Press Releases

Read about the latest announcements on our real estate development projects, leasing and community engagement initiatives.

2019

October 15, 2019

CreateTO, in partnership with the City of Toronto, launches market offering for Housing Now sites

September 25, 2019

September 18, 2019

ModernTO plan optimizes the City’s real estate assets to unlock cost savings and city-building opportunities

January 30, 2019

CreateTO Announces Appointment of New Chief Executive Officer

2018

For Media & PR:

Susan O’Neill | Marketing & Communications
Telephone: 1-416-981-3759
soneill@createto.ca

CreateTO In the News

Council approves six sites for affordable housing

Toronto Star – May 28, 2020

Council has approved six city-owned sites for future affordable housing development. The decision to expedite the second phase of Mayor John Tory’s signature housing program, Housing Now, was made during a day-long virtual meeting on Thursday.

Urban Toronto – May 4, 2020

A proposal to build three buildings with a substantial affordable housing component on the City-owned commuter parking lot just north of Warden subway station now includes higher densities.

Globe and Mail – March 20, 2020

When Toronto city council last month approved the final plan for a locally contentious mixed-income apartment development near Wilson subway station, the number of affordable rental units was actually 25 per cent higher than the initial proposal, which was made public only a year ago.

BlogTO – March 14, 2020

A plan to revitalize the ferry terminal that serves as the gateway to the Toronto islands is one step closer to coming to fruition. The project proposes a beautiful redesign of the portion of the Toronto waterfront that more than a million tourists and locals travel through each year to get to one of the city’s biggest attractions.

Urban Toronto – January 27, 2020

An Official Plan amendment, rezoning, and subdivision approval is being sought from the City of Toronto for the redevelopment of a vacant brownfield site at 411 Victoria Park Avenue in Scarborough.

How do you build an island in Toronto?

Toronto Star – January 4, 2020

David Kusturin stands at the top of a scaffold five metres above the ground just south of Commissioners Street in Toronto’s Port Lands and surveys the busy construction scene before him.

Urban Toronto – December 9, 2019

The development is located at the northwest corner of Eglinton West and Wincott Drive in Etobicoke on the site of an existing suburban plaza, and proposes to add three new towers while retaining the existing retail structure on site.

CBC News – October 1, 2019

Garrison Crossing — a new bridge linking parks in the downtown area of Toronto — officially opened to residents on Tuesday.

CP24 – October 1, 2019

Pedestrians and cyclists will be able to walk from the north of Trinity Bellwood’s Park to the south of Fort York using the Garrison Crossing Bridge, which opened earlier Tuesday.

Toronto Star – September 24, 2019

Mayor John Tory’s signature affordable housing plan is moving forward after the city’s realty agency signed off on business cases for four sites, the details of which are being kept from the public.

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January 30, 2019

December 7, 2018

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August 13, 2018

July 28, 2018

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