Between housework, paying bills, taking care of children and taxing not-quite teenagers to school plays and soccer practice, the life a homemaker can be about as fun as deciding what to stow away in a storage unit.
But Toronto housewives may have a unique opportunity to help mix up the monotony.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Lark [Read More]
The rate of home sales and storage unit purchases didn't break any records in the first two weeks of March. In fact, when compared to 2010, the sales rate dropped.
According to the Greater Toronto Real Estate Board, there were 4,138 home sales the first half of the month, a decline of 5 percent year-over-year. Furthermore, [Read More]
Toronto homeowners typically rent out storage units when their possessions are taking up too much room in their living space, but they also use them to protect their valuables. So if local residents' basements have a history of flooding, they may want to take what's down there and put it in storage to be on [Read More]
The city of Toronto's motto is "Diversity Our Strength." Another one of its strengths? Finances.
According to the Global Financial Centers Index – which provides profiles, ratings and rankings of the world's leading locations to conduct financial services – Toronto is listed among the world's top 10 global financial centers.
For the past several years, Toronto has [Read More]
Summer is still several months away, so Torontonians will have to wait a bit before they raid their storage units to get their patio furniture. But they may want to grab a few lawn chairs from storage, as a much-anticipated electronic item is finally being made available in the Toronto area.
All across the GTA, hundreds [Read More]
Now that spring has finally arrived, many Torontonians are ringing the season in with one its rites of passage: spring cleaning. But just as people are de-cluttering by putting important documents into storage units, never-ending bills, phone books and magazines muddle one's organization efforts.
Perhaps with these people in mind, the Yellow Pages group is reminding [Read More]
People who know their way around an oven are being urged to dust off their extra bakeware if they've been put away in storage units as Torontonians are being called upon to assist thousands of families in need.
The program is called "Bakesale for Japan," which was originally organized by a San Francisco-area baker. According to [Read More]
The latest indication more people are snapping up storage units in the Toronto area? Condominium sales soared in February.
According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association, 2,202 new condos were sold in the GTA last month. That marks the first time more than 2,000 condo units were sold in February, which is usually a [Read More]
The vacancy rate of local storage units will likely decline within the next few years, as Toronto shoppers will be filling them with some of their threadbare belongings. But they'll likely be replacing what's old for what's new, as a massive mall is scheduled to be built in Halton Hills.
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust and [Read More]
With busy work schedules, Toronto physicians rarely have time to play video games, with consoles often winding up in storage units to use later. But Toronto surgeons may want to dust them off and brush up their skills, as it may prove beneficial to their performance in the operating room.
Doctors at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto [Read More]
