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Some Canadian housing markets improved markedly in May
Canada’s housing market seems to be shaking off the coronavirus pandemic. The market made a marked recovery in May...
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Sidewalk Labs abandons Toronto smart city megaproject
Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs is abandoning a 12-acre smart city project on Toronto’s waterfront. Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff...
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Alphabet’s wooden skyscraper in Toronto could be tallest in the world
Alphabet’s architecture and design arm has unveiled a proof of concept for what could be the world’s tallest mass-timber...
The TRD weekly global digest
Every week, The Real Deal rounds up the biggest real estate news from around the globe. United Kingdom The future of the Tulip Tower has wilted. London Mayor Sadiq Khan denied approval for the controversial...
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Alphabet could use Hudson Yards as template to finance Toronto megaproject
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, may look to Hudson Yards as a model for how to finance an 800-acre urban...
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Think its hard to rent in NYC? Don’t move to Toronto
If you thought it possible to abandon your renting woes in New York by heading north of the U.S....
Real estate agent discovers dead Toronto billionaires while showing house
A Canadian real estate agent took clients to see a Toronto mansion last December and found two dead billionaires...
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Toronto developers pulling out of pre-sold condo projects
Toronto’s condominium developers are pulling the plug on projects with significant numbers of pre-sales as construction costs climb and...
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Toronto’s condo sales soar thanks to regulatory efforts to cool the resi market
Regulations can’t hold Toronto’s condo market down. Condo prices have risen 20 percent compared to February last year, according...
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The first victim if Toronto’s housing market crashes? McMansions
Some view the existence of McMansions as categorically bad architecture, but, whether deemed tasteful or not in the eye...