All posts in NRU Greater Toronto

  • gta-post-1-jan-13
    UNLOCKING BRAMPTON’S HEART
    January 13, 2021, Comments Off

    Approximately 334,000 square metres of residential, commercial, and retail development space will be unlocked in downtown Brampton upon completion of the city’s two-part Riverwalk project that will mitigate flood risk ...

  • gta-post-1-jan-6
    REIMAGINING THE WATER’S EDGE
    January 6, 2021, Comments Off

    A preferred concept plan for the revitalization of Port Perry’s waterfront has emerged following a year of public consultations. Located on the shores of Lake Scugog, Port Perry is the ...

  • gta-post-1-dec-9
    CATALYZING REMEDIATION
    December 9, 2020, Comments Off

    A 21-hectare dormant brownfield property that has drawn the ire of St. Catharines residents for years has been redesignated from employment to mixed-use, opening the door to potential redevelopment. St. ...

  • gta-post-1-dec-2
    INTENSIFYING THE APPROACH
    December 2, 2020, Comments Off

    An application to develop an 18-storey mixed-use building on a vacant one-hectare site on Stouffville’s Main Street is causing some controversy among area residents. A November 17 report from the ...

  • gta-post-1-nov-25
    RECLAIMING THE WATERFRONT
    December 2, 2020, Comments Off

    A mixed-use development is set to occupy the former site of a truck stop along Grimsby’s waterfront after town council approved official plan amendment, rezoning, and draft plan of subdivision ...

  • gta-post-1-november-18-2020
    APPROACHING THE WATERSHED
    November 18, 2020, Comments Off

    The province says its proposed amendments to the Conservation Authorities Act will improve the accountability and transparency of Ontario’s 36 conservation authorities while facilitating timely decision-making. However, some conservation ...

  • gta-post-2-november-11-2020
    DIVERSIFYING USES IN THE VMC
    November 11, 2020, Comments Off

    A recent development proposal submitted to the City of Vaughan is the latest in a string of skyscraping developments seeking to reshape the suburban York Region municipality into the kind ...

  • gta-post-1-november-11-2020
    EXPEDITING APPROVALS
    November 11, 2020, Comments Off

    A recent request for a minister’s zoning order for a proposed hardware store development in Clarington could create a precedent in the town for other local landowners to become more ...

  • gta-post-2-november-4-2020
    INCREASING ACTIVE OPTIONS
    November 4, 2020, Comments Off

    Residents of the Town of Halton Hills are increasingly taking up cycling, walking, and other active transportation modes as their primary modes of transportation, and the town hopes that by ...

  • gta-post-1-november-4-2020
    GUIDING GROWTH
    November 4, 2020, Comments Off

    The Town of Newmarket is looking to control the size and scale of new development within its established neighbourhoods and to direct growth to its major corridors. At its meeting ...