A selection of the best development stories we published this year. All stories written by development editor Bert Archer.
Bixi is dead. Long live Bixi
Despite its fatal business model, Bixi will survive, but it won’t be Bixi anymore. [...
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Dufferin Bridge is gone
Just before 1:30 on Monday morning, the 101-year-old Dufferin Bridge ceased to be. After alarming inspectors enough with its pendulous concrete to order an immediate closure in June, the bridge over the GO Transit railway line ended up proving a little more stalwart than city workers expected. [...
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Chief Planner talks suburban mobility
At Monday’s meeting of the Chief Planner’s Roundtable, consultant Jane Farrow announced to the 200 attendees that 60 per cent of the people living in eight so-called tower neighbourhoods in the inner suburbs do not have drivers' licenses. This is big news. [...
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Beach rebrands its BIA
Just when we we're getting used to calling the Beaches the Beach, the association of businesses that contributes to the upkeep of the commercial strip in the Beach has rebranded itself to reflect the changing nature of the neighbourhood. [...
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Metrolinx listens to community, reverts to old plan
You may wonder, reading about all the public consultations covered in this space week after week, what it's all for. We found out. [...
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Port Authority releases video highlighting airport's economic importance
Just as Billy Bishop Airport is in the news again, with a proposal from Porter to expand the island airport’s repertoire to jets, the Toronto Port Authority has released a video highlighting the airport’s economic contributions to the city. [...
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Lower Yonge Precinct to avoid 'wall of condos'
Waterfront convened the first of several public planning and design meetings to let local residents and the general public in on what's in store for the area surrounding the foot of Yonge Street. [...
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U of T releases new design for architecture school at One Spadina Crescent
It turns out, One Spadina Crescent, the big 19th-century building Spadina curves around just north of College, was never completed. The University of Toronto School of Architecture is going to change that. [...
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Demolition begins to clear way for seven-story Dundas West mid-rise
After a slight delay due to softer-than-anticipated soil, demolition began this week for the city’s latest mid-rise. [...
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Pearson airport opens first of 13 new restaurants
There’s a renaissance of sorts going on at Pearson airport. [...
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