Enabling missing middle housing as an as-of-right housing type in low-rise residential neighbourhoods has become a hot topic in recent months as a possible solution to address the housing affordability crisis. And it is has gained the support

S7 Episode 2: The Push for Missing Middle Housing

Mar 8th, 2022 40m 31s

For this second episode on the housing affordability crisis, Jeremy spoke with Craig Ruttan, Policy Director for Energy, Environment and Land Use with the Toronto Region Board of Trade and author of their recent report urging the Province to el

S7 Episode 1: An Overview of the Housing Affordability Crisis

Mar 1st, 2022 35m 59s

In this first of a series of episodes on the housing affordability crisis, Jeremy spoke with Frank Magliocco, National Real Estate Leader at PWC Canada. Frank provided an excellent overview of the key factors contributing to the crisis, along

Intro to Season 7: Series on Housing Affordability Crisis

Mar 1st, 2022 1m 30s

“A day doesn’t go by without reading a news story about the soaring cost of housing, and the impact it’s having on the long-term composition and prosperity of our city region. Everyone knows this is a complex issue that neither governments nor

S6 Episode 4: ULI 2021 Hines Student Competition: An Interview with the Winning Team from 3 Toronto Universities

May 4th, 2021 54m 52s

Each year, the prestigious ULI Hines Student Competition attracts graduate student teams from all over North America to tackle complex urban design and development challenges.This year’s competition was won by a team of 5 graduate students fro

S6 Episode 3: Homelessness in Toronto - A Growing Crisis

Apr 6th, 2021 41m 50s

With close to 10,000 homeless in Toronto on any given night, this city continues to face a homelessness crisis that has only become worse during these pandemic times. And it's a crisis with no easy solution. On March 26th, 2021, Jeremy intervie

S6 Episode 2: Arts and Culture in Toronto and the Impacts of COVID-19

Jan 19th, 2021 47m 33s

With the necessity to avoid crowds and indoor gatherings of any kind due to the COVID-19 pandemic, arts and culture in Toronto has been hit particularly hard. Yet despite the challenges, this sector has found ways to quickly adapt and deliver p

S6 Episode 1: Main Street Retail in the Face of COVID-19 Lockdowns

Jan 5th, 2021 40m 53s

The Province’s lockdown to non-essential retail services in Toronto and Peel Region has hit main street retailers particularly hard. Some have found creative ways to survive, while others have had to close for good. Neighbourhood BIAs have r

S5 Episode 6: Public Transit and the Challenges for TTC During COVID-19

Nov 3rd, 2020 47m 30s

During these pandemic times the TTC is dealing with a dramatic drop in ridership, particularly along its once busy subway routes. This has imposed enormous fiscal strain and forced the TTC to quickly re-adjust to our new reality. On October 30

S5 Episode 5: COVID-19 and the Acute Need for Affordable Housing

Oct 5th, 2020 42m 23s

Toronto’s chief medical officer of health recently urged Torontonians to focus on staying home following a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases across the region. But what about the under-privileged who struggle to find proper housing or are residing i

S5 Episode 4: Toronto City Cycling and the Upside to COVID-19

Aug 11th, 2020 41m 25s

The pandemic may have beaten our city down, but it has had the opposite effect on cycling. In recent months cyclists have surged onto Toronto bike routes and many urbanists are applauding the addition of new cycling infrastructure hastily being

S5 Episode 3: COVID-19 Impacts on the Office Market

Jun 30th, 2020 42m 19s

Three and a half months into the pandemic, most Toronto office buildings are virtually empty as tenants, landlords and developers try to adapt to these changing times and plan for the new workplace environment. Jeremy interviews Lisa Fulford-Ro

S5 Episode 2: COVID-19 Impacts on the Retail Market

Jun 2nd, 2020 41m 26s

Before the pandemic hit, considerable shifts in the retail market were already taking place with the rapid rise of e-commerce and declining foot traffic to traditional brick and mortar retail. With the pandemic now upon us, those impacts have b

S5 Episode 1: COVID-19 Impacts on the Condo Market

May 19th, 2020 45m 32s

Over the past 30 years, Toronto’s condo market flourished with an almost unstoppable pace of growth. But ever since the pandemic forced a global shutdown in mid-March 2020, condo sales have plummeted, forcing developers to quickly adjust their

S4 Episode 7: Resilience and Sustainable Design with B+H Architects’ Lisa Bate

Mar 31st, 2020 45m 31s

Lisa Bate, a global sustainability lead and principal with Toronto’s B+H Architects, joins Jeremy to discuss B+H’s ability to adapt under the global impact of COVID-19. They also discuss the correlation between global health, resilience and the

S4 Episode 6: FORREC. Toronto's Global Leader in Entertainment Destination Design

Mar 17th, 2020 46m 3s

Many of the world's top theme parks and entertainment destinations like Canada's Wonderland, Universal Studios, Legoland, Nickelodeon Universe, Everland Theme Park and Dollywood were designed by Toronto-based FORREC, one of the world's premier

S4 Episode 5: Brookfield Asset Management. One of the World’s Largest Investors in Real Estate

Mar 3rd, 2020 41m 29s

Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management is a multi-billion dollar juggernaut, with global investments in real estate, infrastructure, renewable energy and private equity. Despite a portfolio of mega-sized investments across the globe, Brookfi

S4 Episode 4: Mansoor Kazerouni on IBI Group’s Global Architectural Practice

Feb 18th, 2020 45m 6s

Headquartered in Toronto, IBI Group is one of the world’s largest architectural firms with 60 offices around the world. Their projects reach far and wide in Toronto, across Canada, and throughout the world. In this episode, Jeremy sits down wit

S4 Episode 3: Global Real Estate Investments with Michael Turner, President, Oxford Properties Group

Feb 4th, 2020 39m 28s

As the real estate investment arm of OMERS, one of Canada’s largest pension plans, Oxford Properties Group is one of the world’s premier real estate investment, development and management companies. They manage over $60 billion worth of real e

S4 Episode 2: The Global Significance of Toronto’s Pearson International Airport with CEO Howard Eng

Jan 21st, 2020 44m 54s

As the most international airport in North America with services to 163 international destinations, Toronto’s Pearson International Airport is the largest airport in Canada, handling just under 50 million passengers and 300 tons of cargo per ye

S4 Episode 1: Welcome to Toronto – A Global City on the Rise

Jan 7th, 2020 53m 6s

This podcast is a ‘welcome mat’ for visitors coming to Toronto, eager to learn what makes this city tick and why it continues to be one of the fastest growing urban regions in North America. Visitors to Toronto include the thousands of ULI mem

Coming Soon: Season 4: Toronto on the Global Stage

Dec 24th, 2019 3m 34s

Season 4 of Electric Cities is coming back in 2020 with stories of Toronto's success as a rapidly emerging global city. Tune in every other Tuesday starting in January as host Jeremy Warson sits down with some of the land use industry's most pr

S3 Episode 7: Municipal Governance in Toronto – Complexities and Opportunities

Jun 25th, 2019 39m 44s

After the recently elected Ontario PC party slashed the number of City of Toronto councilors from 47 to 25 in the 2018 municipal election, a lot of questions were raised about the current state of municipal governance in Ontario and the municip

S3 Episode 6 – Hon. David Onley on Accessibility

Jun 11th, 2019 43m 18s

In 2005, the Province of Ontario passed the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, (AODA), with the primary goal of making the Province fully accessible by 2025. With that end date only 6 years away, disability advocates are raisin

S3 Episode 5: Planning our Cities for an Aging Population

May 28th, 2019 34m 40s

Canada’s aging population hit a major milestone in 2017, where for the first time in Canada’s history, the number of seniors exceeded the number of school-aged children. And it is projected that by 2041, seniors will comprise roughly one quart