This year, 14 rental development applications were submitted to city planners with ideas to construct a wide variety of purpose-built apartments, from boutique mid-rises to soaring towers.

We’ve compiled seven of the most significant Toronto development applications that were put forward in 2020 to give you an idea of the spaces to watch in the coming years.

In Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, a series of commercial and vacant buildings could be revamped into a mixed-use mid-rise with 117 condo units.

In addition to the high-rise, mid-rise and townhouse projects planned, Brightwater will boast a wide array of urban amenities with over 300,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space available.

In Etobicoke’s Eatonville community, a 1950s shopping mall may become part of a master-planned revamp.

Earlier this month, an official plan and zoning by-law amendment application was submitted on behalf of Menkes Developments.