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The Centre for Urban Research and Land Development is an expert-led research Centre, dedicated to formulating policies and solutions to address the concerns confronting urban growth and change within the Greater Golden Horseshoe, as well as educating students to take leadership roles in these pursuits. Its orientation is founded on uniting economics and market analysis within the context and understanding of social and environmental considerations.
In The News
November 11, 2025
The Toronto Star's Opinion piece takes a look at what was - and wasn't - included in Mark Carney's first budget, tabled last week. From a housing policy perspective, noticeably absent was any reference to 'accelerated capital cost allowance,' an incentive which previously spurred the development of tens of thousands of rental housing units across the country in the 1970s. Reference is made to a recent brief from CUR, penned by David Amborski, CUR Founding Director, on how reintroducing this incentive, along with a rental subsidy program for lower-income households, could drive construction of new rental units.
By: John Lorinc
November 4, 2025
Arctic diocese could lose cathedral, bishop says (external link)
The Anglican Journal quotes David Amborski, CUR Founding Director, in their examination of the financial issues facing St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit, currently facing an overdue property tax bill accrued from a 2023 city bylaw requiring religious institutions to pay tax on land used for places of worship. Amborski reports that he is not aware of any precendent in Canada for Iqaluit's removal of tax exemption status for places of worship.
By: Sean Frankling
October 30, 2025
How the Toronto condo bubble burst (external link)
The Globe and Mail quotes David Amborski, CUR Founding Director, in their new series examining the GTA condo market crisis. While Toronto in the 1960s and 1970s attracted huge amounts of capital investment in purpose-built rental apartments, Amborski points out that the 1990s saw returns on condos begin to exceed and effectively kill-off the rental apartment development sector.
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