{"id":1123,"date":"2026-02-11T09:01:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/toronto-council-greenlights-1087-new-housing-units\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T09:01:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:01:18","slug":"toronto-council-greenlights-1087-new-housing-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/toronto-council-greenlights-1087-new-housing-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Council Greenlights 1,087 New Housing Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto City Council has advanced three key housing projects under the &#8216;Toronto Builds&#8217; framework, paving the way for an estimated 1,087 new housing units in the city. These projects, located at 9 Shortt Street, 1631 Queen Street East, and 405 Sherbourne Street, will include affordable housing units with affordability maintained for at least 40 years. <\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Toronto Builds&#8217; framework consolidates previous housing initiatives, streamlining the development process. The approved projects include a mix of market and affordable units, with a focus on family-sized units. Developments also include community benefits such as public spaces and expanded childcare facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Council also approved zoning for several other major housing developments across the city, including projects on The East Mall, The Queensway, and Kingston Road. For more detailed information, visit [storeys.com](https:\/\/storeys.com\/toronto-builds-projects-advanced-council\/).<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div data-original-url=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/toronto-builds-projects-advanced-council\/\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/toronto-builds-projects-advanced-council\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto City Council approves three new &#8216;Toronto Builds&#8217; projects, adding 1,087 new housing units with a focus on affordability and family-sized homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[210,571,182,569,207,570],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residential","tag-affordable-housing","tag-city-council","tag-gta","tag-housing-development","tag-toronto","tag-toronto-builds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}