Neighbourhood Watch: Condo construction activity in downtown’s King &...
July 17 2011: Rêve King West viewed from Bathurst Street. The building extends from Front Street all the way north to Niagara Street. Three streets, five projects: Last week I profiled five...
View ArticlePlanners studying revised design for mixed-use highrise complex proposed for...
This artistic illustration, provided courtesy of Core Architects Inc., shows the 2-tower condo, retail and office development now being proposed for the southeast corner of King Street and Spadina...
View ArticlePit stop: Nicholas Residences condo site
September 1 2012: Walls are taking shape at the bottom of the excavation for the Nicholas Residences condo tower, seen here from the southwest corner of the construction site A view of the...
View ArticleFormer Alice Fazooli restaurant razed to make way for construction of The...
October 4 2012: Hoarding protects the sidewalk alongside the former Entertainment District location of an Alice Fazooli’s restaurant at 294 Adelaide Street West … … seen here on February 17 2011...
View Article29-storey condo proposed for 81 Wellesley East
This artistic rendering, by Toronto’s Core Architects, depicts the 29-storey condo tower that a developer would like to build at 81 Wellesley Street East… … the site on which this elegant 3-storey...
View ArticlePit Stops: Photo roundup of below-ground and at-grade construction activity...
As 2012 drew to a close, some noteworthy downtown building projects had reached different stages of at- and below-grade construction progress. At some sites, like this one for the Picasso on Richmond...
View ArticleFashion House Condos’ stacked glass box design taking shape as construction...
November 23 2010: Hoarding surrounds the historic Toronto Silver Plate Building at 570 King Street West before excavation commenced behind it for the new Fashion House Condos development. The...
View ArticlePlans for 29-storey condo tower founder as Odette mansion site at 81...
April 29 2013: A “for sale” sign has been posted in front of the vacant property at 81 Wellesley Street East … … where a century-old mansion and coach house stood until January 2012 when the...
View ArticleNew development application proposes 28-storey tower for controversial site...
November 22 2013: A rainy morning view of the vacant property at 81 Wellesley Street East in the Church-Wellesley Village … … where the City has posted this sign advising the public that a...
View ArticleFashion House Condos photo update
November 28 2013: A view of Fashion House Condos on King Street West, where construction is nearing completion and units are being fitted with the building’s trademark bold red window coverings. By...
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