The City of Toronto is going ahead with an enthusiastic plan that would see more than one million homes built around transit stations.

City leaders are rolling out a new plan to dramatically increase density, and those who already live near transit stations could get a lot of new neighbours. At a technical briefing at City Hall on Thursday, Mayor Olivia Chow joined Toronto’s newly installed chief planner to explain what the changes to density and maximum heights near 120 transit stations will mean.

“You are about to get more neighbours. It will revitalize the area,” said Chow. “Right around those major corners where the subway station is, there will be higher buildings and it will step down into shorter ones and then tier down to even lower ones.”

Toronto’s new housing plan was approved

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