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ULI Panel proposes significant City action for Tower Renewal
The Tower Renewal Partnership and the City of Toronto recently partnered with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) to bring experts to Toronto for a weeklong visit to explore…
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Ken Soble Tower Transformation in SAB Magazine
The Ken Soble Tower Transformation Project was recently featured in SAB Magazine’s Fall 2019 edition. At 18 storeys and more than 80,000 sqft, the Ken Soble Tower will…
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Tower Renewal & Tax Incentives
In August, the Tower Renewal Partnership (TRP) conducted new analysis on incenting nation-wide comprehensive tower retrofits. In particular, tax incentives were modelled and evaluated to understand how they…
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TRP launches retrofit research with EU partners
The Tower Renewal Partnership (TRP) has received CMHC support to kick-start a research program with two new research projects: ‘Advancing Building Retrofits’ and ‘Enabling Complete Communities’. In April,…
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TRP Launches ‘Retrofits with Residents in Place’ Solutions Lab
The Centre for Urban Growth and Renewal has received CMHC support to explore the challenges of conducting deep energy retrofits in occupied apartment housing and develop tools to…
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Tower Renewal on CBC Radio
As aging apartment buildings begin to contribute to the housing crisis, (exposed this week in the infrastructure failure at 260 Wellesley, Toronto) the clear response is system-scale reinvestment…
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Tower Renewal Partnership in AD Magazine
Calling All Architects: New Approaches to Old Housing For the past decade, Tower Renewal has been defined by research, policy design and action. Through multi-sectoral partnerships, best-practice and…
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Supporting Canada’s Climate Resilience, Housing Affordability And Economic Recovery Through Deep Retrofit And Housing Renewal
The Tower Renewal Partnership has put together a quick and easy-to-read reference guide or “primer” to Tower Renewal including an introduction to high rise retrofits in Canada, a…
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TRP releases new report addressing retrofit gaps in Canada
In January 2020, the Tower Renewal Partnership completed CMHC-funded research identifying product, skill and technological gaps in the Canadian retrofit market and industry. The report outlines key opportunities…
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RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT COMMERCIAL (RAC) ZONING
Illustration by Daniel Rotsztain As of October 2016, five hundred apartment tower neighbourhoods in the City of Toronto acquired the ability to reconceive the social and economic character…
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TRP Publishes New Research on Retrofit Finance
In July, the Tower Renewal Partnership (“TRP”) released Tower Renewal and Retrofit Finance in support of the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation’s interest in encouraging the retrofit and…
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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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Growth and Resiliency in Tower in the Park Sites Across the GGH
Growth and Resiliency in Tower in the Park Sites Across the GGH describes the challenges of Tower Renewal and energy retrofitting from a policy and built form perspective and…