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  • to-post-1-may-15-2020
    THE MEADOWAY RECOGNIZED WITH CSLA 2020 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
    May 15, 2020, Comments Off

    Perkins&Will’s restoration and revitalization plan for Scarborough’s Meadoway was recognized Wednesday with a Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) 2020 Award of Excellence for Planning and Analysis. To read the ...

  • gta-post-1-may-13-2020
    ATTRACTING TALENT
    May 13, 2020, Comments Off

    The McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton is set to undergo a massive expansion that will significantly increase the space and resources available for tenant companies while attracting talent to the ...

  • to-post-2-may-8
    NAVIGATING HERITAGE GUIDELINES
    May 8, 2020, Comments Off

    The Ontario government has suspended public consultations on proposed changes to the Ontario Heritage Act as part of Bill 108, the More Homes, More Choice Act. Originally set to begin ...

  • to-post-1-may-8
    MAKING STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
    May 8, 2020, Comments Off

    The University of Toronto’s School of Cities is launching a program to bring unexpected partners together to pursue new development projects that combine public and private uses in a single ...

  • gta-post-1-may-6-2020
    LIMITING GROWTH DOWNTOWN
    May 6, 2020, Comments Off

    The City of Burlington is looking to have the John Street Bus Terminal no longer be considered a major transit station area or a mobility hub in an effort to ...

  • to-post-1-april-30-2020
    NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT
    May 1, 2020, Comments Off

    While pre-zoning land is a necessary tool for increasing density in neighbourhoods across the City of Toronto, it does not significantly help to reduce development approval timelines. That is the ...

  • Test Track/Development Surface
    DIVERSIFYING OPPORTUNITY
    April 29, 2020, Comments Off

    With the recent closure of the General Motors (GM) plant in Oshawa, planners and city officials are considering the best ways to redevelop the site and provide the city with ...

  • gta-post-1-april-29-2020
    SITING ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
    April 29, 2020, Comments Off

    The Ontario government is moving ahead with plans to identify land to protect for a future electricity corridor to support growth in the northwest reaches of the Greater Toronto and ...

  • to-post-1-april-24-2020
    TALL BUILDING RETROFITS
    April 24, 2020, Comments Off

    Tall building retrofits have the potential to lead to significant cost, water, and energy savings, according to two new case studies recently released by The Atmospheric Fund (TAF). TAF operates ...

  • gta-post-1-april-22-2020
    BUILDING CONNECTIVE TISSUE
    April 22, 2020, Comments Off

    Urban thinker Mary Rowe arrived at the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) in September 2019 with the kind of varied background one expects from a liberal arts graduate keen on doing ...