All posts in NRU Toronto

  • to-post-1-june-26-2020
    PREPARING FOR GROWTH PLAN CONFORMITY
    June 26, 2020, Comments Off

    The City of Toronto is preparing for a lengthy planning exercise to update its official plan and make the city ready for long-term growth. At its meeting June 29-30, council ...

  • to-post-2-june-19-2020
    MAKING AN EYESORE A DESTINATION
    June 19, 2020, Comments Off

    Waterfront Toronto may soon be given the go-ahead to complete the design, cost estimate, and traffic impact assessment of a redesign of Lake Shore Boulevard East from the mouth of ...

  • to-post-1-june-19-2020
    SHIFTING USES ON THE WATERFRONT
    June 19, 2020, Comments Off

    A proposed development for Queens Quay West could improve the streetscape along the lake shore while animating a previously car-oriented space with human activity and adding much-needed affordable housing to ...

  • to-post-2-june-12-2020
    CREATING A UNITED WATERFRONT
    June 12, 2020, Comments Off

    The vision of a unified business improvement area (BIA) encompassing the full breadth of the City of Toronto’s downtown shoreline is one step closer to reality, and could be realized ...

  • to-post-1-june-12-2020
    FILMORES HOTEL REDEVELOPMENT
    June 12, 2020, Comments Off

    A proposal to redevelop a heritage building into a large, mixed-use tower development would continue the intensification of the east side of downtown Toronto, meeting growth goals for the area, but ...

  • to-post-2-june-5-2020
    SITING RECOVERY IN PUBLIC SPACE
    June 5, 2020, Comments Off

    Public art can help drive the City of Toronto’s economic and social recovery from the COVID-19 public health crisis, according to some of the city’s leading arts institutions – and ...

  • to-post-1-june-5-2020
    HOUSING NOW ADVANCES
    June 5, 2020, Comments Off

    The City of Toronto is advancing phase two of its Housing Now program which will add much-needed purpose-built rental and affordable housing to the city’s low supply, as well as ...

  • to-post-2-may-29-2020
    CREATING CONNECTED COMMUNITIES
    May 29, 2020, Comments Off

    A new community design concept is re-imagining how public and private spaces can blend more seamlessly together to better create connected communities capable of withstanding the sudden shocks of climate ...

  • to-post-1-may-29-2020
    MAKING A VILLAGE
    May 29, 2020, Comments Off

    The last phase in a large development project that has created a new community on a former industrial site near the Junction neighbourhood is nearing its final approval. At its ...

  • to-post-1-may-22-2020
    ETHICAL SMART CITIES INITIATIVE
    May 22, 2020, Comments Off

    A new initiative being created by graduate design students could help Canadian municipalities determine the best ways to advance smart city initiatives that focus on human-centric design. Thirteen students with ...