4 d. ago Stunning Toronto tower proposal is 4 times as tall as last plan for same site

A long-dead proposal to redevelop a heritage church property in Toronto has resurfaced, only much larger than what was planned for the site just four years earlier.The major redevelopment scheme would see a breathtaking tower sprout from the 1887-built St Luke's United Church at the corner of Sherbourne and Carlton, planned to rise 48 storeys and reshape the local skyline in the process.Positioned at the junction of two busy TTC routes, the site is primed for intensification, though the scale being sought might raise some eyebrows in the community.Developer Kindred Works' application for 353-355 Sherbourne Street features a design from KPMB Architects, incorporating heritage retention work from ERA Architects, which would feature a dramatic mid-section between the tower and heritage base, boasting sweeping arches that create a dialogue between the old and new volumes.The current plan would preserve the original 1887 church and the attached 1912-built Sunday School, and ...

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5 d. ago Heritage act changes to have sweeping effect on land development in B.C.

Vaughn Palmer: The B.C. NDP and their First Nations partners likely already know what they want and hope to get it enacted with minimal public scrutiny and backlash

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1 week ago Arizona Sonoran Acquires Additional Land Necessary to Support the Anticipated Cactus Project Plan

CASA GRANDE, Ariz. & TORONTO — Arizona Sonoran Copper Company Inc. (TSX:ASCU | OTCQX:ASCUF) (“ASCU” or the “Company”), an emerging US-based copper developer, acquired 2,123 acres of private land adjacent to the Cactus Project (see FIGURE 1), comprised of 2,043 acres from a consortium of related private corporate landowners (collectively, the “Consortium Land”) and completed […]

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2 w. ago Toronto 'ghost hotel' in Kensington Market is being sold under power of sale

Kensington Market has always been one of Toronto's most fiercely protected neighbourhoods — but that hasn't stopped developers from circling like vultures overhead.In recent years, locals have seen large plots of land listed and developers trying to turn the quirky neighbourhood into another conglomeration of high-density condo developments. For the most part, plans to redevelop the Toronto neighbourhood have been thwarted or put on hold. However, one significant chunk of Kensington Market has just hit the market under the power of sale, and could become the next ground zero in the area's longstanding battle with developers. Tucked down a quiet laneway off Baldwin Street, 38 Kensington Pl. is a former rental three-storey walk-up with seven oversized units spread across more than 14,000 square feet of leasable space.An open-concept unit on the ground floor. The building, which once drew attention as one of the many so-cal...

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3 w. ago Experts say Ontario is the reason for Canada's housing downtown

Ontario real estate has been performing so sluggishly this year that the province is now being blamed for skewing market trends for the entire country.In a new report, experts at RBC point out how poorly the industry is faring around the GTA, especially emphasizing just how dramatically home sales — and, somewhat by extension, new home construction — have fallen in Canada's most populous region.In the aptly-titled "Canada isn't in a housing starts slump — Ontario is," published on Wednesday, the Big Five bank's economists outline the factors that have caused residential construction in and around Toronto to lag far behind almost everywhere else nationwide.RBCThe first roadblock to new units coming onto the market is the cost, which is sky-high in Ontario, and not just because of heightened price tags for lumber, labour, land and more."High development charges and heavy regulatory requireme...

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3 w. ago Experts say Ontario is the reason for Canada's housing downturn

Ontario real estate has been performing so sluggishly this year that the province is now being blamed for skewing market trends for the entire country.In a new report, experts at RBC point out how poorly the industry is faring around the GTA, especially emphasizing just how dramatically home sales — and, somewhat by extension, new home construction — have fallen in Canada's most populous region.In the aptly-titled "Canada isn't in a housing starts slump — Ontario is," published on Wednesday, the Big Five bank's economists outline the factors that have caused residential construction in and around Toronto to lag far behind almost everywhere else nationwide.RBCThe first roadblock to new units coming onto the market is the cost, which is sky-high in Ontario, and not just because of heightened price tags for lumber, labour, land and more."High development charges and heavy regulatory requireme...

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