News & Updates


OAA Architecturally Speaking: The Future of Housing – Laneway and Garden Suites

December 1, 2023
OAA Ryan Schwartz December 01, 2023 We are glad to share that we’ve been recently featured the OAA...

Multiplex makeover: From a single-family downtown Toronto dwelling to 10 rental units

September 14, 2023
Maclean’s Alex Cyr September 13, 2023 We are glad to share that we’ve been recently featured in Maclean’s...

Missing Units – NRU | TORONTO

NRU | Toronto Matt Durnan Friday, May 26, 2023 We are very excited to share the interview with...

Toronto Multiplex Conversion Swaps One Housing Unit For Ten

August 25, 2023
Storeys Zakiya Kassam Aug 24, 2023 Check out our latest feature by Storeys where our founder Craig talks...

Podcast feature: Embracing Change: Evolution of Housing and the Role of Laneway and Garden Suites

August 11, 2023
The REITE Club – Real Estate Investing for Canadians July 21, 2023     Policy changes have played...

Two Toronto rental projects find the missing middle for housing – The Globe and Mail

July 5, 2023
Special to the Globe and Mail Dave LeBlanc Jul4 05, 2023   367 Howland Ave.: Developer: Greenstreet Flats....

Podcast feature: The Missing Middle has been found!

June 23, 2023
Broadview Avenue Group Toronto Kenneth Yim June 22, 2023     If you exclude major streets (that don’t...

At the home show, looking at renos for aging family members

March 21, 2023
TORONTO STAR ELAINE SMITH MARCH 10, 2023   Where else, but the National Home Show, can you go...

Transform outdoor spaces with interior style

March 7, 2023
TORONTO SUN LINDA WHITE MARCH 04, 2023 Over the past few years, the pandemic forced many homeowners to...

A hard road to adding gentle density to increase Toronto’s housing supply

December 20, 2022
THE GLOBE AND MAIL JOHN LORINC DECEMBER 16, 2022 SOLARES ARCHITECTURE As Toronto sets out to loosen development...

Rental of the Week: $5,000 for an Upper Beaches semi with a 150-year-old tree in the backyard

December 7, 2022
TORONTO LIFE ANDREA YU DECEMBER 6, 2022 It also comes with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a rooftop balcony...

SALES OF THE WEEK: THE HOUSE THAT SHOWS WHAT 1$ MILLION GETS YOU IN LESLIEVILLE

November 21, 2022
TORONTO LIFE KELLY REID NOVEMBER 14, 2016 Address: 61 Dagmar Avenue Neighbourhood: Leslieville Agent: Trevor Bond, Bosley Real...

RENTAL OF THE WEEK: $6,500 FOR A 2,300-SQUARE-FOOT LANEWAY SUITE WITH JAPANESE CHARRED CEDAR

November 18, 2022
TORONTO LIFE ANDREA YU NOVEMBER 14, 2022 It has four bedrooms, three bathrooms, tall ceilings and plenty of...

RENOVATION PUTS EYES ON THE PARK

November 17, 2022
THE GLOBE AND MAIL DAVE LEBLANC NOVEMBER 15, 2022 At some point in the 14th century, painters began...

LONG PROCESS TO SPLIT SWANWICK AVENUE HOME INTO TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS SHOW NEED TO MODERNIZE TORONTO’S HOUSING BYLAWS, SAYS ARCHITECT

March 1, 2022
BEACH METRO ALAN SHACKLETON FEBRUARY 25, 2022 When architect Craig Race first proposed splitting a single-family home on...

COULD A BACKYARD HOUSE LET TORONTONIANS GROW OLD AT HOME? PROPONENTS SEE ADDING A ‘GARDEN SUITE’ AS ONE SOLUTION TO THE CITY’S SKY-HIGH PRICES

January 13, 2022
THE STAR TESS KALINOWSKI JANUARY 13, 2022 Senior planner David Driedger has been busy fielding calls from residents...

THIS COUPLE BUILT A $1-MILLION LANEWAY SUITE

September 16, 2021
TORONTO LIFE SADIYA ANSARI SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 Murray Cruchley first read about the push to allow laneway homes...

PODCAST FEATURE: HOW TO INVEST IN LANEWAY HOUSING WITH LANESCAPE.CA

June 23, 2021
THE TRUTH ABOUT REAL ESTATE INVESTING ERWIN SZETO JUNE 18, 2021 On to this week’s show!! We have...

THIS LANEWAY HOUSE IN TORONTO IS A LITERAL WORK OF ART AND IS RENTING FOR $5,500

May 10, 2021
BLOGTO TANYA MOK MAY 8, 2021 A new laneway home has just hit Toronto’s rental market but it’ll...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LANEWAY HOMES IN TORONTO: FROM THE ’90S TO NOW

April 19, 2021
DESIGNLINES MATTHEW HAGUE MARCH 18, 2021 In the early ’90s, when architects Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe set out...