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  • to-post-2-dec-20
    CENTRAL SCARBOROUGH INTENSIFICATION
    December 26, 2019, Comments Off

    The first proposal for a large master-planned development in central Scarborough that will help transform the area into a dense urban centre is advancing at an accelerated rate compared to ...

  • to-post-1-dec-13
    Glover Hands Off
    December 13, 2019, Comments Off

    As the first urban design director of the amalgamated City of Toronto, followed by an almost twenty-year career as an urban designer and planner in private practice, Robert Glover has ...

  • gta-post-1-dec-11
    Cultural Heritage Landscape
    December 13, 2019, Comments Off

    The Town of Oakville is planning to protect the unique character and heritage of the Oakville Harbour to ensure that it continues to represent local history and to attract tourists. ...

  • to-post-1-dec-6
    THE CASE FOR MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION
    December 6, 2019, Comments Off

    As interest grows in using mass timber as a primary building material, its supporters are highlighting its substantial environmental advantages, along with several other major benefits. Building and construction experts ...

  • gta-post-1-dec-4
    DIVERSIFYING EMPLOYMENT LANDS
    December 4, 2019, Comments Off

    In an effort to diversify its employment base and create opportunities for emerging sectors, the City of Brampton is moving forward with an Official Plan Amendment that provides more flexibility ...

  • gta-post-2-dec-4
    FUNDING TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE
    December 4, 2019, Comments Off

    New revenue-generating tools are likely to be needed to make up for a shortfall in fuel tax funding due to a decreasing use of gas-powered cars. A new report from ...

  • to-post-2_nov-28
    NEIGHBOURHOOD RENEWAL
    December 3, 2019, Comments Off

    A new land use policy proposal would allow greater heights and densities around a major transit node east of downtown and is intended to help revitalize the neighbourhood. To read ...

  • to-post-1_nov-28
    DIVERSIFYING USES
    December 3, 2019, Comments Off

    Redevelopment of a large city-owned site would bring more diverse uses to the Danforth-Coxwell community and would likely incent new development to the area. At its meeting December 3, Toronto ...

  • gta post 1 jan 16
    INVESTMENTS DELAYED
    January 17, 2019, Comments Off

    As Brampton council attempts to move on from the divisiveness that dominated the last term of council, recently discovered funding constraints, provincial cuts and a renewed appetite to revisit the ...

  • to post 2 jan 11
    RETROACTIVE POLICIES
    January 14, 2019, Comments Off

    The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal has granted a motion by GWL Realty Advisors confirming that three City of Toronto policies guiding development in the High Park Apartment Neighbourhood are not ...