All posts in NRU Greater Toronto

  • gta-post-2-october-20
    GRIMSBY GOES GEOTHERMAL
    October 20, 2021, Comments Off

    A four-storey condominium project slated for development on a vacant property in downtown Grimsby will include a geothermal heating and cooling system, a sustainable building feature that town staff and ...

  • gta-post-1-october-20
    PARADIGM SHIFT
    October 20, 2021, Comments Off

    Key policy directions informing the update to Richmond Hill’s Official Plan could put the growing municipality on a path towards being a ‘future-ready’ city, to be supported by a network ...

  • gta-post-2-july-14-2021
    REDEVELOPMENT REVERSAL
    July 14, 2021, Comments Off

    The province has secured a commitment from the owner and operator of Oakville’s Glen Abbey Golf Club to withdraw its plans to redevelop the property into a mixed-use neighbourhood after ...

  • gta-post-1-july-14-2021
    COMMUNITY CONSTERNATION
    July 14, 2021, Comments Off

    Despite securing revisions to a proposed retirement home development that the applicant believes will introduce a type of housing that doesn’t currently exist in the neighbourhood, residents of Burlington’s Tyandaga ...

  • gta-post-2-june-30-2021
    PROTECTING GEORGINA’S NATURAL ASSETS
    June 30, 2021, Comments Off

    The province has announced it will be adding 360 hectares of environmentally-sensitive lands in the Town of Georgina to the Greenbelt under an agreement with the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation ...

  • gta-post-1-june-30-2021
    WALK THIS WAY
    June 30, 2021, Comments Off

    As Mississauga intensifies, new pedestrian infrastructure will be needed to support a shift away from a car-dominated transportation network to help create a safe and cohesive, walkable, local urban environment ...

  • gta-post-2-june-23
    WHERE TO GROW?
    June 23, 2021, Comments Off

    The Region of Peel is getting close to a final vision of how it will expand to meet long-term growth objectives, but there is significant concern from residents and environmental ...

  • gta-post-1-june-23
    SHIFTING BOUNDARIES
    June 23, 2021, Comments Off

    The province has approved a request from the City of Burlington to allow the adjustment of the location of its urban growth centre from the city’s downtown to its GO ...

  • gta-post-1-june-16-2021
    HARMONIZING POLICY AND PERMISSIONS
    June 16, 2021, Comments Off

    The City of Vaughan is approaching the adoption of a new city-wide zoning by-law, but more work will be needed to ensure that it does not conflict with individual development ...

  • to-post-1-jan-20
    PLACES TO GROW?
    January 20, 2021, Comments Off

    A draft land needs assessment (LNA) determining how much land is required to accommodate Hamilton’s anticipated population and employment growth to 2051 has found that an expansion of the urban ...