{"id":17509,"date":"2023-05-26T07:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-26-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T07:46:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T14:46:18","slug":"news-roundup-for-may-26-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-26-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for May 26, 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>More thought is now going into how Toronto&#8217;s saturated supply of office buildings in the Downtown Core can be converted into residential buildings to ease the housing crisis; new information has come to light on the development of Rail Deck Park, with plans for over 6,000 units suggesting it would be more tower than park; following the decision to breakup the Peel Region, Niagara Region could be next up, as Province explores other possible candidates for dissolution; and other news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2023\/05\/26\/fancy-living-in-a-c-suite-the-potential-of-empty-offices-to-ease-the-housing-crisis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Fancy living in a c-suite? The potential of empty offices to ease the housing crisis<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/rail-deck-district-park-condo-development-1.6846841\" target=\"_blank\">9 condo towers, 6,000+ units planned for ill-fated Rail Deck Park site<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9719701\/niagara-region-potential-dissolution-following-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Niagara Region on province\u2019s list for potential dissolution following review<\/a>\u00a0(Global News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/2023\/05\/26\/young-adults-investing-in-income-properties-ahead-of-their-own-homes-report-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\">Young adults investing in income properties ahead of their own homes, report finds<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/economic-reason-to-be-concerned-toronto-s-downtown-recovery-still-stalled-compared-to-other-cities-1.6413547\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Economic reason to be concerned&#8217;: Toronto&#8217;s downtown recovery still stalled compared to other cities<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/doors-open-toronto-2023-1.6854937\" target=\"_blank\">Art deco walls, a &#8216;temple of books&#8217; and other gems you won&#8217;t want to miss at Doors Open Toronto<\/a>\u00a0(CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2023\/05\/25\/these-condo-owners-are-ready-for-an-ev-revolution-and-they-dont-even-have-evs.html?li_source=LI&amp;li_medium=thestar_canada\" target=\"_blank\">How this Guelph condo building is getting ready for an EV revolution<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-program-to-pay-smart-thermostat-owners-for-summer-temperature\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario program to pay smart thermostat owners for summer temperature control<\/a>\u00a0(Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2023\/05\/25\/hybrid-work-remote-office-canada-study\/\" target=\"_blank\">Struggling to return to the office? You&#8217;re not alone, new study shows<\/a>\u00a0(CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2023\/05\/23\/three-mayoral-debates-in-one-day-six-long-hours-and-one-surprising-winner.html\" target=\"_blank\">Three mayoral debates in one day, six long hours, and one surprising winner<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montreal.ctvnews.ca\/major-fire-at-heritage-building-in-montreal-sends-plumes-of-smoke-into-downtown-1.6413635\" target=\"_blank\">Major fire at heritage building in Montreal sends plumes of smoke into downtown<\/a>\u00a0(CTV News)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/local-caledon\/news\/2023\/05\/26\/province-has-provided-caledon-opportunity-to-plan-its-own-destiny-says-mayor-annette-groves-on-dissolution-of-peel-region.html\" target=\"_blank\">Province has provided Caledon opportunity to plan its own destiny, says Mayor Annette Groves on dissolution of Peel region<\/a>\u00a0(Toronto Star)<\/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-26-2023.52646\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More thought is now going into how Toronto&#8217;s saturated supply of office buildings in the Downtown Core can be converted &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for May 26, 2023\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-may-26-2023\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for May 26, 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-17509","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\/17509","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=17509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}