On December 10th the Toronto Star published an article which described how a group of Mississauga residents are opposed to a developer’s proposal to build a “seniors apartment and assisted-living” complex near their homes on the site of a convent owned by the Carmelite Sisters of Canada, who also operated a senior’s home which was closed in 2015. You can… Read more »
In the first post in this series I examined historical unit mix data to see what types of purpose-built rentals have been built in twenty of Ontario’s largest cities. The data shows that since 2000 developers building new rentals have generally shifted to more 2 bed than 1 bed units while significantly reducing the number of studio and 3 bed… Read more »
In the first post in this series I examined historical unit mix data to see what types of purpose-built rentals have been built in twenty of Ontario’s largest cities. The data shows that since 2000 developers have generally shifted to building more 2 bed units, while significantly reducing the number of studio and 3 bed units. In the second post… Read more »
Whenever I drive into the city to visit the public library I pass on my route a small purpose-built rental apartment building which has always intrigued me. First of all it’s very small, with four or maybe six units total. Second, it was built as an infill project in an area of the city which has been C class for… Read more »
In the first post in this series I examined historical unit mix data to see what mix of purpose-built rental units have been built over the past few decades. My analysis found that since the year 2000 in twenty of Ontario’s largest cities developers have constructed far more 2 bed units than they did before 2000, while at the same… Read more »