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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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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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REDEFINING MAIN STREET

nru — Wed, 01 May 2024 16:22:58 +0000

A mixed-use mid-rise development proposed for a vacant site in Toronto’s Leslieville neighbourhood would add purpose-built rental units to a main corridor that has been steadily seeing an increase in height and density. And while the three-storey podium of the development blends in to the existing main street character of the area, the storeys above introduce a different texture to the neighbourhood, in the form of a glass facade.

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THERE GOES THE ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD’

nru — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:28:32 +0000

A purpose-built rental building proposed for a prime location in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood will bring dozens of purpose-built rental units to the neighbourhood by demolishing two single-detached homes on the site while retaining one single-detached heritage-designated home that will be integrated into the new 11-storey building. And the owners of the retained home will continue to live in the heritage structure once it is integrated within the newly-developed mid-rise.

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STRENGTHENING THE FABRIC OF COMMUNITY

nru — Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:00:45 +0000

As the Jane Finch neighbourhood faces monumental change due to the construction of the Finch West LRT, a new community development plan seeks to mitigate resident displacement and maintain the viability of the area’s existing businesses and cultural institutions, something other Toronto communities facing major transit construction and revitalization have struggled to achieve.

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STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

nru — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 13:19:57 +0000

A proactive team in the City of Toronto’s planning division working with a property owner willing to add more density than originally planned to its Scarborough-area development site has resulted in the addition of one more storey and considerably more dwelling units than had been proposed originally for a site on Lawrence Avenue East near Markam Road.

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SHIFTING FOCUS

nru — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:04:08 +0000

A resubmission of a revised application to redevelop a site on Bloor Street West makes several key changes to the original submission from March 2021, adding nearly 100 more residential units than what was originally proposed and doing away with previously proposed parking and office space. The change comes about in recognition of the site’s location along a major transit line and amid a changing landscape for the most desirable office settings on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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