill Rental Tower Proposed Near Port Credit GO](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/26-storey-infill-rental-tower-proposed-near-port-credit-go.61597) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ An infill proposal seeks to add a 26-storey purpose-built rental tower behind two existing apartment buildings in Mississauga’s Port Credit neighbourhood. Planned by Canahahns Company Limited and designed by Kohn Partnership Architects , the development at 26 Park Street East would replace surface parking within the Port Credit GO Protected Major Transit Station Area, steps from Port Credit GO… ## [News Roundup for August 21, 2026](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/news-roundup-august-21-2026.61596) _2026-08-21 · UrbanToronto Staff · UrbanToronto_ Cineplex Queensway can stay open through 2045, movie theatre chain says; in the ruins of a burned church, a free Toronto art festival is ready to launch; Toronto set to open new elevated Scarborough busway by end of September; and other news. Cineplex Queensway can stay open through 2045, movie theatre chain says (The Star) In the ruins of a burned church, a free Toronto art festival is ready to… ## [Biidaasige Sunburst](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/biidaasige-sunburst.61576) _2026-08-21 · Craig White · UrbanToronto_ Biidaasige Park is full is spectacular views, both of itself and the city beyond it, and rarely more spectacularly when late day sun bursts through holes in the clouds over the Downtown Toronto skyline to the west. Sunlight streams through an opening in the clouds over the Downtown Toronto skyline, dramatically lighting Biidaasige Park, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor jackattack This image… ## [Creating CIBC SQUARE: Go Behind The Scenes With Key Team Members](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/creating-cibc-square-go-behind-scenes-key-team-members.61593) _2026-08-20 · UrbanToronto Staff · UrbanToronto_ UrbanToronto’s CIBC SQUARE webinar brought five members of the project team together yesterday for a decidedly in-depth look at the vision, coordination, and technical ingenuity behind the Downtown Toronto complex. Moving from its early master planning through architectural design, approvals, structural engineering, and the creation of its elevated park, the discussion and lively ensuing Q&A… ## [Ground Broken for First Phase of The Foundry District in Oshawa](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/ground-broken-first-phase-foundry-district-oshawa.61592) _2026-08-20 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ Nearly four decades after the Fittings Factory closed, Medallion Corporation officially broke ground today on The Foundry District , a new community planned for a long-vacant industrial site in Downtown Oshawa. The first phase will bring 10- and 23-storey purpose-built rental buildings to the 23-acre property at 135 Bruce Street, as the opening stage of a much larger mixed-use redevelopment.… ## [Three-Tower Circa Phase 3 Grows to 35 Storeys in Markham Centre](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/three-tower-circa-phase-3-grows-35-storeys-markham-centre.61590) _2026-08-20 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ Circa Phase 3 has returned with a significantly taller plan for the last vacant parcels of the multi-phased community in Markham’s Unionville area. Dorsay Development Corporation ’s previous scheme of 17 to 20 storeys has grown to three Turner Fleischer -designed towers of 25 to 35 storeys. The site is within Markham Centre, an Urban Growth Centre and Major Transit Station Area owing to the YRT's… ## [News Roundup for August 20, 2026](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/news-roundup-august-20-2026.61589) _2026-08-20 · UrbanToronto Staff · UrbanToronto_ New Toronto mayoral poll suggests support for Olivia Chow growing in mayoral race; Heritage Toronto’s Plaque Friday videos showcase city’s history with viral moments; Coun. Paula Fletcher will not run for re-election in Toronto-Danforth; and other news. New Toronto mayoral poll suggests support for Olivia Chow growing in mayoral race (CBC) Heritage Toronto’s Plaque Friday videos showcase city’s… ## [Towers-in-the-Park](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/towers-park.61579) _2026-08-20 · Craig White · UrbanToronto_ Toronto has many slab-style apartment buildings dotting its landscape. Built particularly through the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, these buildings that typically rise in the middle of several acres of land that is otherwise left mostly as vast lawns, came to be known as Towers-in-the-Park style planning. It's not a style that's in vogue anymore, but in this instance, the term can be jokingly applied to… ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cFkwVZg7yEmv) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [SmartCentres Switches to Office Proposal at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/smartcentres-switches-office-proposal-vaughan-metropolitan-centre.61585) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ SmartCentres REIT presented a new employment-focused component of its ArtWalk District to Vaughan’s Design Review Panel on July 30, 2026. Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects , the 10-storey office and retail building replaces previously planned residential towers for this part of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC). The panel welcomed the employment use, articulated brick base, and… ## [Exploring CIBC SQUARE’s North Tower and Elevated Park](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/exploring-cibc-squares-north-tower-and-elevated-park.61584) _2026-08-19 · Anthony TelesCraig White · UrbanToronto_ Ahead of today’s UrbanToronto’s webinar , we return to CIBC SQUARE in Downtown Toronto. Since our January, 2025 update, work has advanced substantially on the 50-storey North Tower, while public-facing elements around its base have opened or neared completion, including the expanded park above the Union Station Rail Corridor. Designed by WilkinsonEyre and Adamson Associates Architects for Hines… ## [News Roundup for August 19, 2026](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/news-roundup-august-19-2026.61583) _2026-08-19 · UrbanToronto Staff · UrbanToronto_ Homeowners managing higher mortgage payments despite concerns, according to survey; Toronto resident captures Zanzibar fire on video; real estate regulator RECO accused of inflaming ‘court of public opinion’; and other news. Homeowners managing higher mortgage payments despite concerns: survey (CityNews) 'Just crazy to see': Toronto resident captures Zanzibar fire on video (CBC) Has RECO gone too… ## [Bridge Over Traveled Railways](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/bridge-over-traveled-railways.61581) _2026-08-19 · Craig White · UrbanToronto_ Lots of Torontonians will be unaware of a lush new greenspace that bridges over the Union Station Rail Corridor in the heart of Downtown, but most UrbanToronto readers will be well aware that The Park at CIBC SQUARE offers a quick getaway with great views for the price of heading a few floors up into the sky through either the South or the North Tower at the major new complex. While most of The… ## [Golden Cladding Appears as Etobicoke Civic Centre Takes Shape](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/golden-cladding-appears-etobicoke-civic-centre-takes-shape.61582) _2026-08-18 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ The new Etobicoke Civic Centre has taken greater form since UrbanToronto’s June, 2026 update, with its concrete frame climbing and the first cladding panels appearing. Designed by Henning Larsen Architects with Adamson Associates Architects as Architect of Record for CreateTO , the complex is rising at the southeast corner of Bloor Street West and Kipling Avenue in Etobicoke’s transforming Six… ## [UrbanToronto Webinar Tomorrow: Explore CIBC SQUARE](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/urbantoronto-webinar-tomorrow-explore-cibc-square.61497) _2026-08-18 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ There is still time to register for UrbanToronto’s next webinar, taking place live via Zoom tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19 at 1:00 PM ET. Members of the CIBC SQUARE project team will discuss how planning, architecture, structural engineering, and landscape design came together in the delivery of one of Downtown Toronto’s largest and most complex commercial developments. Registration is open for… ## [12-Storey Rental Proposal Would Fill Gore Park Gap in Downtown Hamilton](https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2026/08/12-storey-rental-proposal-would-fill-gore-park-gap-downtown-hamilton.61580) _2026-08-18 · Anthony Teles · UrbanToronto_ Gore Park Residences is a proposed 12-storey mixed-use development that would fill a gap in the historic streetwall facing Gore Park in Downtown Hamilton. Designed by KNYMH for Ninco Developments , it would bring market-rate rental homes and ground-floor commercial space to the Beasley neighbourhood, near the planned Hamilton Line B LRT . Landwise Planning recently submitted the proposal on behalf…