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ValleyLands: Grand Opening

0 Comments 08 April 2013

This past weekend, Opus Homes hosted the Grand Opening of their latest Brampton community, ValleyLands. The opening of ValleyLands A great crowd showed up to the opening of Opus Homes’ ValleyLands. The weather was nice, and people were excited about purchasing a new home. Opus Homes was pretty successful with the semis – one of [...]

Another Trip to The Canary District!

0 Comments 05 April 2013

For the third time in less than six months, our friends over at The Canary District and Dundee Kilmer invited us to check out the construction progress. A total of eight cranes are up and operational at The Canary District. To our knowledge, there’s no other master plan development in the downtown core that has [...]

BILD High-Rise Forum: Why Developers are Losing Sleep

0 Comments 05 April 2013

On April 4, 2013, some of the best and brightest in the new homebuilding industry gathered at the Westin Prince for BILD’s High-Rise Forum. The topic: “What’s Keeping Toronto Developers Awake at Night?” The panel of professionals consisted of Sam Crignano of Cityzen Development, Jim Ritchie of Tridel, Gary Switzer of MOD Developments, and Alan [...]

New Skyscraper to be the Tallest in Southern Hemisphere!

0 Comments 04 April 2013

If we ever cast our gaze beyond the GTA or Canada, it’s for cool looking buildings in exotic locales. Australia 108 is a new high-rise in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne by developers Fender Katsalidis Architects. Calling Australia 108 a high-rise doesn’t really do it justice. The recently approved tower is scheduled to rise 108 [...]

In the Works: Opus Homes

0 Comments 03 April 2013

Opus Homes consists of the third generation of the DeGasperis family – a family deeply rooted in southern Ontario’s new homebuilding industry. The main focus for the team at Opus Homes is to provide you with energy efficient communities by using environmentally sustainable building and design practices. The best way to build a new housing [...]

Hockey Star Wendel Clark Celebrates King Blue’s Grand Opening

0 Comments 03 April 2013

King Blue Condos knows how to throw a party. Its spectacular VIP launch in October featured a fashion show with a new, hip couture line called Maya, designed by Reetu Gupta, stylish cigar girls, Flair bartenders, circus acrobats and even a pair of fire eaters. On Saturday, April 6th from 12-5pm, King Blue will launch [...]

Wood Construction: The Way of the Future?

0 Comments 03 April 2013

How do we take what we have learned and the innovations that we have made in construction, and apply them to new projects? We continue to evolve with concrete, but the question that continues to be asked is, what can we do with wood? Wood is significantly more cost effective than concrete, so it can [...]

Keesmaat Talks Toronto Suburbs

0 Comments 03 April 2013

Over the past 50 years, the way we develop neighbourhoods has changed drastically. Now, density is a significant aspect of any area’s growth. With density comes infrastructure, and that opens up a whole new set of challenges to face. Today, Toronto Chief Planner Jennifer Keesmaat held an open discussion with members of Toronto council and [...]