
This week, Urban Toronto reported a record number of residential development applications submitted in the City of Toronto over the last quarter. A total of 25,598 residential homes were proposed across 12 condominium projects, 16 rental projects, and two projects that also include an office component.
The total area was around 20 million square feet. The total number of buildings was 66. The median height was somewhere around 23 storeys (~86 meters), with the tallest being 67 storeys. And the average parking ratio was around 0.3 spaces per home. (The below chart seems to suggest that parking minimums were previously constraining the market.)
This is, according to UT, the highest number of proposed new homes in a single quarter over the last five years:

The winners of this year's Architizer A+ Awards are out.
Now in its 11th year, the A+ Awards are intended to "honor the world's best architecture and spaces." And supposedly, it is also the world's largest (119 categories) and most democratic architectural awards program. I don't know, I read that here.
I went through the list of winners this evening (okay, I skimmed this Urban Toronto article), and I'm now excited to report that 13 Canadian projects/firms won an award -- either a Jury Award, a Popular Choice Award, or a Special Mention.
I'm also excited to announce that one of the winners is our One Delisle project. It is the Jury Winner for best unbuilt multi-unit housing project (over 10 floors). Awesome!
If you'd like to see the full list of winners,


