Tag: London developments
A tower at 200 Albert St. that came to the city last December as a12-storey, 257 unit development has hit a growth spurt, and will go to the city’s planning and environment committee Monday as a 16-st
What a difference a year makes. In the case of one proposed downtown highrise, about four floors and nearly 70 units. A tower at 200 Albert St. that came to the city last December as a12-storey, 257-unit development has hit a growth spurt, and will go to the city’s planning and environment committee Monday as […]
Letters to the Editor: November 4, 2023
Investment in peril
The Upper Queen Ratepayers Association will not fight London city council’s decision to rezone 489 Upper Queen St. for 10 townhouses on what used to sit a single-family home, admitting it is a fight t
A controversial townhouse development on Upper Queen will go ahead, after the neighbourhood group opposing it dropped its appeal.
Letters to the Editor: October 21, 2023
Donation a bribe
City politicians approved York Developments proposal for the $400-million project of 53 and 43-storey towers with 800 units at 50 King Street.
London’s downtown will get two massive new highrise residential towers at the fork of the Thames after city council threw its support behind the ambitious development on Tuesday.
Affordable housing: Should developer of twin towers have to provide units?
York Developments’ commitment, earlier this week, to give $500,000 to Indwell, instead of including affordable units in their proposed downtown highrises is welcome, and not surprising, according to stakeholders.
City hall’s planning and environment committee Tuesday unanimously approved a pitch by York Developments for 53- and 43-storey towers at 50 King Street and an adjacent lot, a skyline altering 800 unit
A chorus of critics for what would be two massive residential highrise towers at the forks of the Thames River was met with an impassioned plea by city politicians to let the city grow. City hall’s planning and environment committee Tuesday unanimously approved a pitch by York Developments for 53- and 43-storey towers at 50 […]
City politicians recently approved the demolition of the former Old East bar at 763-769 Dundas St., for a 200-unit apartment tower for immigrants to London.
A shuttered bar in east London may fall, so affordable housing for newcomers to London may rise.
A massive townhouse development in northwest London may help with London’s housing needs, but the fight is on to maintain the sense of community in a rapidly growing area, said one city politician.
A massive townhouse development in northwest London may help with London’s housing needs, but the fight is on to maintain the sense of community in a rapidly growing area, said one city politician.
White Oaks Mall, the retail anchor in south London, has been sold and is now in the hands of a prominent London developer.
White Oaks Mall, the retail anchor in south London, has been sold to a prominent London developer. Westdell Development Corp. has added White Oaks to its commercial holdings and plans a new look for the commercial centre, including a new facade, stores on pads separate from the mall, and residential towers on site, president Iyman […]