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CreateTO 2020 Highlights
2020 was a notable and demanding year for CreateTO. In the third year of our existence we, and the entire world, were confronted with a global pandemic that brought unprecedented challenges to our...
Proposed redevelopment of two City-owned sites to create multiple city-building opportunities in the downtown core
TORONTO, ONTARIO – May 14, 2021 – Today, Toronto Mayor John Tory joined Deputy Mayor Ana Bailão, Spadina-Fort York Councillor Joe Cressy and CreateTO CEO Steven Trumper to announce plans for a...
Modular Housing Phase 2 Underway
The second phase of the Modular Housing Initiative, launched in February 2021, will include two new sites and create approximately 128 modular homes that will provide stable, affordable housing and...
Housing Now Progress Update
At its meeting on Friday, December 4, 2020, the CreateTO Board of Directors received an update on the status of the Housing Now sites included in Phases 1 and 2 of the initiative. Progress since the...
Garrison Crossing’s One-Year Anniversary
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of Garrison Crossing, the pedestrian and cycle bridge connecting Trinity Bellwoods Park in the north and the Fort York grounds and the waterfront...
Basin Media Hub – Development Opportunity
CreateTO, in partnership with the City of Toronto, is seeking proposals globally from film and television production consortiums to develop and operate a purpose-built, state-of-the-art film...
Etobicoke Centre Community Meeting #2
CreateTO and the City of Toronto held a second community meeting for the Etobicoke Centre initiative on Thursday, February 20 at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Islington. The meeting consisted of...
Garrison Crossing opens to the public
On October 1st, Mayor John Tory officially opened Garrison Crossing to the public – including pedestrians, cyclists, dog walkers, stroller pushers and snakes (yes, one of the first to cross the...
City Council unanimously approves ModernTO plan
The ModernTO plan, adopted by Toronto City Council at its October 29, 2019 meeting, is a new approach to city-building that’s designed to modernize the City’s office space, save money, and smartly...
CreateTO & Corporate Board Meetings Recap
City Council unanimously adopted ModernTO, which sets out a new approach to optimize the City’s real estate assets while helping the City modernize its office space and save money, at its...
Parkdale Community Hub – Feasibility Study
CreateTO has been directed by City Council to initiate the Phase 2 feasibility work to advance the schematic design for the Parkdale Community Hub project. The Parkdale Community Hub is focused on...
Relocation of the Etobicoke Civic Centre
City Council, at its meeting on December 17, 2019, authorized CreateTO to proceed with Phase Three of the Major Capital Project Approval Process work – including Detail Design, Contract Documents and...
640 Lansdowne Avenue Community Meeting – Environmental and Risk Assessment
Terrapex Environmental, together with CreateTO, will host a community meeting on Wednesday, September 25th, to present the results of an environmental investigation and risk assessment regarding the...
Danforth Garage Master Plan
The Danforth Garage Master Plan, endorsed by the CreateTO Board on May 13, will go to Executive Committee for consideration on June 6, 2019. In May, the CreateTO Board endorsed the Master Plan to...
Danforth Garage Master Planning Study – Community Meeting #3
CreateTO and The City of Toronto will be hosting a third and final community meeting for the Danforth Garage Master Planning Study on Thursday, December 13 from 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm at Monarch Park...
Danforth Garage Master Planning Study – Meeting #2 Materials and Feedback Form
CreateTO & the City of Toronto hosted the second of three community meetings for the Danforth Garage Master Planning Study on Tuesday, October 30 to present the finalized Guiding Principles for...
Danforth Garage Master Planning Study – Community Meeting #2
CreateTO & the City of Toronto will be hosting the second community meeting for the Danforth Garage Master Planning Study on Tuesday, October 30 from 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the cafeteria at...
Build Toronto wins 2017 Brownie Award – New Eva’s Phoenix (Toronto, ON)
On Wednesday, November 22, the Canadian Brownfields Network announced the winning and shortlisted projects and programs for the 2017 Brownie Awards. The New Eva’s Phoenix (Toronto, Ontario) part of...
Build Toronto Celebrates the Official Opening of 75 Billy Bishop Way, Shops at Wilson Station
On November 23, 2017, Build Toronto in collaboration with Councillor David Shiner, Build Toronto Board Chair and Ward 24 Councillor and Councillor Maria Augimeri, Ward 9 Councillor, held a ribbon...
Etobicoke Civic Centre Approved at City Council
Build Toronto is pleased to announce City Council has accepted the Adamson Associate Architects | Henning Larsen Architects | PMA Landscape Architects winning submission as the conceptual design for...
Third Pre-Application Public Community Meeting Held for Richview Square + 4620 Eglinton Ave. W.
On Wednesday November 1, 2017, Build Toronto, in collaboration with Trinity Development Group, Councillor Campbell and our community facilitation partners, Brook Pooni Associates, held a third...
Etobicoke Civic Centre Design Competition Winning Team Public Exhibit
The Etobicoke Civic Centre (ECC) Design Competition Winning Team Exhibit is currently on display at the ECC until November 6, 2017. The exhibit includes winning team Adamson Associates Architects...
Final Report: The Etobicoke Civic Centre – Building a New Vision
In July 2016, City Council directed Build Toronto, in collaboration with the City, to launch a design competition for a new ECC on the Westwood Theatre Lands and the development of a business case. ...
Officially Breaking Ground at 5131 Sheppard Avenue East
On Tuesday, September 14, Build Toronto’s Board Chair, Councillor David Shiner, along with Mayor John Tory, Councillor Ana Bailão, The Daniels Corporation and Diamond Corp., celebrated the...
Second Community Meeting Held for Richview Square + 4620 Eglinton Ave. W.
On the evening of Tuesday, August 15, 2017, Build Toronto in collaboration with Trinity Development Group, Councillor Campbell and our community facilitation partners, Brook Pooni Associates, held an...
Winning Etobicoke Civic Centre Design Team
In May 2017, Build Toronto (now part of CreateTO), in partnership with the City of Toronto, announced Adamson Associates Architects of Toronto, Henning Larsen Architects of Copenhagen and PMA...
4620 Eglinton Ave. W. Community Engagement Officially Kicks-Off with Saturday Open House
Engagement is one of Build Toronto’s City-Building Strategic Priorities. As part of any development application, we work to engage with community members over and above the City of Toronto’s...
Four Competing Design Teams Unveil Their Concepts for the Etobicoke Civic Centre
On Tuesday, April 25, four shortlisted design teams publicaly presented their designs for a new Etobicoke Civic Centre in front of over 140 community members, a five-member jury, City Councillors in...
A Design Competition to Build the New Etobicoke Civic Centre at Westwood
Build Toronto, on behalf of the City of Toronto, has invited design teams to submit their qualifications for the first of a two-stage design competition for the proposed Etobicoke Civic Centre which...
Redevelopment of the Wilson West Lot
Redevelopment of the Wilson West Lot Answers to your frequently asked questions Why is this parcel of land being redeveloped? Around 2008, the City of Toronto began to examine new strategies for...
505 Richmond St. W. transformed to host NXT City Prize
On September 24, CreateTO’s historic building at 505 Richmond St. W. was transformed with lounge furniture, full-service food and beverage booths and flashing lights in order to help the NXT...
Build Toronto Speaks at City Age: Build The Future
Rochester, Santa Monica, Vancouver, Barrie, Hamilton, Hong Kong and of course Toronto, were some of the cities whose leaders came together at the Toronto City Age conference to offer and listen to...
Prime Location for Ten York
On a site with across-the-street access to the PATH, the City’s 30-km underground pathway, and within walking distance of Union Station, Build Toronto has entered into a joint venture partnership...
Largest Potential to Deliver Employment at Downsview
Situated adjacent to the Downsview subway station, this parcel of land represents the largest property in Build Toronto’s portfolio and has the largest potential to deliver employment. The property...
Comprehensive Design Planning at Downsview
As we work with a number of stakeholders to create a comprehensive plan for development of the Downsview lands, we will be looking for the best and most appropriate way to balance a mix of uses...
Setting LEED Standards at 5131 Sheppard Avenue East
As part of our commitment to high standards of sustainable design and environmental sustainability, the successful proponent will adhere to the City of Toronto Green Building Requirements and pursue...
Brownfield Investment at Old Weston Road
Redevelopment along the St. Clair West transit corridor gives us the opportunity to invest in a transit-oriented development that will bring new residents and activity to a parcel of land that has...
Connecting With Eglinton Connects
As part of the City’s goal to link 19 kilometres of Eglinton Avenue stretching from the east to the west end, Build Toronto is preparing 1250 Eglinton Avenue West, a site to the west of...
Community Engagement to Reconfigure the Six Points Interchange
The community has been engaged throughout the Six Points Interchange Reconfiguration process. For more information, please visit the City of Toronto Construction...
Master Planning St. Andrew’s Market part of 505 Richmond Re-development
In 1837, when the property was set aside for a public market, the lands directly to the south were dedicated for a future public recreational use. Today, that area is known as St. Andrew’s Market...
Birchcliff Quarry Lands Study at 411 Victoria Park Avenue
Before we began planning, our team completed the Birchcliff Quarry Lands Study to help provide planning context for the site. Following this, our extensive consultative program has helped us to...
Collaborating with the Community at 411 Victoria Park
Since 2011, Build Toronto has been working closely with local Councillors, City staff, the Ministry of the Environment, Metrolinx, neighbouring property owners, professional consultants and local...
Developing on a 1930’s Quarry at 411 Victoria Park
A quarry dating back to the 1930’s presents a number of environmental challenges and requires a comprehensive environmental investigation. In accordance with the Ministry of the Environment...
Meeting the Communities around Ordnance
Build Toronto has met with over 350 community members in the area. These events have included: the Toronto the Good event in June 2012; a community consultation as part of the development application...
Fort York Bridge to Land Within the Ordnance Development
As Toronto’s downtown core continues to grow and evolve, the City continues to plan for new ways to enhance accessibility and connectivity around the expanding communities. Aware of the need for a...
An Integrated Community at Ordnance Triangle
Until recently, the land had consisted of both privately held and City-owned parcels. The owners of the private parcel, Diamond Corp., had understood the potential on this site and started to move...
A Mobility Hub at Bloor Street West and Kipling Avenue
Provincially designated as a mobility hub, the area will see high density development planned around its higher-order transit. Build Toronto’s 14-acre development located at the eastern end of...
Pedestrian Connectivity at 75 Billy Bishop Way
The 4.5 acres is planned around higher-order transit with a direct connection to the Wilson subway station. The proposed vision includes offering a new pedestrian streetscape, wider sidewalks and...
A Vision for Retail at 75 Billy Bishop Way
The proposed retail development will introduce more goods and services within walking distance for new residents coming into the neighbourhood from surrounding developments. Redevelopment of this...