10 Reasons You Need to Walk or Ride Every Day
This month, our Walkability series has not only featured some of Toronto’s most walkable neighbourhoods, but we’ve also discovered many reasons why travelling around the city by foot or bicycle is a great way to stay healthy and happy.Walking is an
A New Gadget to Make Your Home Healthier
Via Tech CrunchRecently, we discussed how a few Toronto developers are incorporating the latest technology in their condo projects to appeal to homebuyers. We’re seeing everything from state-of-the-art gaming rooms to fibre optic wiring being
Just keep swimming
By: Sam ReissWhat do we do when life gets us down? Just keep swimming, at least according to Finding Nemo’s Dory, an animated Blue Tang. With the recent ground-breaking on Toronto’s upcoming $158 million aquatics centre, city folk shouldn’t find that too
Canary District: A New Kind of Downtown Living
If you live in or around Toronto, you have heard about the Canary District by Dundee Kilmer. We have gone for three construction tours of the master plan over in the West Don Lands, we have visited the sales centre, but what we haven’t done in a while is
Spring Valley Village: Coming to Brampton!
For the past few months, we at the Toronto Star's NewInHomes.com have noticed that builders are getting better and better at incorporating the natural surroundings into their low-rise communities - and Royal Pine Homes is no exception.
The 10 most unaffordable major housing markets in the world
So, you think Toronto’s an expensive place to buy a home? Not according to the 13th Annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2017. Hong Kong took the top position as the most unaffordable housing market, followed by Sydney,
2221 Yonge Condos: Preview Opening!
On Sept. 21, we headed up to the Yonge and Eglinton neighbourhood in Toronto to check out the Preview Opening of 2221 Yonge Condos, a new development by Tower Hill Development Corporation.The Preview OpeningDespite the constant downpour, there was a
Yading Cliff Building: Amazing Design by ELEV
As far as natural landscapes go, Toronto doesn’t have the most interesting one. Sure, we have Lake Ontario, rivers, forested areas and such, but the land itself is pretty flat. Not like Yading Village in the Daocheng County, Sichuan Province of China,
Architecture and fashion come together at RAW WEAR
One of the most highly anticipated events in Toronto’s architecture scene is RAW Design’s annual community event. This year, RAW WEAR took over an abandoned auto body shop in one of the city’s hottest up-and-coming areas.
What’s it Worth to You?
Did you hear the one about the fixer-upper that went for $1.366 million? In the Toronto real estate market, that’s no joke.In April, a five-bedroom handyman’s special on Glencairn in the Yonge and Lawrence area sold for 195% of its $699,000 asking price
