{"id":1342,"date":"2026-04-02T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/rental-boom-toronto-council-approves-7000-new-units\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:01:25","slug":"rental-boom-toronto-council-approves-7000-new-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/rental-boom-toronto-council-approves-7000-new-units\/","title":{"rendered":"Rental Boom: Toronto Council Approves 7,000+ New Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#8217;s City Council has given the green light to a significant wave of new residential developments, approving 13 applications in March 2026. This surge includes over 7,000 residential units, with a notable emphasis on purpose-built rental housing. Approximately 3,019 rental units were approved, featuring 371 secured affordable units and 438 rental replacement units. <\/p>\n<p>The approvals span various neighbourhoods, from downtown&#8217;s 60 Yonge Street condo tower to the Swansea Mews Redevelopment. Several projects also integrate community infrastructure, such as production studio space in the Port Lands. These developments signify a response to the GTA&#8217;s growing housing needs, particularly in the rental market. For detailed information on each project, including architectural designs and specific locations, visit the original article on UrbanToronto.ca.<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div data-original-url=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/03\/city-council-march-2026-plenty-rental-mutli-phase-redevelopments-approved.60689\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/03\/city-council-march-2026-plenty-rental-mutli-phase-redevelopments-approved.60689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto City Council approved 7,000+ new residential units in March 2026, with a focus on rentals and affordable housing. See where they&#8217;re going!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[210,344,189,182,211,207],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residential","tag-affordable-housing","tag-condos","tag-development","tag-gta","tag-rental-market","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","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=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}