Category: Housing
Goodbye parking lots, hello housing? City politicians await builders’ pitches
Developers will be able to pitch their ideas for housing on a city-owned parking lot in Old East Village this summer after politicians were urged to slow the process down and do more consultation. Initiated by Mayor Josh Morgan through a strong mayor order last year, city hall staff had begun looking at the potential […]
$4.8M funding boost for historic SoHo supportive housing project
A building in London’s SoHo neighbourhood that was built in 1921 and once housed Western University medical students is getting a new lease on life as highly supportive housing units, with the help of an anonymous donor who pledged $4.8 million in capital funding and up to $1.1 million in matching funding in support of […]
London builder offers huge mortgage break to homebuyers as sales lag
Grappling with a larger-than-usual inventory of unsold homes amid a market slowdown, a London developer is offering up to $100,000 in zero-interest loans to help first-time homebuyers snatch up some of its properties.
Is it time for London to get its first new public high school in 50 years?
One plot of land, two different possible outcomes for northwest London: a new high school or more than 600 units of housing in multiple buildings. LFP reporter Jack Moulton takes a look at a pitch to help round out a subdivision near the city’s northern border. A SECONDARY SCHOOL? Developer Landea Developments Inc. has put […]
Pearson: Canada must return to its roots as building nation
Canada’s population has more than doubled since 1960 to more than 40 million, but housing starts haven’t kept pace.