PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
General Motors plans 7 acre
downtown Toronto complex
the site will begin later this month,
with construction expected to take
two years.
The project is designed by Quad-
rangle Architects.
Province, developer
reach air rights deal for
$102 million Mimico
GO Station redevelopment
General Motors is preparing to
build a seven-acre complex in
downtown Toronto.
The development, called the
Toronto GM Mobility Campus, will
combine research and development
facilities with vehicle sales.
With frontage along Lakeshore
Blvd. East, the south half of the
seven-acre property will house a
160,000-sq.-ft. building comprised
of a lower level podium that will rise
to five storeys, with three wings of-
fering panoramic views of Lake On-
tario and downtown Toronto.
The complex will include offices,
R&D facilities for urban mobility, GM
vehicle sales and service area, and
a public experience area showcas-
ing innovations in mobility, includ-
ing electric and autonomous
vehicles, e-bikes and car-sharing.
According to CBC, demolition at
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The provincial government has
reached an agreement with a
private developer to rebuild the
Mimico GO Station in Etobicoke in
exchange for development rights
above the station.
Developer Vandyk will refurbish
and enhance the existing site, build-
ing a mixed-use project.
The government news release
did not specify the expected devel-
opment value or other details about
what will be built on the site. How-
ever, CBC news reports the project
has an estimated $102 million
value. The station will include a new
station building, pedestrian tunnels
and elevators, refurbished plat-
forms and new entrances to the
station and below grade parking. In
exchange for development rights,
Vandyk will pay for all construction
costs for the main station building,
new parking and Greenway at the
station. “We are very excited about the
opportunity at Mimico GO Station,”
Phil Verster said in a statement.
“Bringing a new station into a com-
munity at little or no cost to the tax-
payer is something that has great
potential. It also makes good busi-
ness sense. Metrolinx continues to
be open to innovative, joint ap-
proaches with the private sector
that reduce the cost to taxpayers
and also provide efficient, safe and
affordable transportation options.”
Ontario’s NDP asked for greater
transparency and for affordable
housing to be including in the de-
velopment. "Any deal regarding this site,
which has been the source of scan-
dal in the past, must be absolutely
transparent. Furthermore, such a
deal must include affordable hous-
ing, which is sorely needed in this
community," said NDP transit critic
Jessica Bell.
The scandal Bell referred to was
an earlier deal with another devel-
oper to construct a 242-unit condo
building with direct access to the
GO Station. Metrolinx backed out
of the deal in 2012, and in 2017, the
development was placed into court-
ordered readership, after trade con-
tractors filed liens on the project,
which stalled when it was about 15
per cent completed. About 200
condo buyers were to receive de-
posit refunds.
PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
EllisDon building $1.2 billion
hospital overlooking Humber
River Valley
West Park Healthcare Centre has
broken ground on a massive new
hospital construction project in
Toronto. The $1.2-billion project will in-
clude a new six-storey hospital
overlooking the Humber River Val-
ley. The hospital, scheduled to open
in 2023, will feature 80 per cent of
the beds in single-patient rooms,
with each inpatient having a private
three-piece washroom for improved
infection control. The campus will
be built on 27 acres.
West Park Foundation has
launched the $80-million Get Your
Life Back Campaign to raise funds
for the new hospital. Phase 1 of the
campaign will raise $50 million by
2023, with the foundation providing
an additional $30 million in support
to the new hospital over the next 30
years. EllisDon Infrastructure Health-
care has been awarded a fixed-price
contract to design, build, finance
and maintain the new hospital.
WW+P designing two Yonge
Subway Extension stations
Weston Williamson + Partners
says that it will design two of the
five new metro stations on the
Yonge Subway Extension (YSE) in
Toronto and York Region.
Yonge St. is the economic and
cultural spine of Toronto and York
Region and the Line 1-Yonge Univer-
sity subway is the busiest rapid
transit line in Canada. The YSE will
stretch from Finch Station in
Toronto north to Richmond Hill, a
total of 7.4 kilometres.
Both of the WW+P stations, at
Clark and Langstaff, will be
tunnel/bore construction with box
stations. There will be intermodal
interchanges at each and at
Langstaff there will be parking pro-
vision for 2,000 cars.
“We are excited to be contribut-
ing two stations and their associ-
ated urban realm to this fantastic
project. By improving connectivity
across the Greater Toronto Area,
the extension will also unlock thou-
sands of new homes and jobs in
the area,” senior partner and archi-
tecture project director Christian
Bocci said in a prepared statement.
The YSE is expected to carry
165,000 passengers per day on the
latest Toronto Rocket six-car trains.
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