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From Vision to Reality: The Story Behind Etobicoke's New Civic CentreOn April 10, 2024, the City of Toronto held a ground-breaking ceremony for the new Etobicoke Civic Centre (ECC) at 3755 Bloor Street West. As a new state-of-the-art civic hub, the new ECC will feature more than 508,000 square feet of accessible public-facing space including municipal office towers, a multi-purpose council chamber, a child care centre, a new Toronto Public Library branch, a public health clinic for dental services and breastfeeding, a fully equipped recreation centre, ceremonial rooms, public meeting rooms, an art gallery and retail spaces, all leading out to an open civic square with a Sacred Fire Vessel and two-level parking.
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- News ReleasesJune 25, 2024Waterfront Toronto, PortsToronto And CreateTO launch pilot project to address critical docking shortages, improve marine safety and address the increasing activity within the inner harbour(Opens in a new window)News ReleasesJune 25, 2024Waterfront Toronto in partnership with PortsToronto and CreateTO launched a pick-up and drop-off pilot program called Kiss n’ Sail to provide short-term docking opportunities for private vessels in the Inner Harbour.
- CreateTO owns over 8 km of dockwall in Toronto’s Harbour. We’ve developed a dockwall management program to ensure the dockwall continues to support port activity and is maintained in good repair to accommodate creative industry redevelopment and a future public promenade.
- Project UpdatesApril 26, 20242444 Eglinton Avenue East - New Project Website(Opens in a new window)Project UpdatesApril 26, 2024Introducing a fresh approach to sustainable, equitable, quality-designed housing.
- Media Coverage, Project UpdatesMarch 20, 2024Etobicoke’s new Civic Centre to implement geoexchange heating and cooling systems(Opens in a new window)Media Coverage, Project UpdatesMarch 20, 2024In Toronto, a new civic centre for the west-end Etobicoke area is going up, while looking down for its heating and cooling needs.
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Currently filtering by:All News12news listed- Project Updates, Media CoverageJuly 22, 2024Details unveiled for reimagination of St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto(Opens in a new window)Project Updates, Media CoverageJuly 22, 2024Last year, CreateTO and TO Live announced that a team led by Hariri Pontarini Architects was the winner of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts (STLC) Design Competition.
- Media CoverageJuly 8, 2024The Food Hall at Waterworks Opens Today(Opens in a new window)Media CoverageJuly 8, 2024As Toronto grows denser, and we deal with countless challenges to keeping the city vibrant — even as we lose many independent mom-and-pop shops and restaurateurs to chain offerings in overly glassy condo podiums — tucked just a block off of King or Queen streets just west of Spadina, is the Food Hall at
- Media CoverageJuly 4, 2024Plans filed for Housing Now development in midtown Toronto(Opens in a new window)Media CoverageJuly 4, 2024The City of Toronto is moving forward on another Housing Now rental development, aiming to bring 294 units to midtown.
- News Releases, Project UpdatesJune 28, 2024Toronto City Council has agreed to leverage City of Toronto-owned lands at 275 Merton St. to build 447 new purpose-built rental homes in midtown Toronto. This project includes a minimum target of 30 per cent affordable rental homes to remain affordable in perpetuity.(Opens in a new window)News Releases, Project UpdatesJune 28, 2024Toronto City Council has agreed to leverage City of Toronto-owned lands at 275 Merton St. to build 447 new purpose-built rental homes in midtown Toronto. This project includes a minimum target of 30 per cent affordable rental homes to remain affordable in perpetuity.
- News ReleasesJune 25, 2024Waterfront Toronto, PortsToronto And CreateTO launch pilot project to address critical docking shortages, improve marine safety and address the increasing activity within the inner harbour(Opens in a new window)News ReleasesJune 25, 2024Waterfront Toronto in partnership with PortsToronto and CreateTO launched a pick-up and drop-off pilot program called Kiss n’ Sail to provide short-term docking opportunities for private vessels in the Inner Harbour.
- CreateTO InsiderJune 18, 2024ULI Toronto and HousingNowTO Transit-Oriented Development Etobicoke TourCreateTO InsiderJune 18, 2024CreateTO joined ULI Toronto members and HousingNowTO on a tour of transit-oriented developments in Etobicoke, stopping at Bloor-Kipling and the Housing Now site at 5207 Dundas Street West, which is currently under construction and will deliver 725 new rental homes, including 218 new affordable rental homes. The project will also include retail uses, public spaces for community gatherings and events, and will be serviced by District Energy, supporting the City of Toronto's climate action objectives.
- Project UpdatesJune 10, 2024Three-storey Porsche dealership planned for Toronto Port Lands(Opens in a new window)Project UpdatesJune 10, 2024An automotive company has filed an application with the City of Toronto to build a three-storey Porsche dealership and service centre in the rapidly developing Port Lands region.
- CreateTO's CEO Vic Gupta and Chief Development Officer Michael Norton joined the 2024 Land and Development Conference to highlight affordable housing and transit-oriented development, two key topics CreateTO works to drive forward.
- Media Coverage, Project UpdatesMay 21, 2024Toronto builds the ‘missing middle’ in a parking lot(Opens in a new window)Media Coverage, Project UpdatesMay 21, 2024" They are like the unicorns of Toronto housing: small-scale apartment buildings with a few dozen units that could fit effortlessly into low-rise neighbourhoods."
- CreateTO owns over 8 km of dockwall in Toronto’s Harbour. We’ve developed a dockwall management program to ensure the dockwall continues to support port activity and is maintained in good repair to accommodate creative industry redevelopment and a future public promenade.
- Project UpdatesApril 26, 20242444 Eglinton Avenue East - New Project Website(Opens in a new window)Project UpdatesApril 26, 2024Introducing a fresh approach to sustainable, equitable, quality-designed housing.
- Tasked with managing one of North America’s largest and most valuable real estate portfolios, CreateTO is unlocking the potential of Toronto’s City-owned lands to be activated for the public good.