Teagan has covered Toronto, GTA, and Ontario cottage country real estate. Before coming to STOREYS as a staff writer, she was a freelance writer for Toronto Life and Cottage Life.
At a Committee meeting on Thursday, councillors adopted a number of items that tackle the missing middle, optimizing building guidelines, and addressing office vs. housing needs throughout the City.At a Planning and Housing Committee meeting on Thursday, councillors adopted a number of items aimed at providing more housing across Toronto.
Updates to the guidelines include height increases up to 14 storeys for mid-rise buildings adjacent to streets with a 45-meter right-of-way width. The new guidelines suggest that "On streets of any right-of-way width, additional height, taller than the adjacent ROW width, may be considered on deep sites.
A 49-storey, 631-unit mixed-use development from Fitzrovia was recently proposed for St Clair Avenue and Avenue Road and it's chock-full of interesting features and amenities.CURV Developer Sues Presale Purchaser Over Unpaid Deposits On 4 Units
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