Inside the GTA - a look at development in and around Toronto in July 2022

Canderel recently broke ground at 625 Sheppard, a new midrise in the heart of the Bayview Village neighbourhood. The 10-storey boutique building is the latest in a series of community-driven midrise developments to start construction for Canderel. The building is 98 per cent sold, with 75 per cent of sales occurring in the first two weeks.

Lifetime Developments to refurbish basketball courts across Toronto

Lifetime Developments and adidas Canada launched Homecourt Advantage, a new revitalization project that will refurbish community basketball courts, including the creation of public art, across Toronto. Lifetime Developments, a city builder and community leader with more than four decades of experience in Toronto, and the global performance brand adidas Canada, will kick off Homecourt Advantage’s inaugural year with the renovation and infusion of art into two beloved courts – Stanley Park and Oak Street Park.

Bryan Espiritu, a Toronto-born painter, product designer and graphic artist, will be focused on Stanley Park, at 890 King St. W., near Liberty Village, and Blake Angeconeb, an Anishinaabe woodlands artist who hails from Treaty 3 territory, will be working on Oak Street Park, which is located at 165 River St. in Cabbagetown. Construction will start this summer. homecourtadv.com

Co-working spaces at Bridge House come naturally

Truong Ly of Truong Ly Design chose a garden-inspired co-working space rather than a more traditional architectural expression when designing Bridge House, the latest building in the much-anticipated multi-phase, multi-building community of Brightwater in Mississauga.

As Truong Ly Design’s largest-ever design undertaking, Ly wanted to emphasize light, airy and natural aesthetics with a serene and coastal vibe with Bridge House. The result is a luminous effect which is carried across the glass, bridges to the amenity deck where residents will enter a floating garden in the stunning co-working space.

Bridge House is part of the 72-acre master-planned Brightwater community in Port Credit. The project team is a consortium of four developers, including Kilmer Group, DiamondCorp, Dream Unlimited, and FRAM + Slokker. The community officially started construction last fall. experiencebrightwater.ca

Menkes announces its latest project – Elektra

Rising in the heart of the city near the intersection of Jarvis Street and Dundas Street East, Elektra, a new condominium by Menkes, is taking registrations now.

The new community is located near shopping, transit, dining and is within walking distances of many of Toronto’s top entertainment venues, as well as Toronto Metropolitan University.

Two future facilities – the 45-storey TMU Health Science Complex and the 60,000-sq.-ft. Centre for Urban Innovation – will also be nearby, as will the upcoming Ontario Subway Line. menkes.com

Canderel launches Forest Hill’s largest mixed-use community

Canderel’s just-announced Forêt project will open up a historically vacant corner next to St. Clair West Subway Station.

With three residential towers, retail amenities and a new city park planned, this will be the largest ever mixed-used community in Forest Hill, revitalizing the area while being well connected to the TTC’s St. Clair West subway and streetcar.

Tall and slender, with a light-coloured podium and accenting bronze panels, Forêt’s towers marry modernism with traditional luxury, while also providing a sophisticated backdrop for the public amenity spaces. liveatforet.ca