All posts in NRU Toronto

  • to-post-2-june-25-2021
    ENVISIONING TRANSIT-ORIENTED COMMUNITIES
    June 25, 2021, Comments Off

    The Province of Ontario announced plans June 15 to develop transit-oriented communities at the Exhibition, King-Bathurst, and Queen-Spadina stations along the future 15-stop, 16-kilometre-long Ontario Line subway project. While few ...

  • to-post-1-june-25-2021
    DIVERSIFYING USES ON BAY
    June 25, 2021, Comments Off

    If approved, a mixed-use development proposal would diversify uses on the site of an aging Bay Street office building. However, the local community has expressed concerns about the level of ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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-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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • to-post-1-dec-31
    KEEPING DEVELOPMENT MOVING
    December 31, 2020, Comments Off

    Putting set expiration dates on building permits could be a way to force work to continue on construction projects that have stalled, but it is not clear that such a ...

  • to-post-dec-11
    CLARIFYING SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
    December 11, 2020, Comments Off

    The City of Toronto has proposed a draft planning framework establishing a city-wide approach for development of sensitive and high-occupancy land uses in proximity to rail infrastructure. The city says ...

  • to-post-1-dec-4
    A PLACE TO GROW AT LANSDOWNE
    December 4, 2020, Comments Off

    A two-tower residential and retail development proposed by KingSett Capital just west of Lansdowne subway station could be a harbinger of transit-oriented development to come for a neighbourhood expected to ...