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SmartCentres

SmartCentres unveils largest digital art gallery of its kind in Canada

SmartCentres unveiled Canada's largest, permanent low-res LED art installation in SmartVMC, its flagship 100-acre master-planned city centre in Vaughan.
Untitled

Construction begins for Untitled condo at Yonge and Eglinton

Untitled Toronto, a two-tower condo at Yonge and Eglinton and designed in collaboration with Grammy Award-winning artist Pharrell Williams, broke ground this week.
Concord

Concord plans world’s largest condo bike facility

A 50,000-square-foot bike facility is being planned for the Concord Metrotown, a three tower development in Burnaby.
The Goode

The Goode condo set for Distillery District debut

Expected to rise 32 storeys, with a mixed-use podium, the condo will make history of its own, standing on one of the last parcels of residential land in The Distillery District.

Realm condo project launches in Burlington

Geared to younger urban residents, the condos respond to a demand for suburban living spaces—away from the costly confines of a city.
Kawarthas

Fenelon Lakes Club brings more condos to the waterfront

Fenelon Lakes Club in the Kawarthas will bring more condos to the waterfront in a market where lakeside living is dominated by single-family dwellings.
Ontario doubles down on Building Code supremacy

New home regulator charges Ontario developer

Ontario’s Home Construction Regulatory Authority charged Ideal BC Developments after receiving complaints that the home builder had illegally entered into sales agreements.
Capitol Theatre

Condo slated for Capitol Theatre revival 

New renderings of the theatre-turned-condo include a visual of a speakeasy-inspired golf simulator and social club.
Metrolinx

Mixed-use plans for newly acquired Metrolinx site

Edenshaw Developments and Windsor Private Capital acquired a 1.48-acre Metrolinx site adjacent to the Port Credit Mobility Hub.
vacant home tax

Toronto city council approves plan for vacant home tax

The goal is to curb homeowners from keeping their properties empty as the availability and affordability of housing stagnates in the city.

East Pointe condo will cater to growing Scarborough area

East Pointe, a mid-rise condo located at Kingston Road in Toronto, has received approval for 11 storeys in a neighbourhood where eight storeys has been the norm.
mass timber code

Richard Lyall joins global timber research committee

The president of RESCON has been appointed to a global steering committee that will look at the potential benefits of using a steel-timber hybrid in high-rise buildings.
JAC Condos

JAC Condos breaks ground in downtown Toronto

JAC Condos, a 34-storey development that will bring more housing options to the growing downtown eastside of Toronto, started its ascent this week.
2 Burrard Place

Pre-sale success of 2 Burrard Place may signal market shift

In downtown Vancouver, pre-sale condos have failed over the past four years due to a slew of government housing policies and taxes to cool out-of-reach prices.
The Mason

The Mason will transform a 19th-century brickyard in Port Credit

This newest phase of the 72-acre Brightwater community will stand nine storeys tall on the site of the 19th and 20th-century Port Credit Brick Company.
boomers

Condos low on list for boomers thinking of buying

A new survey from Royal LePage found that 35 per cent of this cohort is thinking of buying a home in the next few years.
Kelowna

Beachside condo community rising in Kelowna

An elevated beachside condo community called MOVALA will take shape in Kelowna, British Columbia, in the Lower Mission neighbourhood.