Toronto Star - Real Estate Series
Toronto Star - Real Estate Series
Toronto Star is Canada’s largest daily newspaper and a multi-platform news organization. It publishes a newspaper seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area as well as ongoing news and information to a global audience on thestar.com on it’s web and mobile applications.
As an Editorial Designer, I create impactful front/section cover pages, daily articles, long form features as well as their artwork/visual that enhance the reading experience of our readers.
Home Truths is an ongoing series since April 2022 that publishes the reader’s experiences with real estate in Toronto and GTA. The artwork is designed with the reader’s illustrated faces to make it more personalized.
The story is about how the reader, Alyson, feels that renovation shows on channels like HGTV, while inspiring aren’t true to the reality of how much it really costs to renovate in an expensive market like Toronto.
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The story talks about Rachel and her husband, who sold their house in Toronto with the intention of moving to Winnipeg for more space. Upon seeing a few houses, the negatives of owning a big space become more daunting and they decide to stay in Toronto. But, in the hot real estate market, while they are able to buy a house, they ended up with a mortgage again.
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The story talks about how the reader is conflicted about living in Toronto. While she has her dream job in a good neighbourhood, it is not enough for a city to feel like home.
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The story talks about Desmond, one of the many real estate agents who are seeing a decline in showings and offers on offer night and how sellers are listing, removing and re-listing their houses with a higher price.
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In the story, Nadine, who moved with her mother and brother from Israel, talks about the life of immigrants who aren’t able to afford a house in the hot real estate market. Despite home ownership being a distant dream, Nadine and her family enjoy the small joys of a better life in Canada (like graduating from high school, playing with snow in winters) which her mother couldn’t give them in their home country.
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The story talks about Mary, who lives in one of Toronto’s old, mid-century apartment buildings that are not in a good condition. The surroundings are not the best with wilted trees, old lawns but she makes her peace with small everyday things like reading a book in her balcony looking over a Manhattan-esque view of fancy new high-rises.
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The story talks about Star’s Bruce, who talks about his experience living in Toronto’s first high-rise building on Homewood Avenue.
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The story is about Star’s Amber, who feels that owning a home in Toronto’s real estate market is like reaching for the sky.
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The story is about Testa and her family who moved to Hamilton despite being Toronto lovers. Being in the cool downtown neighbourhood came with its own struggles, which only increased during the pandemic and her second pregnancy. After trying hard to get a bigger space in Toronto, they shifted their values and perspective to slow down and enjoy the life in Hamilton.
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