Rise Overrun: Condoization, Gentrification, and the Changing Political Economy of Renting in Toronto

Privately owned high-rise condominiums have been increasing as a proportion of all housing units built in the Greater Toronto Area for many decades. This has inspired growing literature theorizing both “condoism” an emergent planning-development regime and implications “condoization” “condofication” urban governance everyday life cities like Toronto. Building on this literature, article assesses Toronto’s reliance (mainly vertical) condominium development socio-spatial transformation market, particularly renters. Analyzing time-series data from Canada Mortgage Housing Corporation Census to quantify effects city’s condoization, we answer three key questions: How important is understanding restructuring economy? condoization contributed ongoing gentrification inner city? rental market? previous research categorizing mapping city, find that increasingly defining element while also plays central role advancing core.