THE CONDO FEUD THAT ERUPTED BETWEEN AN IRANIAN FUGITIVE AND A TORONTO MOGUL ​Court case shines light on private condo financing amid boom. Suits allege fraud, negligence, intimidation, conspiracy. Sam Mizrahi, one of Canada's best-known property developers, was building two luxury condominiums in midtown Toronto last year when he says he received a phone call from someone who demanded millions of dollars, threatened to burn his house down and ruin his reputation. The... [read more]

TORONTO CONDO MARKET IS BOOMING ONCE AGAIN It Has Come Roaring Back to Life Builders were putting the finishing touches on nearly 10,400 new condo units in January, eight times more than the monthly average over the past decade, Bank of Montreal senior economist Sal Guatieri said in a report last week. The vast majority of the new condo units have already been sold. Still the influx of new units has helped push the number of unabsorbed condos - those that have been built but not sold... [read more]

FATE OF PEDESTRIAN SCRAMBLE RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT TORONTO'S PRIORITIES The Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area and Transportation Staff Recommend the City Revert to a Traditional Intersection Using a scramble crossing can prompt a strangely liberated feeling. With all vehicle traffic stopped, pedestrians take over the intersection, walking freely in every direction. For a few seconds, pedestrians own the whole road. It's evidence that - at least in that moment and place -... [read more]