It would be easy to mistake the lobby of the One o One condos in midtown Toronto for a nightclub or graffiti-splashed alley. Instead of the muted colours and cookie-cutter designs that fill many condo buildings, developer Camrost Felcorp hired Toronto artist Anthony Ricciardi to create seven murals splattered with bright paint and a rainbow of drip marks. The flashy pieces put the building in a growing group of condo complexes whose hallways, lobbies and outdoor grounds are being... [read more]

While the rest of the GTA housing market has had a bumpy year, the new condo market has been thriving for months. Last quarter, new condo sales in the area grew 4% year over year, the third highest Q3 sales volume in 10 years, according to a new report from real estate research firm Urbanation. While that's still down 46% from Q3 2018's record 25,839 sales, it's further proof that the market has remained strong despite rising interest rates and stricter mortgage rules imposed... [read more]

While the rest of the GTA housing market has had a bumpy year, the new condo market has been thriving for months. Last quarter, new condo sales in the area grew 4% year over year, the third highest Q3 sales volume in 10 years, according to a new report from real estate research firm Urbanation. While that's still down 46% from Q3 2018's record 25,839 sales, it's further proof that the market has remained strong despite rising interest rates and stricter mortgage rules imposed... [read more]

Oxford Properties Group is planning a $3.5 billion (USD $2.7 billion) development in downtown Toronto that would be one of Canada's biggest real estate projects. The property arm of pension fund OMERS aims to build a 4.3 million-square-foot, mixed-use complex on a 4-acre site that's just north of Toronto's Rogers Centre and CN Tower. The development, called Union Park, is the largest ever for Oxford outside of Manhattan's Hudson Yards, the $25-billion project it's... [read more]

Much ink has already been spilled over the rebound in housing that's underway in some of Canada's largest markets. After a volatile 2018 and an exceptionally brutal winter, home sales began to recover, particularly in the Toronto and Vancouver regions. The country's all-seeing housing eye, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), recently published it's optimistic 2020-2021 market outlook. The organization famously predicted that 2019 would be one of the worst... [read more]