Times Group

Times Group is a Greater Toronto Area developer that has been building residential and commercial space for four decades. It began in custom homebuilding and grew into a full development company.

It runs three integrated divisions: Times Group Construction, Times Group Rentals and Times Group Commercial.

Times Group Construction has exclusively managed the construction of every Times Group project for over thirty-five years, from early planning through construction management to after-sales service.

That is genuinely unusual. Most developers tender construction to a general contractor, which introduces a commercial relationship between the party that sold you the home and the party that built it. When both are the same company, there is nobody to point at when something needs fixing.

It also means construction knowledge feeds back into design, because the people building it were in the room when it was drawn.

A varied portfolio across the northern GTA and downtown:

• Times Square in Richmond Hill, a mixed-use landmark
• Luxury high-rise on King Street in downtown Toronto
• An award-winning public park in Markham
• Whole Foods Shopping Centre in Unionville

The mix of residential, retail and public space in one portfolio is what the company means by community building rather than only homebuilding.

It pursues LEED certification on its projects and describes environmentally responsible development as central rather than optional, applying it through planning, construction and design.

LEED is worth asking about specifically, because it is a third-party certification rather than a self-declaration. Ask whether your building is targeting certification, at what level, and whether it is certified or merely designed to the standard.

You may encounter several marks. TGC is Times Group Construction. T2 is the condominium rental arm, a Times Group company. The parent brand uses a square T mark.

Worth knowing when reading a sign or a contract: the entity you are buying from may carry a different name from the parent brand.

Confirm which entity is on your agreement, given the divisional structure, and check its Tarion registration.

Because the company builds its own projects, ask about the construction schedule directly. They should be able to answer precisely, since the builder and the vendor are the same organisation.

Then the usual: deposit schedule, maintenance fee estimate and its basis, what is standard rather than an upgrade, parking and locker, and the occupancy and registration timeline.