Five cities. Five stories. Here is a short film by Nils Clauss and Neil Dowling, which recently premiered at the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. (If you can’t see the embedded video above, click here.) The film is named after this year’s Seoul Biennale… Read More
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Dixie Outlet Mall launches drive-in movie theater
Dixie Outlet Mall in Mississauga has just launched a drive-in movie theater that will run for three Saturdays starting on September 12, 2020. Tickets are available for $5 and you have to purchase in advance. It’s first come, first park. And there only 100 parking… Read More
The redevelopment of Toronto’s residential market
Somehow — even after I sarcastically put out the above tweet — I ended up on a BISNOW panel next week about the impact of COVID-19 on Toronto’s residential real estate market. When I was asked if I would do it, I replied with: “Does… Read More
Junction House ground breaking
The Junction House team is excited to announce that construction will start this fall and that our ground breaking ceremony will be held at 11AM on Saturday, October, 19th. Mark your calendars. It will take place at our Sales Gallery — 2720 Dundas St W.… Read More
PANEL: New ADU Types and Toronto’s Missing Middle
It has been a while since I wrote about laneway housing, so here’s a panel that I’m going to be speaking on this Thursday alongside Gregg Lintern, Mary-Margaret McMahon (former Toronto City Councillor), and Craig Race. It is being organized by Lanescape. As most of… Read More
How many people showed up to the Raptors’ championship parade? (Hint: We don’t know)
Today was a historic day for Toronto, for Canada, and for the game of basketball in this country. The Toronto Raptors are world champions for the first time since their founding in 1995. Soak it in. Here is a photo that I took of the… Read More
Toronto Raptors

Photo: Frank Gunn/Associated Press
Saves the dates: The House Beer Garden
We are reasonably confident that summer will eventually arrive in Toronto this year, and so we (Junction House) have partnered with Indie Alehouse to host a public and outdoor beer garden from June through to August, right in the Junction. We are calling it The… Read More
And that’s a wrap
What a weekend. Almost 4,000 people came through the Junction House sales office for our neon popup gallery. At one point throughout the day on Saturday, there was an over 1 hour wait to get in. The team had to implement a viewing time limit… Read More
Neon popup gallery at Junction House
I met Mark Garner, who is the COO and Executive Director of the Downtown Yonge BIA, about five years ago. We met because of our shared passion around Toronto’s laneways. At the time, you weren’t allowed to do what we now call laneway suites. Housing… Read More