One area that we have talked a lot about as an area in transition is the Entertainment District, along King St. West. At one point, the Entertainment District was known for the late-night partying of the city’s youth. Recently, developers like Lifetime Developments, Graywood, and The Daniels Corporation have purchased parking lots, low-rise commercial buildings, [...]

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The average first-time homebuyer expects to purchase a $300,000 home with a $48,000 down payment, so says a recent BMO first-time homebuyer survey. The survey, released Tuesday, gave us a peek into the mindset of some of the most important buyers in the industry, the first-timers. Conducted by Pollara, the survey sampled Canadians 18 years [...]

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First-time homebuyers continue to adjust to the rules that are being placed in front of them, says a recent survey by our friends over at Genworth Financial. An annual poll by Genworth asked 1,514 Canadians questions about their financial well being, specifically asking how prepared they are to make their first home purchase. The survey [...]

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The day finally came. King Blue Condos is now open to all! The King Blue team, as you know, throws a pretty great party. This time, they outdid themselves by getting Wendel Clark, former superstar of the Toronto Maple Leafs, to come out for the special day. The Grand Opening of King Blue Condos If [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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