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PICKERING PRIORITIES

nru — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:01:28 +0000

The City of Pickering is close to finalizing its planning framework for a large vacant area in the city’s northeast that runs along the Pickering-Whitby border. Once finalized, the framework will set the planning vision for the roughly 1,600-hectare area and guide its transformation into a complete community supported by higher-order transit and accommodating a range of housing types and land uses.

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PUSHING THE BOUNDARY OF VAUGHAN’S DOWNTOWN

nru — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:58:15 +0000

A demonstration plan for a high-density mixed-use development proposed in the council-approved Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) would transform a low-rise employment area by bringing in 12 new mixed-use towers containing residential, employment, and retail uses, along with a new urban school. However, pending the Province’s approval of Vaughan city council’s VMC expansion proposal, technically, the development site is deemed to lie just outside of the VMC.

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A PATH TO MORE HOUSING

nru — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:46:32 +0000

A high-rise mixed-use development proposed for a site in the financial district of downtown Toronto would bring substantial new housing to the area, while creating a new connection to the city’s underground PATH network.

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BACK TO THE FUTURE

nru — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:41:37 +0000

Affordable housing advocates are urging the City of Toronto to reconsider staff recommendations to designate a Liberty Village property as a heritage site. Vacant since 2020, the site has been tabbed eventually to accommodate supportive housing and a mix of affordable and market-rate rental units, but a heritage designation could prolong and complicate those redevelopment efforts, advocates say.

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CHANGING LANDSCAPE

nru — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:48:07 +0000

A high-rise mixed-use development proposed for a site just north of Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) would bring significant new housing along with a new hotel to what has long been an employment area, but is now on the verge of a transformation to a more pedestrian-focused complete community.

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INTENSIFICATION AT A HUMAN SCALE

nru — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:36:59 +0000

A massive mall redevelopment project proposed for the site of Markham’s largest shopping centre would bring significant new housing to the area while adding three new public parks, substantial community amenity space, and potentially, a new school, creating a new transit-oriented community within one of the city’s protected major transit station areas (PMTSA).

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FORMULATING THE FIRST OF FOUR CORNERS

nru — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:33:19 +0000

A multi-tower high-rise residential development proposed for an underutilized mall site at Mississauga’s Erin Mills Town Centre would bring significant new housing to Mississauga while transitioning the motor-vehicle-dominated area towards becoming a more compact, transit-supportive mixed-use neighbourhood. And it is just the first of four corners of a massive site that will see land around the large mall redeveloped for housing and a mix of other uses.

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MAKING SPACE TO AGE IN PLACE

nru — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:24:08 +0000

A proposed infill development on the site of a seven-storey, non-profit long-term-care home near Yorkville has reignited tensions between those pushing for more seniors’ housing and local residents concerned about neighbourhood disruption.

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MIXED-USE MID-RISE FOR MARKLAND

nru — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:21:36 +0000

A mid-rise mixed-use residential development proposed for an infill site in Toronto’s west end would bring significant new housing to the area, while activating and enhancing the public realm surrounding the site with new street-facing retail uses and a new public park.

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PONDERING OUR PLAZAS

nru — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:16:59 +0000

The City of Toronto is exploring the future of its strip mall plazas, many of which are located within inner suburban neighbourhoods and on sites considered prime land for redevelopment. In a new report titled “Prospects for Plazas” City planning staff consider the role of strip malls in their communities, how to mitigate displacement of small businesses within plazas being redeveloped, and how to enhance the public realm of existing strip mall plazas.

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