In a recent Spacing article, called Pollution and the fall and rise of urbanism, Dylan Reid argues that one of the reasons why urbanism declined in the 20th century was because of industrial pollution. (There are, of course, other contributing factors beyond just pollution.) This… Read More
Friend: Ever go to Jilly’s? Me: No, actually. Friend: Same. Me: What about you? [Addressed to random guy in elevator] Random guy in elevator: I’m from Portland. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I went to check out the new Broadview Hotel last night… Read More
This past weekend was gorgeous in Toronto. I always love seeing the city come to life after the winter and last weekend was the first sign of that this year. Being the fair-weather cyclist that I am, I had the flat fixed on my single… Read More
Amy Bath needs to leave comments here on ATC more often because she has great feedback and insights. This morning she tipped me off to a brand new co-working space on the east side of Toronto called East Room. If you haven’t yet heard of… Read More
Yesterday evening I went to the Toronto Christmas Market in the Distillery District. I had actually never been before, but it was something that I had been meaning to check out for a few years now. And it was wonderful. If you’ve never been, I… Read More
Last Friday the Toronto Star published an article talking about the growing demand for character office buildings in submarkets outside of Toronto’s core. Specifically, it was talking about the Downtown West and Liberty Village submarkets (citing a report from CBRE). I’m sure this isn’t news… Read More
The big news in Toronto real estate today is that Streetcar Developments has picked up the Broadview Hotel at the northwest corner of Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue in the city’s east end. The building is best known for housing Jilly’s–the finest in adult… Read More
Two things happened yesterday. And since there’s a nice tie in, I’d like to talk about both of them. First, here at TAS, we launched a new condominium project called Kingston&Co. We had already gone public with some information, but we now have an updated… Read More
This past Wednesday the Globe & Mail newspaper announced that they signed a 15-year lease to be the lead tenant in a new office tower now under construction at 351 King Street East (just west of Parliament Street). This means that the newspaper will be leaving… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 