Condos

One developer has found a way to build condos at $60,000 less than it costs the average Toronto developer. Through deferrals from the city, money is made available to assist homebuyers with their down payments.

February 18, 2009 - The Tyee

Construction is booming in Vancouver, with tall condo buildings rising around the city. The city has become more sophisticated over the last several years, and has attracted a significant market of second-home buyers.

December 6, 2008 - The New York Times

Toronto is swimming in high-rise construction, with the second highest rate in the world. Some say this shift to the urban core spells the end of sprawl in Toronto.

September 19, 2008 - Globe and Mail

Developers in Detroit are planning a condominium project completely made out of used shipping containers. But city approval is needed before the project can move forward.

May 19, 2008 - The Detroit Free Press

Developers and politicians in L.A. are stealthily moving forward with plans to build a skyscraper in the heart of Hollywood -- a 40-story project that would tower high over existing development in the area.

May 5, 2008 - LA Weekly

Critic Christopher Hume bemoans the destruction of historic homes in Toronto to make way for new residential condo towers.

March 24, 2008 - The Toronto Star

Condos are booming in Vancouver, and as a result the city's young creatives are being squeezed out.

March 18, 2008 - The Globe & Mail

It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle. ~Ernest Hemingway

September 9, 2007 - Mike Lydon