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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
January 29, 2026
CFZM-FM (Zoomer Radio) (external link)
Zoomer Radio speaks with David Amborski, CUR Founding Director, about Toronto's continued struggles with gridlock. Recent studies rank Toronto as having the second worst congestion after Vancouver, with drivers losing an average of 100 hours in traffic. Amborski cites multiple factors from construction to population growith and post-COVID return to work initiatives that impact traffic.
January 21, 2026
(PDF file) How to Keep Housing On (The Right) Track
Novae Res Urbis GTHA quotes David Amborski, CUR Founding Director, on CMHC's Housing Accelerator Fund Progress Tracker, which allows users to track progress in communities across Canada, based on new residential building permits. Amborski points out that a better metric to track should be short-term land supply (land that has already been serviced and approved for development) as municipalities with a healthy short-term land supply are better equipped to handle development, regardless of external market forces that may impact individual building projects.
By: Lana Hall
Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 29, No. 3, Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
January 12, 2026
Canadians Are Furious After Real Estate Funds Lock Up Their Money (external link)
Financial Advisor quotes Diana Petramala, CUR, regarding the 'gating' of private real estate funds in Canada, a direct response to the country's current housing market downturn. Petramala cautions that previous disruptions to construction financing led to periods of lower home production, with supply often taking years to recover.
By: Paula Sambo
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