Official Announcement by David Mirvish and Frank Gehry
This morning, David Mirvish and Frank Gehry made the official announcement of their plans for King West.The plan calls for three residential towers, reaching approximately 80 storeys. A new 60,000 square foot public art gallery, called Mirvish
Building in Hamilton Just Got Pricier
Recently, there’s been word of Toronto’s development charges possibly getting increased by a whopping 90%, news that was followed by a mix of reactions. Some think this is the kind of raise we need to keep functioning properly as a city, and some believe
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First look at the Saturday in Downsview Park amenities!
We just received new renderings of Saturday in Downsview Park, Mattamy Homes’ latest condo community in Toronto. This is your first look at the condo amenities!
The Rise of Boutique Condos in the GTA
It goes without saying that the Greater Toronto Area’s (GTA) condo market has been hot in recent years, specifically in downtown Toronto. One thing we did notice this year though is the growing popularity of “boutique condos.”What exactly is a boutique
Talking Sustainability with ECO Gord Miller
June is a pretty exciting month for us at the Toronto Star’s NewInHomes.com. Our focus this month is on Sustainability, and how both developers and individuals can make the city a better place to live. To kick off Sustainability Month, we figured there
Smart Townes 3 now open in Niagara Falls!
We recently received news that Pinewood Homes is now selling Smart Townes 3 in Niagara Falls! There have been two successful phases before this one, so we’re eager to see how well the new release does.
ECHO House: Team Ontario’s Winning Design
By Penny MunozTeam Ontario’s ECHO ecological home is this year’s winner of the celebrated engineering contest at the 2013 Solar Decathlon. The home was praised for its unique capacity to bring energy efficiency and affordability together in a beautiful
They Don’t Call it Hogtown for Nothing
The Toronto Star reports this week that residents of the King and Bathurst area are gagging on the smell from a Quality Meat Packers abattoir nearby. Heat + humidity + hog killing does not, one imagines, add up to a very pleasant bouquet.Since the
Why fall is the best time for planting in your home garden
Fall is the best time for planting. We have been saying this in the business for almost 25 years now – ever since growers started producing trees, shrubs and evergreens in containers. I like planting now and generally, I have more success with September
