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  • gta-post-1-sept-9-2020
    BUILDING RESILIENCE
    September 9, 2020, Comments Off

    The Town of Halton Hills is moving ahead with the next phase of its climate change resilience planning. At its meeting August 31, Halton Hills council adopted a climate change ...

  • to-post-2-sept-4-2020
    BUILDING ON HERITAGE
    September 4, 2020, Comments Off

    A recent development application seeks to preserve historic elements of Yonge Street while adding a significant amount of density to the area. King Financial is proposing a mixed-use development at ...

  • to-post-1-sept-4-2020
    DESIGNING FOR DIVERSION
    September 4, 2020, Comments Off

    Toronto City Council is expected to vote this month on a staff report recommending the city explore “thermal” waste treatment, otherwise known as garbage incineration. The report is based on ...

  • gta-post-2-sept-2-2020
    DESIGNING RECOVERY
    September 2, 2020, Comments Off

    Enhancing the vitality of main streets and protecting main street businesses from the social and economic effects of the ongoing pandemic may be a crucial element to bringing back towns ...

  • gta-post-1-sept-2-2020
    BUILDING THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW TODAY
    September 2, 2020, Comments Off

    A new development in Guelph will introduce the first carbon-neutral condominium project to the real estate market in Canada. Terra View Custom Homes is building a residential development on a ...

  • to-post-2-august-28-2020
    SHIFTING MODES
    August 28, 2020, Comments Off

    The Mimico Triangle area in South Etobicoke is likely to see some major development in the near future, much of it centring around a planned expansion of train service through ...

  • to-post-1-august-28-2020
    INTENSIFYING FOREST HILL VILLAGE
    August 28, 2020, Comments Off

    If approved, a development proposal in the Forest Hill Village area would add significant density to the community and could set a precedent for higher levels of development in the ...

  • gta-post-2-august-27
    A QUESTION OF SUSTAINABILITY
    August 26, 2020, Comments Off

    Two weeks after the province introduced its preferred route for a new 400-series highway across the GTA, a report issued by Environmental Defence, Sustainable Vaughan, and Transport Action Ontario throws ...

  • gta-post-1-august-27
    ENVISIONING INTENSIFICATION
    August 26, 2020, Comments Off

    Intensification of a major transit station with the creation of a dense, complete community is seen as critical to supporting growth in Milton. At its meeting August 24, Town of ...

  • to-post-2-august-21-2020
    FASTER, CHEAPER, SIMPLER
    August 21, 2020, Comments Off

    A housing infill project under construction in a Queen Street East community is meant to demonstrate a development method that permits faster, cheaper and more environmentally sustainable construction than most ...