{"id":2288,"date":"2026-11-01T09:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/transit-zones-win-big-59-of-torontos-new-homes-planned-near-subways\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T09:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T14:01:47","slug":"transit-zones-win-big-59-of-torontos-new-homes-planned-near-subways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/2026\/11\/01\/transit-zones-win-big-59-of-torontos-new-homes-planned-near-subways\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit Zones Win Big: 59% of Toronto&#8217;s New Homes Planned Near Subways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#8217;s Major Transit Station Areas (MTSAs) are cementing their role as the city&#8217;s density engines, according to new data from UrbanToronto&#8217;s UTPro. Despite accounting for just 49% of pre-construction projects citywide, MTSA developments represent a striking 59% of all proposed housing units\u2014496,328 units versus 350,094 outside transit zones. The trend reflects a fundamental market shift: MTSA projects average 30 storeys and 105 metres tall, roughly double the height of non-transit developments. Currently under construction, 192 of 352 active projects sit within MTSAs, delivering 65,403 units compared to 49,682 elsewhere. Notably, transit-adjacent projects require significantly fewer parking spaces (0.51 per unit inside MTSAs versus 0.77 outside), revealing how transit access reshapes development economics. This data underscores the success of Toronto&#8217;s zoning strategy to concentrate density near rapid transit\u2014a policy gaining traction across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. For buyers, renters, and investors, the implication is clear: proximity to subway, GO Train, and light rail stations increasingly defines both development intensity and long-term urban growth patterns. Visit UrbanToronto&#8217;s full analysis to explore interactive maps and detailed project breakdowns.<\/p>\n<p><!-- RealEstateToday Source Article --><\/p>\n<div style=\"display:none\" data-original-url=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/10\/density-coming-torontos-mtsas-more-projects-beyond-them.62076\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2026\/10\/density-coming-torontos-mtsas-more-projects-beyond-them.62076\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the original article<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New data reveals 59% of Toronto&#8217;s planned housing units cluster in transit zones, with MTSA projects averaging twice the height of conventional developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[178],"tags":[316,1214,207,257,955,764],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-data","tag-housing-supply","tag-mtsas","tag-toronto","tag-transit-oriented-development","tag-urban-density","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","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=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realestategtatoday.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}