From BlogTo - West House Retail Online furniture store opening first Toronto brick-and-mortar location Modern furniture brand, Article, is officially expanding into physical retail in Toronto and has announced plans to open its first brick-and-mortar store in the city later this year. The...

Photos from yesterday (Monday, March 9) and today. Major observations. First of all, a large increase in the number of workers involved in the cladding installation activities - two crews active - not just the once crew that had previously been the practice since the current cladding work...

As noted in the prior posts, installation of the King Toronto cladding panels appears to have quickened quite a bit. Over the past couple of weeks both tower cranes have been quite active. Level 6 has now been completed around almost the entire building. Some recent photos: Newly...

CIBC Square Press Release - February 17. Both Towers Now Fully Leased: CIBC SQUARE'S 141 BAY STREET ACHIEVES FULL LEASE-UP IN DOWNTOWN TORONTO News provided by La Caisse Feb 17, 2026, 10:01 ET Milestone Underscores the Enduring Value of Premium Office Assets TORONTO, Feb. 17, 2026 /CNW/ -...

The past week has been consistently active at King Toronto. Photos are from Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. But one comment for which there is no photo - for the first time in a very long while, the King Toronto site was active on a Saturday - a full size flat-bed truck arriving just before 1...

And the tower crane has been completely taken down, all that is left now is the temporary derrick:

400 King West now has a derrick set up for taking down the tower cranel.

From Bloomberg (but it is all over the news) Trump Threatens to Block Detroit-Canada Bridge in New Trade Row By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Thomas Seal February 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM EST President Donald Trump said he would start negotiations with Canada over a bridge project to connect Michigan and...

New restaurant coming at The Well - Noyaa, with a Mediterranean - Asian focus. Given that the deadline for submissions to the AGCO was October 22, 2025, I can only presume the notice had previously been posted on the upper floor hallway, as I had never seen it in all the times going by over...

From Friday, February 6: Hoisting activities were ongoing for pretty much the entire day on Friday, but still focusing on the interior courtyard facades. New scaffolding has been installed on the front facade of the east most heritage building on King Street - presumably that is why the...

The main activity at King Toronto over the past couple of weeks has been the ongoing installation of the Level 6 cladding within the interior courtyard facades. The tower crane has been active on all but two of the week days, with one quiet day being that of the snow storm, and the other the...

Just a reminder - when CN sold the Lakeshore tracks to Metrolinx CN retained running rights, and uses the overnight hours when GO is not running to make its deliveries and pick-ups at its customers along the Lakeshore tracks. So there are not five clear hours without traffic most nights along...

Morning half-light at Portland Commons, Monday, January 26: And yes, the Columbus Cafe is now open.

With cladding activities having resumed on January 13, much progress has been made. Over the seven work days since then (no activity on Thursday, January 15th due to the storm), the Level 5 cladding has been completed over the entire south facade, as well as the short east facade segment...

No visible activity at King Toronto today, but yesterday was another good day for the cladding crew. Both tower cranes were active during the day. A number of additional Level 5 cladding and glazing sections were installed along the south facade. The amount of work done in just two days...