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Reviewing 2010: Notable Births
It's the holidays, and time for a look back at a very interesting year for UrbanToronto... as well as one for urban Toronto. Many buildings of note were announced this year, or went into construction,...
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Queen Richmond Centre West Brings More Office Space To Toronto
Allied REIT is a major owner of office space in the downtown area. Many of the old factories and warehouses, that in recent years were converted into office buildings, have Allied's name on them. It...
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Allied Properties and &Co Architects Bring QRC West to the Market
134 Peter Street, and properties to the north of it on Queen Street, and to the west of it on Richmond Street, are undergoing a major change, one which is bringing some major intensification and...
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Toronto Office Vacancy Rate Declines for 7th Consecutive Quarter
CB Richard Ellis Ltd. Brokerage has released it's Q4 2011 Toronto Office Market Report, and it's not looking so hot for UrbanToronto's search for new office space; For the 7th consecutive quarter we've...
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QRC West Continues to Grow and Bring Change to Former Entertainment District
While we tend to focus most of our attention on residential development, we haven't lost sight of Toronto's growing commercial sector. Historically, companies chose to locate themselves outside the...
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CBRE Releases First Quarter Stats on Toronto's Office Market
CBRE Ltd. just released their first quarter stats for 2012 on Toronto's office rental market, accounting for the market's stance between January and April of this year. CBRE examines both the financial...
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dataBase Project of the Day: RBC Waterpark Place III
Our booming business district is bursting at the seams, evidenced by the intense media coverage of the Southcore Financial Centre as well as the many solo projects — such as QRC West — that we're...
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Toronto's "Other" Development: Commercial Projects Under Construction
While it may be difficult to see through all the marketing campaigns, news articles and construction sites devoted to our booming condominium market, Toronto has quite an active commercial development...
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Demolition of 56 Blue Jays Way for Future Bisha Hotel and Residences
Lifetime Development and Ink Entertainment's Bisha Hotel and Residences looks to be making progress after an extensive wait. Located on Blue Jays Way just south of King Street, the Wallman-designed...
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CentreCourt Developments Sending Three Towers Skyward
CentreCourt Developments is one of the newest players on the Toronto development scene, with three successful projects launched in the past 16 months. UrbanToronto had the opportunity to sit down with...
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Fabrik Condos Add Texture to Queen and Spadina
The redevelopment of Toronto's fashion district continues with Menkes Developments' Fabrik Condos at 431 Richmond Street West, just west of Spadina Avenue. The fashion district and adjacent nightclub...
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Allied Reit's Queen Richmond Centre West Fully Underway
It's not just an ongoing condo boom that keep construction workers busy in this city: new offices in and around the downtown core have been opening or under construction constantly for a few years now....
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Former Building at Peter and Richmond Cleared to Make Way for Tableau...
While many out there (myself included) feel cheated out of a proper Canadian winter, our city's developers and construction companies sure aren't complaining. We've seen near year-round construction on...
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Richmond Continues to Change with Studio and Studio2
Since breaking ground earlier this spring, work on the foundation for Studio and Studio2 on Richmond by Aspen Ridge Homes has progressed down four storeys deep. We can expect to see a crane popping up...
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Queen Richmond Centre West: Unwrapped and Making Progress
An empty shell currently resting on the northwest corner of Richmond and Peter Streets may not look too lively at the moment, but recent work on the building promises that this heritage structure will...
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Making Structural Touch Points at Queen Richmond Centre West
The remarkable challenge at Queen Richmond Centre West involves the suspension of a 13-storey office building over top of two four-storey historic buildings. With the century-old corner property...
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Impressive Delta Frames Undergoing Assembly at QRC West
Queen Richmond Centre West, or QRC West, developed by Allied Properties REIT and designed by &Co. Architects, is destined to be a landmark in Toronto’s Entertainment District. Due for completion in...
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Unique Delta Frame Assembly Progressing at QRC West
Yesterday we introduced you to the special construction now going on at Queen Richmond Centre West, a new office complex being developed by Allied Properties REIT and designed by &Co. Architects....
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Must-See Time Lapse Video of QRC West Delta Frame Installation
A couple of weeks ago we brought you some of the great shots that the team from engineering firm CastConnex were getting of the installation of the X-shaped delta frames at Allied Properties REIT's...
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Construction Continues on QRC West's Exciting Structure
One of the most fascinating developments in Toronto at the moment is the Queen Richmond Centre West (QRC West), developed by Allied Properties REIT and designed by Sweeny Sterling Finlayson &Co....
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