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  • gta-post-2-june-23
    WHERE TO GROW?
    June 23, 2021, Comments Off

    The Region of Peel is getting close to a final vision of how it will expand to meet long-term growth objectives, but there is significant concern from residents and environmental ...

  • gta-post-1-june-23
    SHIFTING BOUNDARIES
    June 23, 2021, Comments Off

    The province has approved a request from the City of Burlington to allow the adjustment of the location of its urban growth centre from the city’s downtown to its GO ...

  • to-post-2-june-18-2021
    SAFEGUARDING VIABILITY UNDER IZ
    June 18, 2021, Comments Off

    According to a report released this week by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), the City of Toronto’s proposed inclusionary zoning framework is fundamentally flawed, fails to reflect ...

  • to-post-1-june-18-2021
    QUARRY CURATIVE
    June 18, 2021, Comments Off

    The redevelopment of a former quarry in Scarborough is approaching as the final development plans are set to be considered by the city. At its meeting June 25, City of ...

  • gta-post-1-june-16-2021
    HARMONIZING POLICY AND PERMISSIONS
    June 16, 2021, Comments Off

    The City of Vaughan is approaching the adoption of a new city-wide zoning by-law, but more work will be needed to ensure that it does not conflict with individual development ...

  • to-post-1-jan-22
    FUROR AT THE FOUNDRY
    January 22, 2021, Comments Off

    Demolition of the historic Dominion Foundry Complex in the West Don Lands has begun three months after a Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) issued for the provincially-owned site changed zoning permissions ...

  • to-post-1-jan-20
    PLACES TO GROW?
    January 20, 2021, Comments Off

    A draft land needs assessment (LNA) determining how much land is required to accommodate Hamilton’s anticipated population and employment growth to 2051 has found that an expansion of the urban ...

  • to-post-1-jan-15
    CHARTING A NEW PATH
    January 15, 2021, Comments Off

    Representing over 200 years of planning knowledge and experience, ten changemakers who have tactfully guided the growth and evolution of Toronto have retired from the city’s Planning Division. Half of ...

  • gta-post-1-jan-13
    UNLOCKING BRAMPTON’S HEART
    January 13, 2021, Comments Off

    Approximately 334,000 square metres of residential, commercial, and retail development space will be unlocked in downtown Brampton upon completion of the city’s two-part Riverwalk project that will mitigate flood risk ...

  • to-post-1-jan-8
    PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIANS
    January 8, 2021, Comments Off

    A recommended design concept for the reconstruction of downtown Yonge Street that is emerging through an environmental assessment proposes the prioritization of pedestrian traffic on downtown Yonge by widening existing ...