A proposed mixed-use development in Toronto, currently the site of a flourishing car dealership, may be a harbinger of the city’s postcar future. The project at 1075 Leslie St., near Eglinton Avenue East, features five towers, ranging from 13 to 49 storeys, with 1,846 housing units and commercial and retail space wrapped around a green, …
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author: DAVID ISRAELSON originally published here on 7 March 2023 As plans evolve to redevelop the 9.2-acre Canada Square property at the key midtown Toronto intersection of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue, chances are whatever gets built is bound to be an improvement. It’s hard to argue that the site is due for an update. …
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Real estate is notoriously immune to technology. The basics of real estate — acquire land, build on that land, rent it out for cash flow — have remained unchanged since it first became a thing in the Feudal System, when people still fought wars with swords and shields. But one of the hottest frontiers of …
Toronto, city, capital of the province of Ontario, southeastern Canada. It is the most populous city in Canada, a multicultural city, and the country’s financial and commercial centre. Its location on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario, which forms part of the border between Canada and the United States, and its access to Atlantic shipping via the St. Lawrence Seaway and …
Ever have one of those days where you wish you just hadn’t picked up the phone? My client was hard at work when the phone rang. It was the landlord who had rented him the 7,000-square-foot industrial space in Mississauga from which he operated his business. What the landlord had to say nearly made him …