All posts in NRU Toronto

  • to-post-1-sept-4-2020
    DESIGNING FOR DIVERSION
    September 4, 2020, Comments Off

    Toronto City Council is expected to vote this month on a staff report recommending the city explore “thermal” waste treatment, otherwise known as garbage incineration. The report is based on ...

  • to-post-2-august-28-2020
    SHIFTING MODES
    August 28, 2020, Comments Off

    The Mimico Triangle area in South Etobicoke is likely to see some major development in the near future, much of it centring around a planned expansion of train service through ...

  • to-post-1-august-28-2020
    INTENSIFYING FOREST HILL VILLAGE
    August 28, 2020, Comments Off

    If approved, a development proposal in the Forest Hill Village area would add significant density to the community and could set a precedent for higher levels of development in the ...

  • to-post-2-august-21-2020
    FASTER, CHEAPER, SIMPLER
    August 21, 2020, Comments Off

    A housing infill project under construction in a Queen Street East community is meant to demonstrate a development method that permits faster, cheaper and more environmentally sustainable construction than most ...

  • to-post-1-august-21-2020
    RECONCEPTUALIZING ROOMING HOUSES
    August 21, 2020, Comments Off

    A historic property in Cabbagetown is going to be restored, reconstructed and reconceived in a way that its new owner hopes will become a new model for operating rooming houses ...

  • to-post-1-august-14-2020
    RECONSIDERING HERITAGE
    August 14, 2020, Comments Off

    The Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) has ordered that the City of Toronto make significant amendments to its St. Lawrence Heritage Conservation District Plan on the grounds that the plan ...

  • to-post-1-july-24-2020
    COMPETING VISIONS
    July 25, 2020, Comments Off

    A new design for the ORCA project, a mixed-use development proposed to be built above the rail corridor where the city is proposing Rail Deck Park, has been submitted for ...

  • to-post-2-july-17-2020
    EXPANDING SUSTAINABLY
    July 17, 2020, Comments Off

    The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) is proposing a revitalization of its headquarters that would significantly improve the environmental sustainability of the building while providing employment space to other ...

  • to-post-1-july-17-2020
    GROWING UP DOWNTOWN
    July 17, 2020, Comments Off

    City Planning’s final urban design guidelines, Growing Up, Planning for Children in New Vertical Communities, were adopted by planning and housing committee on Monday, and are headed to city council ...

  • to-post-2-july-10-2020
    OPPOSITION BREWING
    July 10, 2020, Comments Off

    The University of Toronto’s proposed redevelopment of the McLaughlin Planetarium and Falconer Hall could be facing strong opposition from local residents who do not believe the university’s proposal fits into ...