We’re sounding like a broken record these days. Once again, a big name high-rise developer purchased an underused pocket of land in the city.  We’re actually happy that we need to keep repeating ourselves, since this is one of our favourite kinds of projects! Urbanation, the leading authority on the Toronto condominium market, is reporting [...]

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We often talk about “landmark projects” and developments that can change the pace of a street. Whether it’s with the architecture, an impressive amenities package, or something else, there are some projects that just seem to make a bigger impact than others. One of the projects that we have classified as “Landmark” this year is [...]

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Over the past few months, we have talked about the lack of prime land available in Toronto’s downtown core. We see some surface parking lots and older buildings continue to be purchased for redevelopment, but developers are quickly running out of options, and risk losing the battle of supply and demand. One way to get [...]

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Back in October we announced that Lifetime Developments where set to release Karma Condominiums, just north west of College and Yonge St. in Downtown Toronto. We knew the location, architect and other aspects of the building, but we speculated about the height. Well today, Lifetime Developments are happy to announce that Karma is headed upwards! [...]

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Twitter and social media was abuzz this past weekend when Mark Savel and Roy Bhandari, prominent real estate agents in Toronto, announced that Lanterra Developments had purchased the Sutton Place Hotel. That may not be huge news on its own, but what is interesting is Lanterra’s plan for the site. Based on the Tweets, it [...]

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Last month we made mention of 984 Bay St., a potential development site that was for sale. We speculated that the site could be a great opportunity for a developer to take an older commercial building, demolish it, and build a new high-rise tower. Well, it didn’t take long for a developer to take a [...]

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Stephen Price of Graywood Developments and Ryan Love of ERA Architects talk FIVE Condos at St. Joseph. Heritage properties should always be treated with care and respect, especially when incorporating them into new uses and designs. From churches to century homes, it is quickly becoming a common occurrence for developers to incorporate some kind of [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, we examined the plans for the Sapphire Tower, which was planned for Toronto, but was never constructed. This spurred an interest in other high-rise towers that would have significantly altered Toronto’s skyline, if only they had made it past the planning phase. As you probably know, there is usually a [...]

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