The GTA-905: Mid / High Rise Development Thread!
 

Post any development related news in the GTA's 905 area here! (Mississauga, Brampton, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, Pickering, Ajax, etc..) :cheers:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=195909

Merge the threads?

big oops!

lol!

VAUGHAN: Major Mac mixed-use settlement approved
 

Major Mac Mixed-use Settlement Approved
from Novae Res Urbis
November 30, 2011

In a decision issued November 23, board member Jason Chee-Hing approved a settlement agreement for appeals by Cicchino Holdings Limited. The appeals concerned a decision by the City of Vaughan to enact zoning by-law and official amendments for Cicchino Holdings’ property at 3812 Major Mackenzie Drive.

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The proposed development includes 430 units in two residential towers with 70 townhouse units and 26,613-square feet of commercial-retail space in a low-rise building that will front Major Mackenzie Drive.

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Two 12 storey towers, one fronts onto Major Mac, the other onto Weston Rd.

Nice Article on Absolute World Towers in Mississauga

First Look: Absolute City Centre
MAD

http://archrecord.construction.com/p...ute-Towers.asp


http://archrecord.construction.com/p...rs-600x400.jpg

Absolute was such a brilliant design. Yansong Ma really needs to design more buildings for Toronto (GTA).

RICHMOND HILL: Mediation for Yonge towers requested
 

Mediation for Yonge Towers Requested
from Novae Res Urbis
November 16, 2011

In a decision issued November 9, board member Helen Jackson set aside two weeks beginning January 9 for a full hearing of appeals by Torview Properties Inc., should mediation not resolve outstanding issues among parties.

Torview Properties appealed to the board after the Town of Richmond Hill failed to make a decision with respect to its rezoning and official plan amendment applications. It is proposing a 463-unit condominium with two towers ranging from 15 to 21 storeys, with ground-floor retail on a 2.45-acre site at 9471 Yonge Street.

VAUGHAN: 4800 Highway 7
 

Vaughan public meetings (from NRU November 23, 2011)
The City of Vaughan will host a public meeting December 6 at 7 p.m. in council chambers to consider a rezoning application by 2190647 Ontario Inc. The application seeks permission to develop two 10-storey residential buildings with 232 units, 155 square metres of ground floor commercial space and 317 parking spaces. A one-storey ground floor structure will connect the two towers.

http://www.vaughan.ca/vaughan/counci...h%291206_2.pdf

Two oval footprint towers replacing an ugly mini-mall.

Mississauga Town Square wins Design Awards!

http://www.mississauga.com/news/arti...s-design-award

http://media.mmgcommunity.topscms.co...e6b4ec9eee.jpg

86 Dundas Street East, Mississauga, 33 storeys

From Urbanation: http://twitter.com/urbanation

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/8808/465119302.jpg

Good to see Mississauga staying on the radar

where do you guys find this stuff?

a magical thing called google XD nah, i have no clue.

I often check out Urbanation and BuzzBuzzHome's Twitter feeds (along with many others) for project info and updates. They're both great real estate insiders. I love how Twitter and social media has made condo market info so much more accessible.

Watermark Condos, Oakville, Ontario

80 Navy Street, 104-114 Robinson Street, Oakville Harbour

http://www.watermarkcondos.ca/

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3935/watermarkv.png

http://uptownmarkham.com/index.html

http://uptownmarkham.com/brokers/images/topbar_05.jpg

Xpression Condos, Richmond Hill (9471 Yonge Street)

http://stevenwarsh.com/developments/...ervatory-lane/

http://stevenwarsh.com/images/develo...ory-lane_7.jpg

http://stevenwarsh.com/images/develo...ry-lane_15.jpg

http://stevenwarsh.com/images/develo...ry-lane_16.jpg

http://stevenwarsh.com/images/develo...ry-lane_17.jpg

South Unionville Square, Markham

http://www.southunionvillesquare.com...esidences.html

http://www.southunionvillesquare.com...residences.jpg

http://www.southunionvillesquare.com...nal_lowres.jpg

http://www.southunionvillesquare.com/image/Lobby.jpg

Grand Genesis, Richmond Hill

Renderings found on BuzzBuzzHome:

http://grandgenesis.com/

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/grand-genesis

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/3183/gg1ry.jpg

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/3779/gg2u.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/home.html

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_01.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_02.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_03.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_04.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_08.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_09.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_10.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_14.jpg

http://www.kingsquare.ca/images/virtual_18.jpg