Category: Real Estate

Toronto is (probably) getting a huge new park right downtown

You know that long, narrow patch of railway real estate stretching from Bathurst street to, like, the Skydome? Well, it could soon be a park. Last week, the City of Toronto took a big step closer toward bringing Rail Deck Park to life. For those unfamiliar, Rail Deck Park is

You Need to Earn This Much Per Hour to Afford Living in Canada’s Cities

Another day, another damning report on Canadian housing unaffordability. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has published an aptly-named report titled ‘Unaccommodating‘ which looks at how much Canadians need to earn per hour to afford a one- or two-bedroom apartment in Canada’s urban centres. Affordability is determined by something called

Guy You’ve Never Heard of Buys Home for Amount You Could Never Imagine

You ever heard of a guy named Ken Griffin? No, not Ken Griffey, the greatest slugger to ever appear in Tony La Russa Ultimate Baseball for Windows. Ken Griffin is the 45th-richest person in the world. Wikipedia tells me he’s an investor, hedge fund manager, and founder and CEO of the global

Get a First Glimpse of Toronto’s Ambitious New High-Tech Neighbourhood

You’ve probably heard by now that Google spinoff Alphabet Inc.’s spinoff Sidewalk Labs wants to put a “smart city” touch on Toronto’s waterfront. The vision will be realized through a high-tech development called Quayside, which “leverages some of the world’s best urban design and emerging technology” to create a neighbourhood

Toronto is All of a Sudden Canada’s Weakest Major Housing Market

Last year, Toronto’s housing market was on fire. So much so that the city was named the world’s hottest residential housing market. This year? Not so much. In fact, Toronto’s housing market has cooled off to such an extent that the city isn’t just slipping globally – the Ontario capital