{"id":1504,"date":"2026-04-24T10:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/new-40-storey-rental-tower-coming-to-midtown-toronto\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:59:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:59:34","slug":"new-40-storey-rental-tower-coming-to-midtown-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/new-40-storey-rental-tower-coming-to-midtown-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"New 40-Storey Rental Tower Coming to Midtown Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Midtown Toronto is set to welcome a significant new addition to its rental market at 275 Merton Street. A partnership between Collecdev-Markee Developments and CreateTO is transforming a former city-owned site into a 40-storey purpose-built rental tower. Designed by the renowned architecture firm gh3, the project will deliver 494 new rental homes, with a vital commitment to affordability\u2014148 of these units are designated as affordable housing, directly supporting the City\u2019s HousingTO 2020\u20132030 Action Plan.<\/p>\n<p>The development features a mix of unit sizes, from studios to three-bedroom layouts, alongside unique amenities like a &#8216;Garden Workshop&#8217; and co-working spaces. Beyond housing, the site will enhance the local public realm with a new pedestrian connection to the Kay Gardiner Beltline Trail. With demolition complete and site preparation underway, this project represents a strategic model for leveraging public land to boost housing supply. For full project details and construction updates, visit the original article at UrbanToronto.<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div data-original-url=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/04\/collecdev-markee-and-createto-bringing-40-storey-rental-tower-midtown.60857\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/04\/collecdev-markee-and-createto-bringing-40-storey-rental-tower-midtown.60857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Instagram Handles --><\/p>\n<div data-instagram-handles=\"@createto,@gh3_architecture,@designagency\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new 40-storey rental tower is coming to Midtown Toronto, bringing 494 homes and a new pedestrian connection to the Beltline Trail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[589,789,316,788,752,207],"class_list":["post-1504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residential","tag-createto","tag-gh3","tag-housing-supply","tag-midtown-toronto","tag-purpose-built-rental","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504","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=1504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}