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TRP Welcomes the National Housing Co-Investment Fund
Today, the federal government released the first round of National Housing Strategy programs, kicking off a new era for housing in Canada. The National Housing Co-Investment Fund’s ‘Repair…
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Tower Renewal in 2017
The Tower Renewal strategy has had significant impact over the past year. Across all levels of government, there is a growing consensus: Tower Renewal can have a scalable…
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Provincial-Municipal Workshop: Enabling Tower Retrofits in Ontario
In 2016, the first Intermunicipal Tower Roundtable was held in Hamilton, bringing together Ontario’s four largest municipalities–Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and Mississauga–to share best practices and innovative approaches…
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The RAC Zone is recognized with an Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI) Award for Excellence in Planning
The RAC Zone, a partnership between ERA Architects, the Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal, United Way Toronto & York Region, Toronto Public Health and the City of…
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Tower Renewal Partnership welcomes The National Housing Strategy
Dec 1, 2017 – The National Housing Strategy (NHS) is a once-in-a-generation commitment to building and renewing affordable housing in Canada. Released in November 2017, the…
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UPDATE: Tower Renewal Action Forum
The Tower Renewal Action Forum took place on October 5, 2017 at the Evergreen Brick Works. The event assembled international experts and local city-builders to explore innovative strategies…
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Tower Renewal Action Forum
Canada faces a growing housing affordability crisis. Now is the time for coordinated action to build a future around more complete, resilient, and affordable cities – and Tower Renewal is…
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Paul Karakusevic on A New Era of Social Housing
UPDATE Check out “A New Era of Public Housing” with Paul Karakusevic available below or on the Daniels Faculty’s Youtube Channel. ERA Architects, the Centre for Urban Growth…
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Update: RAC Zone Launch Event
On Wednesday, July 19th, leaders in the development of Toronto’s Residential Apartment Commercial (RAC) Zoning by-law gathered at York University to celebrate and explore challenges and next steps…
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Tower Renewal Partnership + Neptis Foundation Tower Mapping
A key research stream of the Tower Renewal Partnership has been understanding the tower landscape in shaping our cities. How many towers are there? Where are they located?…
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Launching the RAC Zone
Property owners, entrepreneurs, community members, academics and city builders will gather at York University in celebration of Toronto’s newest zone: the Residential Apartment Commercial (RAC) (www.raczone.ca). Moderated…
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Complete Communities: The Ridgeway Court
Recently, ERA Architects was presented with the Community Partnership Award by the City of Mississauga for their involvement with the Ridgeway Court: a once dire parking lot and…