All posts in NRU Toronto

  • to-post-1-july-10-2020
    FAST AFFORDABILITY
    July 10, 2020, Comments Off

    A new redevelopment project in Toronto could speed up the city’s ability to add much needed affordable housing units to the city’s depleted stock and address the ongoing homelessness and housing ...

  • to-post-1-july-3-2020
    REVITALIZING WEST DON LANDS
    July 3, 2020, Comments Off

    A proposal that would complete a large mixed-use development intended to provide significant affordable housing and to intensify an underdeveloped area of the city has been submitted for review by ...

  • 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 ...