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Toronto lays bylaw charges against companies that blocked road after cyclist death

By:Building .caPosted: Aug 25th, 2024In: ConstructionNews

A cyclist negotiates a bike path through the Don River Revitalization and Gardiner Expressway Demolition projects in Toronto on Thursday August 17, 2023. The City of Toronto says it has laid bylaw charges against two[...]

Toronto’s Committee of Adjustment Process Contributes to Delays and Added Expenses in Home Renovations and Infill Housing Construction

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 5th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

A recent investigation, carried out by Altus Group Economic Consulting and sponsored by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) on behalf of the professional renovation sector, reveals that the procedural delays and inefficiencies[...]

GTA new home market quiet in January: BILD Report

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 24th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

The GTA new home market saw a slow month in January, according to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD). There were 567 new home sales in January, which was down 81 per cent[...]

GTA new home sales dipped in 2022, affected by interest rates, monetary policy

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 27th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), 2022 saw the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) experience the lowest level of new home sales since 2018. Altus Group, BILD’s official source for new home[...]

Toronto city council approves plan to allow for greater density in residential areas

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 21st, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto city council has approved a sweeping housing plan that will significantly transform zoning bylaws in an effort to address the affordability crisis. A majority of councillors — 23 out of 26 — voted in[...]

Toronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: experts

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 20th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto’s recently approved housing plan is a good step forward but it could take years before the increase in supply makes renting more affordable in the city, urban planners and experts say. Toronto city council[...]

Tory vows to use strong mayor powers to get new housing division operating fast

By:Building .caPosted: Oct 28th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto Mayor John Tory says he will use so-called strong mayor powers to create a new division at city hall to streamline housing development. We need to get more housing built faster. As promised in my Five[...]

GTA home sales down 47% from last year, 24% from June: Toronto real estate board

By:Building .caPosted: Aug 5th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO – The moderation of the Greater Toronto Area’s housing market intensified last month as the region’s real estate board found July sales fell 47 per cent from the same time last year and 24[...]

GTA new condo sales slow, 10,000 to be delayed: Urbanation

By:Building .caPosted: Aug 3rd, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Greater Toronto Area (GTA) new condominium sales totaled 6,792 units in the second quarter, declining 19% from the first quarter and 24% year-over-year but remaining above the 10-year average of 6,302 sales, according to Urbanation[...]

Call to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint Corridor

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Metrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line infrastructure that will be built around the existing rail corridor extending from Eastern[...]