In light of my upcoming trip to Detroit, I thought I’d share a (photography) book that was recently recommended to me called The Ruins of Detroit. It’s by photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre. You can check out some of the photos here. The imagery… Read More
The Pan American Games are coming to Toronto in 2 years – 559 days to be exact. While not as high profile as the Olympics, some of you may be surprised to learn that the Pan Am Games will involve three times as many athletes… Read More
As many of you know, I recently made the move to a new real estate development firm here in the city called TAS. Well, actually, it was a return for me. I interned here one summer while I was in grad school at Penn. I… Read More
In case you needed one more piece of evidence that household and family dynamics are changing, here’s a relationship arrangement that you may not have heard of but that’s seemingly growing in popularity: living apart together. Essentially, it’s when a couple is together, but has… Read More
In case you needed one more piece of evidence that household and family dynamics are changing, here’s a relationship arrangement that you may not have heard of but that’s seemingly growing in popularity: living apart together. Essentially, it’s when a couple is together, but has… Read More
Before I went to bed last night, I stumbled upon this Globe and Mail article talking about Toronto’s Tower Renewal program. Here’s a snippet: “In the postwar period, Canadian cities, particularly Toronto, grew differently from those in the United States, following a European-style model of regional… Read More
If you had to pick an epicentre for the housing bust of 2008, I’d say that Las Vegas would be a pretty safe bet. Las Vegas home prices doubled between 2002 and 2006 (the peak), and then fell 62% through to 2012! According to RealtyTrac, Las Vegas… Read More
I was driving down St Clair West yesterday and I noticed that Urbancorp had erected a marketing sign on their site at 836 St Clair Ave West (former Hungarian House) and was in the midst of constructing a sales office. The project is called The… Read More
One of the things I often hear people say to me is that “you can never go wrong with real estate.” And indeed, if you’re talking about Toronto real estate over the past decade, then yes, it was fairly difficult to go wrong. But that’s… Read More
During TIFF is an awesome time to be in Toronto. The city is buzzing, the bars are open until 4am (that should be standard), and everybody is talking about films. I used to go to a lot more movies when I was younger, but that’s sort of… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 