{"id":30071,"date":"2025-04-20T05:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-16-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T05:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T12:13:18","slug":"news-roundup-for-april-16-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-april-16-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for April 16, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Toronto and Hamilton-area new condo market sees the slowest quarter in 30 years, says new report; fourplexes don&#8217;t have to be ugly, and these students are helping Mississauga prove it; Canadian Real Estate Association downgrades sales forecast for 2025 as buyers remain wary; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/toronto-and-hamilton-area-new-condo-market-sees-the-slowest-quarter-in-30-years-says\/article_443777b7-4464-4bde-8fbe-348670e832e1.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto and Hamilton-area new condo market sees the slowest quarter in 30 years, says new report<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/fourplex-project-sheridan-mississauga-1.7507297\" target=\"_blank\">Fourplexes don&#8217;t have to be ugly \u2014 and these students are helping Mississauga prove it<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-canadian-real-estate-association-downgrades-sales-forecast-for-2025-as\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canadian Real Estate Association downgrades sales forecast for 2025 as buyers remain wary<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/cmhc-reports-annual-pace-of-housing-starts-slowed-in-march\/article_e6fec442-e0e4-53f6-8890-072031f9dee4.html\" target=\"_blank\">CMHC reports annual pace of housing starts slowed in March<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/2025\/04\/15\/specialized-mri-system-at-torontos-sickkids-hospital-can-scan-critically-ill-newborns-without-leaving-nicu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Specialized MRI system at Toronto\u2019s SickKids hospital can scan critically ill newborns without leaving NICU<\/a> (CP24)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/doug-fords-government-goes-to-court-today-to-defend-bike-lane-removal-against-a-charter\/article_0b9f6a1e-f26e-477f-a514-8825e24d610d.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ontario government goes to court today to defend bike lane removal against a Charter challenge<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/heres-whats-open-and-closed-over-easter-weekend-in-toronto-and-the-gta\/article_97b80685-244d-43dc-875a-4dd76435c5ad.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s what\u2019s open and closed over Easter weekend in Toronto and the GTA<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/04\/news-roundup-april-16-2025.58412\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Toronto and Hamilton-area new condo market sees the slowest quarter in 30 years, says new report; 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