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PICKERING PRIORITIES

nru — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 01:01:28 +0000

The City of Pickering is close to finalizing its planning framework for a large vacant area in the city’s northeast that runs along the Pickering-Whitby border. Once finalized, the framework will set the planning vision for the roughly 1,600-hectare area and guide its transformation into a complete community supported by higher-order transit and accommodating a range of housing types and land uses.

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PUSHING THE BOUNDARY OF VAUGHAN’S DOWNTOWN

nru — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:58:15 +0000

A demonstration plan for a high-density mixed-use development proposed in the council-approved Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) would transform a low-rise employment area by bringing in 12 new mixed-use towers containing residential, employment, and retail uses, along with a new urban school. However, pending the Province’s approval of Vaughan city council’s VMC expansion proposal, technically, the development site is deemed to lie just outside of the VMC.

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CHANGING LANDSCAPE

nru — Thu, 22 May 2025 13:48:07 +0000

A high-rise mixed-use development proposed for a site just north of Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) would bring significant new housing along with a new hotel to what has long been an employment area, but is now on the verge of a transformation to a more pedestrian-focused complete community.

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INTENSIFICATION AT A HUMAN SCALE

nru — Wed, 14 May 2025 13:36:59 +0000

A massive mall redevelopment project proposed for the site of Markham’s largest shopping centre would bring significant new housing to the area while adding three new public parks, substantial community amenity space, and potentially, a new school, creating a new transit-oriented community within one of the city’s protected major transit station areas (PMTSA).

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FORMULATING THE FIRST OF FOUR CORNERS

nru — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 21:33:19 +0000

A multi-tower high-rise residential development proposed for an underutilized mall site at Mississauga’s Erin Mills Town Centre would bring significant new housing to Mississauga while transitioning the motor-vehicle-dominated area towards becoming a more compact, transit-supportive mixed-use neighbourhood. And it is just the first of four corners of a massive site that will see land around the large mall redeveloped for housing and a mix of other uses.

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EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS

nru — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:09:57 +0000

The Town of Whitby has introduced new policy to help expand housing options in its established residential neighbourhoods. The new policy will permit residential property owners to accommodate up to four dwelling units as-of-right on all ground-related residential lots within Whitby’s urban centres—consisting of the principal residence and up to three additional residential units. The Town will also be using a portion of its allotted federal Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF) dollars to incentivize homeowners seeking to build additional residential units on their property.

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BUILDING UP ON AN URBAN SPINE

nru — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:52:28 +0000

A mid-rise residential building proposed for a site located along one of Oshawa’s key east-west arterial roads would bring more housing options to an area of the city that is largely characterized by large single-family homes, aligning with Oshawa’s vision to bring more housing density to the city’s major thoroughfares.

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BOLD VISION

nru — Wed, 01 May 2024 16:49:58 +0000

A massive mixed-use development proposed for a sprawling piece of land in Collingwood would see the town become home to Canada’s first-ever fully integrated health and wellness village, while also bringing thousands of new homes to a vacant site in the community.

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STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE

nru — Wed, 01 May 2024 16:34:00 +0000

A residential development proposed for a vacant site in Richmond Hill will bring hundreds of new housing units to the city in a variety of housing types, transforming an underutilized piece of land near the corner of Major Mackenzie Drive West and Arnold Crescent with rental and ownership dwelling units, including affordable ownership units.

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RECLAIMING (SOME) OVERSIGHT

nru — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:47:04 +0000

The Town of Whitby is taking steps to give itself an added measure of control and oversight when it comes to small-scale infill housing projects, after having
received a significant number of complaints from residents regarding adverse impacts of this type of construction project since the introduction of Bill 23 removed site plan control for small-scale infill from municipalities.

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