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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
