{"id":17103,"date":"2023-05-16T07:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-16-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T07:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T14:26:38","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p>The former headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 69 Yonge, is now at the centre of the residential conversion conversation, as work gets underway to transform the commercial building into housing; construction companies working on Eglinton LRT plan to sue TTC and stop work on the already delayed project, according to Metrolinx; Lakeview Village development in Mississauga receives approval to double density, to the dismay of councillors, mayor, and residents; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/16\/boardrooms-to-bedrooms-inside-the-effort-to-turn-an-aging-office-tower-into-downtown-housing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Boardrooms to bedrooms: Inside the effort to turn an aging office tower into downtown housing<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/another-unacceptable-delay-construction-consortium-behind-eglinton-crosstown-plans-to-sue-ttc-metrolinx-says-1.6400279\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Another unacceptable delay&#8217;: Construction consortium behind Eglinton Crosstown plans to sue TTC, Metrolinx says<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/mississauga-lakeview-village-mzo-1.6844018\" target=\"_blank\">Province doubles size of Mississauga development with MZO, mayor has concerns<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/provincial\/2023\/05\/15\/doug-ford-supports-an-independent-mississauga.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_recommended_for_you\" target=\"_blank\">No more Peel Region? Doug Ford supports \u2018an independent Mississauga\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-stellantis-halts-construction-at-windsor-ev-battery-plant-over-federal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stellantis halts construction at Windsor EV battery plant over federal funding<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/15\/speakers-corner-no-frills\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speakers Corner: Downtown No Frills location staying put for now<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/16\/should-we-get-back-to-this-the-four-fixes-that-could-rescue-downtown.html\" target=\"_blank\">Should we get back to this? The four fixes that could rescue downtown<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/mayoral-candidates-daily-bread-food-bank-toronto-1.6844376\" target=\"_blank\">5 mayoral candidates debate affordability in Toronto<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/article-rents-surged-higher-in-april-virtually-every-area-in-canada-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rents surge higher in April: \u2018Virtually every area in Canada is experiencing an increase\u2019<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/16\/canadas-housing-goals-will-spike-greenhouse-gas-emissions-says-rbc-report.html\" target=\"_blank\">Canada\u2019s housing goals will spike greenhouse gas emissions, says RBC report<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9700656\/mississauga-lakeview-village-mzo-council-public-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Furious Mississauga councillors lament MZO that \u2018detonated\u2019 years of planning<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/15\/peel-region-mississauga-brampton-divorce-ford\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brampton promises to sue Mississauga if it splits from Peel Region and doesn\u2019t pay up<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2023\/05\/news-roundup-may-16-2023.52486\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 69 Yonge, is now at the centre of the residential conversion conversation, &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 16, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-16-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 16, 2023\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}