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News ReleasesMarch 19, 2025City of Toronto and Government of Canada enter $2.55 billion landmark agreement in principle to build more rental homes faster(Opens in a new window)News ReleasesMarch 19, 2025Today, Mayor Olivia Chow was joined by the Honourable Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Julie Dabrusin, Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth and Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik (Spadina-Fort York) to announce federal commitments to build more homes and address homelessness in Toronto.
News Releases, Project UpdatesMarch 13, 2025767 new homes coming to Toronto(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesMarch 13, 2025The federal government announced more than $365 million to build 767 new homes in Toronto. The announcement was made by The Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, alongside James Pasternak, Toronto City Councillor for York-Centre, Vic Gupta, CEO of CreateTO, and Kevin Green, President and CEO of Greenwin Corp.
News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 26, 2024City of Toronto and CreateTO break ground on new mixed-use, transit-oriented housing project with 520 affordable rental homes(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 26, 2024Today, Mayor Olivia Chow celebrated the start of construction of a new mixed-use, transit-oriented housing project adjacent to the TTC’s Wilson Station that will deliver a total of 1,484 homes including 520 affordable rental homes.
News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 21, 2024City of Toronto and CreateTO announce development partners and vision for the historic Toronto Coach Terminal site(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 21, 2024Today, the City of Toronto and CreateTO announced the Kilmer Group and Tricon Residential (Kilmer-Tricon) as the preferred proponents for the redevelopment of the City-owned sites at 610 Bay St. and 130 Elizabeth St. – home to the decommissioned Toronto Coach Terminal.
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Building the city we love. That’s what we set out to do over this past year, and not just through bricks and mortar, but by envisioning new beginnings, new experiences and new communities for the people of Toronto and for those who want to call it home.
Project Updates, Media CoverageMarch 19, 2025The Up and Coming Cities Swiping Hollywood’s Dollars(Opens in a new window)Project Updates, Media CoverageMarch 19, 2025Hackman Capital and the MBS Group are moving ahead with plans to develop the Basin Media Hub, a $250 million film studio on an 8.9-acre waterfront site. “We’ll probably have a big celebration when we put that shovel in the ground,” says Julie Dabrusin, a federal member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth, which includes the city’s waterfront studio district.
News ReleasesMarch 19, 2025City of Toronto and Government of Canada enter $2.55 billion landmark agreement in principle to build more rental homes faster(Opens in a new window)News ReleasesMarch 19, 2025Today, Mayor Olivia Chow was joined by the Honourable Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Julie Dabrusin, Member of Parliament for Toronto-Danforth and Deputy Mayor Ausma Malik (Spadina-Fort York) to announce federal commitments to build more homes and address homelessness in Toronto.
News Releases, Project UpdatesMarch 13, 2025767 new homes coming to Toronto(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesMarch 13, 2025The federal government announced more than $365 million to build 767 new homes in Toronto. The announcement was made by The Honourable Ya’ara Saks, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, alongside James Pasternak, Toronto City Councillor for York-Centre, Vic Gupta, CEO of CreateTO, and Kevin Green, President and CEO of Greenwin Corp.
CreateTO InsiderFebruary 5, 2025Ted Rogers Real Estate Association - 2025 Expand Your Empire Case CompetitionCreateTO InsiderFebruary 5, 2025For the seventh year in a row, CreateTO provided the case for the Ted Rogers Real Estate Association Expand Your Empire Case Competition that took place on Saturday, February 1, 2025. CreateTO's Carlo Bonanni, Senior Vice President, Planning and Design and Melita Varga, Director, Client & Stakeholder Enablement were on the judging panel and this year, the case
News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 26, 2024City of Toronto and CreateTO break ground on new mixed-use, transit-oriented housing project with 520 affordable rental homes(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 26, 2024Today, Mayor Olivia Chow celebrated the start of construction of a new mixed-use, transit-oriented housing project adjacent to the TTC’s Wilson Station that will deliver a total of 1,484 homes including 520 affordable rental homes.
Project UpdatesNovember 26, 202450 Wilson Heights Boulevard: Building a new transit-oriented, complete community in York CentreProject UpdatesNovember 26, 2024On November 26, 2024, the City of Toronto, CreateTO and our development partners announced the start of construction at 50 Wilson Heights Boulevard, which will transform an eight-acre parking lot into a transit-oriented complete community with affordable housing at the TTC’s Wilson Station.
Media Coverage, Project UpdatesNovember 22, 2024New development for Toronto’s old bus terminal includes housing for health care workers(Opens in a new window)Media Coverage, Project UpdatesNovember 22, 2024The City plans to turn the former Bay Street bus terminal into a mixed-income, mixed-use development that reserves some of its affordable units for first responders and health-care workers, the mayor announced Thursday.
Project UpdatesNovember 21, 2024Reimagining the Toronto Coach Terminal Site at 610 Bay StreetProject UpdatesNovember 21, 2024On November 21, 2024, CreateTO, on behalf of the City of Toronto, announced the Kilmer Group and Tricon Residential (Kilmer-Tricon) as the preferred proponent team to reimagine the ModernTO site at 610 Bay Street and 130 Elizabeth Street, the former home of the Toronto Coach Terminal.
News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 21, 2024City of Toronto and CreateTO announce development partners and vision for the historic Toronto Coach Terminal site(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesNovember 21, 2024Today, the City of Toronto and CreateTO announced the Kilmer Group and Tricon Residential (Kilmer-Tricon) as the preferred proponents for the redevelopment of the City-owned sites at 610 Bay St. and 130 Elizabeth St. – home to the decommissioned Toronto Coach Terminal.
Media Coverage, Project UpdatesOctober 25, 2024CreateTO and Collecdev-Markee Partner on Affordable Rental Development in Davisville Village(Opens in a new window)Media Coverage, Project UpdatesOctober 25, 2024The City of Toronto's real estate agency, CreateTO, has partnered with Collecdev-Markee Developments to transform City-owned land into a new residential community in Davisville Village, as part of the City’s efforts towards addressing the housing affordability crisis.
Media Coverage, Project UpdatesSeptember 20, 2024A bold and friendly face for Toronto’s Port Lands(Opens in a new window)Media Coverage, Project UpdatesSeptember 20, 2024The east end of Toronto’s Port Lands is a dusty, feral landscape, thick with wild thistles and growling trucks. One block of Leslie Street houses an aggregate yard, a water treatment plant and a supplier of ready-mix concrete. Last week they got an unlikely neighbour. Leslie Lookout Park, which opened Saturday, is a place like no other.
