Toronto
Ontario Office-to-Residential Conversion Act Voted Down
The Ford Government of Ontario, Canada, voted down the Commercial-to-Residential Conversion Act 2024, which would have cut red tape and sped up such conversions by up to two years as...
Revamped Toronto Tower Plan Points to Post-Pandemic Trend
H&R REIT has resubmitted plans for its tower development at 310 and 330 Front Street West in Toronto’s Entertainment District to add a residential tower and eliminate an office building,...
Toronto Skyscraper Proposal Nearly Doubles in Height
Altree Developments’ proposed 23-story tower at 1705 Weston Road in Toronto has grown since 2020 to 43 stories with nearly double the number of residential units, in line with Ontario’s...
Toronto Tower Proposal Gets Taller Following MTSA Designation
Following the Canadian province of Ontario establishing so-called Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs), a plan for a residential tower at 2810 Bayview Avenue in Toronto has evolved from a previous...
Ouimet Promoted to KJA COO
Toronto-headquartered vertical-transportation consultancy KJA announced on August 1 the promotion of Martin Ouimet from director, eastern Canada, to chief operating officer (COO). With more than 17 years at KJA, Ouimet...
VDA Acquires Canada’s GUNN Consultants
East Hanover, New Jersey-headquartered VDA, Inc. announced on July 9 it has acquired Canada-based vertical-transportation (VT) consultancy GUNN Consultants. GUNN was founded in 1983 as an engineering consulting firm specializing...
“Floating” Addition Proposed Atop Historic Toronto Apartment Building
Developer ProWinko has proposed a 10-story addition designed by Alliance that would “float” one story above a historic, four-story apartment building in Toronto’s Annex neighborhood, Urban Toronto reports. Bringing the...
150 TKE Victoria Escalators Enhance Accessibility at Guangzhou Baiyun Train Station
TK Elevator (TKE) announced on May 28 it provided 150 heavy-duty victoria escalators for the newly reopened Guangzhou Baiyun train station in Guangzhou, China. Positioned as one of China's cutting-edge...
Planned Toronto Supertalls Spur Concerns About Elevator Wait Times
Buildings taller than 300 m, also known as supertalls, are set to multiply in Toronto, and some observers are concerned they will be under-elevatored, since neither the province of Ontario...
ATTA Elevators Acquires Performance Elevator
Ontario, Canada-headquartered ATTA Elevators, a full-service independent elevator and escalator company, has announced the acquisition of Performance Elevator, a founder-run elevator service business focused on maintenance, repair and modernization across...
