New Developments
East Harbour
Located on a 60-acre site directly east of Toronto’s downtown core, East Harbour is the largest commercial project currently planned in Canada. Once complete, this 12-million square foot, unique mix of office, retail, and institutional developments will employ approximately 50,000 workers. With the population of the GTA estimated to reach 9.4-million by 2041, Toronto needs a major new employment node in order to maintain a competitive advantage in the global competition for talent. East Harbour will be a development catalyst for critical infrastructure projects in and around the area, and will transform a previously inaccessible site into a world-class centre for art, commerce, and healthy living.
Portlands
The Port Lands Flood Protection Project is about taking action to protect Toronto’s southeastern downtown area. Right now, in an extreme weather event, floodwaters from the Don River would overwhelm portions of the Port Lands, South Riverdale and Leslieville. Our plan is to reconnect the Don River to Lake Ontario by creating a naturalized river mouth. To do this we are embarking on one of the biggest infrastructure projects in Toronto’s history.
Quay Side
The revitalization of Quayside will usher in a new chapter in Toronto’s development. It will remind people of everything they want from living in the city and demonstrate what is possible when vision, passion, and design excellence are brought together. Waterfront Toronto has worked closely with stakeholders and community members to shape the vision for Quayside as a dynamic, inclusive and resilient community that will help reorient the city towards Lake Ontario.
Corktown
The future growth potential for the Corktown site is dependent on a planned transit station that will serve the surrounding neighbourhood, connecting to local bus and streetcar routes, as well as subway service along the Ontario Line. The proposed sites at the future Corktown Station would deliver a mix of new housing opportunities, commercial, retail and community space, while commemorating the history of the First Parliament site.
Northcrest (Bombardier) Lands
Northcrest and Canada Lands are working together with local communities and other stakeholders to generate a shared vision and framework for roughly 520 acres at Downsview. This vision will prominently feature existing Downsview Park, which will remain at the heart of the community and will not be reduced in size.
National Urban Park
National Urban Park is intended to develop as a park of local, regional and national attraction and significance comprised of large natural and open space areas and areas of park development. Natural and open space areas would accommodate the elements of the National Urban Park and may include features such as the Canada Forest, Great Lake, Wildflower Downs and Cultivation Campus. Development areas comprise lands and heritage structures along Carl Hall Road and portions of Keele Street and are intended to create and define park edges. Development areas in the District are intended to accommodate park and park supportive uses such as museums, galleries or sports facilities and ancillary retail and restaurant uses in buildings surrounded by landscape open space to act as pavilions which recognize and support their unique location within a National Urban Park.
Sheppard Chesswood Revitalization
Development in this District is constrained by its location at the end of the Bombardier Aerospace runway. The Park space located adjacent to the TTC/GO transit hub entrances will create a vibrant public realm focus for this District. Direct public street connections will be established between the transit hub and the National Urban Park as well as across the rail line. Streetscapes will be enhanced to support and reinforce their importance as pedestrian corridors.
Allen Revitalization
Allen will develop as a mixed-use District with non-residential development near the Downsview Subway Station and residential development to the south. At-grade street connections across Allen Road will be established to connect and link the west and east sides of this District. Three local parks will be provided in this District; one on the west side of Allen Road and two on the east side of Allen Road. The parks on the east side of Allen Road will be linked via an enhanced Greenway linkage and together be a focus for the District and enhance connections to the subway station and Sheppard Avenue.
Wilson Heights Revitalization
Wilson is comprised of the three TTC commuter parking lots on Wilson Avenue at Allen Road. Redevelopment of the commuter parking lots will result in an improved streetscape and improved pedestrian connections on Wilson Avenue. The need for the replacement of commuter parking resulting from the re-development of these lots will be reviewed and assessed at the time of redevelopment in consultation with the TTC.
Stanley Greene Revitalization
Stanley Greene will become a residential neighbourhood. Development abutting existing residential development will be of a similar form and scale, transitioning to low-rise buildings but more intensive land uses along the park edge and mid-rise buildings along Keele Street. Lands between the local park and the rail line are intended to be developed for military housing for the Canadian Forces Housing Agency (CFHA); these lands will be connected to and integrated within the District through a network of municipally and federally-owned streets, parks, and appropriate building scales and types while protecting for their unique security requirements. A local park will be centrally located within the District as an open space focus for this neighbourhood and will be located along a northsouth street that will connect and provide a view corridor to the National Urban Park.
William Baker Revitalization
William Baker will serve primarily as an urban residential neighbourhood with a compact urban built form to support development density within walking distance of the new TTC/ GO Transit hub and along Keele Street. The large woodlot is recognized as a unique and desirable natural heritage feature that will be protected and combined with a municipal park to create a significant open space focus in the District. A multi-use path connecting this District to the National Urban Park via the existing pedestrian bridge is encouraged. Redevelopment of the lands will result in the removal of the concrete walls along Keele Street and the introduction of local street connections to Keele Street.
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
Creating a true ‘downtown’ has been the vision for the City of Vaughan since the rapid growth of the 1980s and 1990s changed the city from a quiet collection of communities into a thriving urban centre. The Vaughan Metropolitan Centre is the city’s downtown core. The vision for this downtown is that it continues to grow as a vibrant, modern urban centre for residents and businesses that encompasses all amenities of urban lifestyle: inspiring multi-use office towers, residences, subway access, open green space, urban squares, pedestrian shopping areas and restaurants, and walking and cycling paths.
Sterling Junction
Sterling Junction is a neighbourhood that is evolving into one of the city’s most exciting new urban communities. With the development of Marlin Spring’s three condominium buildings and Hines’ T3 development gracing the landscape with three sustainably designed commercial buildings, together with the plethora of existing galleries, stores, bars and cafes, new shops, restaurants and parks will add even more excitement to a neighbourhood that is already one of Toronto’s most desirable communities.