TORONTO'S REAL ESTATE game has been feeling pretty grim. The list of problems is long, bleak and all too real. Rents are skyrocketing. Home ownership feels increasingly out of reach. The city desperately needs more housing options, but where and what kind? Meanwhile, large-scale construction is expensive and environmentally fraught. Solutions and action-seem to be in short supply. In light of these realities, it's easy to be pessimistic.
And yet, there are also reasons for optimism. The new Mirvish Village, which will be ready this year, is a master class in community-building, with more than one-third of its units designated as affordable housing. Waterfront Toronto finally has a plan to fix the city's saddest stretch of shoreline, and it includes a one-acre rooftop farm, a new arts venue and a mini forest. Jennifer Keesmaat is back in Toronto, and her firm is creating a leafy, car-free neighbourhood in North York. Partisans, one of the city's buzziest architecture firms, has plans to stop urban sprawl by turning a small town north of the city into a transit-friendly sci-fi utopia.
All across the GTA, such projects give hope amid the gloom. In the pages ahead, we preview some of the coolest developments, most-sustainable living spaces and smartest home tech. Get ready for the nearly here future of Toronto real estate.
A NEW WATERFRONT
Quayside will transform the city's shoreline
Projected first occupancy in 2030; construction complete in 2035
WATERFRONT TORONTO aims to fix the bland industrial stretch at Queen's Quay and Parliament Street with an ambitious netzero mega-development. Quayside will consist of six plant-drenched residential buildings, an urban farm and a stroll-worthy boardwalk. Meg Davis's role is to manage the entire project, from concept to completion. We asked her all about it.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2023 من Toronto Life.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك ? تسجيل الدخول
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة May 2023 من Toronto Life.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
بالفعل مشترك? تسجيل الدخول
Guillaume Côté's Leslieville
The National Ballet of Canada principal dancer takes us on a tour of his favourite spots
DARK HORSE
For years, Eric Lamaze was the world's top-ranked show jumper, living an enviable life filled with fancy cars, international travel and adoring fans-the kind of life a person might do anything to protect. Inside the scandal tearing the equestrian world apart
Tick-Tock Trends
Three Toronto watch collectors share the objects of their obsession
All in the FAMILY
When a community hospital treats patients like family, magic happens.
Culture
THE BEST THINGS TO SEE, DO, READ AND HEAR THIS MONTH IN TORONTO
DIVIDING LINE
The Bloor Street bike lane has become Toronto's most contested strip of concrete, igniting fights over congestion, safety, and the future of downtown.
Urban Diplomat
I own a house with a basement unit that I rent out.
Q&A State of the Union
Police Association boss is one of the most contentious jobs in the city. New president Clayton Campbell is ready for a fight. Step one: arguing for a $46-million budget hike
An influential rocker's return to his roots
IT'S BEEN 14 YEARS since Jack White ceased to be one half of the White Stripes, the Detroit rock band he fronted with Meg White.
THE CHOSEN ONE
AT JUST 23, SCOTTIE BARNES IS SHOULDERING THE WEIGHT OF AN IMPATIENT, BASKETBALLMAD CITY, A HIT-ANDMISS TEAM, AND HIS OWN COLOSSAL AMBITIONS.
