There is an ongoing debate in Toronto, and many other North American cities, about how to encourage more families to live in multi-family buildings. And here that has generally translated into (1) mandating a certain number of larger family-sized suites and (2) creating design guidelines… Read More
There’s an interesting debate happening online right now. A recent article by Derek Thompson (of the Atlantic) made the claim that today’s urban renaissance is great for young college graduates, but not so good for kids. Here’s a quick synopsis: Cities have effectively traded away… Read More
The City of Toronto Planning Division is working on an initiative called, Growing Up: Planning for Children in New Vertical Communities. The objective is to better understand how new multi-unit housing can better accommodate families within the city. Supposedly as of 2011, 32% of families… Read More
One aspect of the Toronto housing market that I’ve been paying close attention to is the adoption of multi-family dwellings by both long-term end-users and families. I’ve written about this before (here and here, over a year ago) and have argued that here in Toronto we… Read More
I was looking through real estate listings this morning (which I do quite often out of sheer interest), and I started noticing a number of 3 bedroom condos (here in Toronto) that were priced under $1 million. Now, this is a lot of money now… Read More
Toronto Life recently published an interesting article called Stuck in Condoland. A lot of people have mentioned it to me, so there seems to be a lot of interest in the topic. It basically profiles the lives of a few young families who live downtown and… Read More
One of the North American truisms that I often like to challenge is the belief that kids should be raised in a house. I’m interested in this topic, not because I’m planning for a kid, but because Toronto has gone through such a dramatic transformation… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 