{"id":33963,"date":"2026-01-19T01:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-15-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T01:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T09:46:17","slug":"news-roundup-for-january-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"News Roundup for January 15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p data-pm-slice=\"0 0 []\">Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations; the building that housed the Toronto Star for more than 50 years is looking at its next life as a waterfront hotel; national home sales fell nearly 2% in 2025 after trade war fuelled uncertainty; and other news.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/ford-government-moves-to-pause-affordable-housing-requirements-near-transit-stations\/article_cd0b0c73-73e9-4260-a36f-6d70513339eb.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/real-estate\/toronto\/article-former-toronto-star-building-1-yonge-st-waterfront-hotel\/\" target=\"_blank\">This building housed the Toronto Star for more than 50 years. Its next life? A waterfront hotel<\/a> (The Globe and Mail)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/business\/real-estate\/2026\/01\/15\/national-home-sales-fell-nearly-2-in-2025-after-trade-war-fuelled-uncertainty-crea\/\" target=\"_blank\">National home sales fell nearly 2% in 2025 after trade war fuelled uncertainty: CREA<\/a> (BNN Bloomberg)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/real-estate\/toronto-area-home-prices-tumble-5-7-per-cent-in-fourth-quarter-will-continue-to\/article_d436c8ed-abfd-45dd-b6c7-74e3e0cfce12.html\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto-area home prices tumble 5.7 per cent in fourth quarter, will continue to fall throughout 2026<\/a> (The Star)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/play\/video\/9.7045183\" target=\"_blank\">Finch LRT uses same switches as Ottawa&#8217;s plagued transit line<\/a> (CBC)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/01\/15\/line-6-finch-west-lrt-delays-snowstorm-ttc-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snowstorm shuts down Line 6 Finch West LRT as TTC grapples with widespread weather delays<\/a> (CityNews)<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/01\/14\/lane-reductions-begin-at-queen-and-broadview-for-streetcar-track-and-watermain-replacement-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lane reductions begin at Queen and Broadview for streetcar track and watermain replacement work<\/a> (CP24)<\/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\/2026\/01\/news-roundup-january-15-2026.60192\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations; the building that housed the Toronto Star for &#8230; <a title=\"News Roundup for January 15, 2026\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/news-roundup-for-january-15-2026\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about News Roundup for January 15, 2026\">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-33963","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\/33963","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=33963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}