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New Toronto Development Envisions the City of the Future: Corporate-Artisanal Urbanism

The ramp leads you up from the street into a long, narrow passageway, lined by brick columns. This passageway towers a level below you and a level above, lined by shops; it’s crossed by wooden bridges and capped by a sinuous glass roof above. A breeze washes past as you consider an espresso or a … Continued

Toronto Megaproject to Bring ‘King Street Feel’ to Front

The corner of Front Street West and Spadina used to feel like the Western outback, alone and removed, even if only a few blocks from Toronto’s downtown core, facing noisy commuter rail lines. Wellington, one street north, was a quieter, leafier anomaly with its historic buildings, yet broken by a big gravel parking lot, and … Continued

Mixed-Use Urban Real Estate Project Blurs the Line Between Working and Living

Ed Sonshine, chief executive officer at RioCan REIT, discusses a joint development with Allied Properties to build a new mixed-use urban real estate project that blurs the lines between working and living, and why it will be an oasis in an urban jungle. Source: BNN

Super Neighbourhood Being Built Downtown

An ambitious development plans to create a sky-high residential and business community at Front & Spadina. Source: CityNews

New Development in Toronto Is “Choreographed City-Building”

“The Well” is set to be one of the most ambitious urban developments Toronto has seen. Estimated to host nearly 10,000 people living and working daily, “The Well” includes over 1.5 million square feet of retail, office space and food services, as well as 1,800 residential units all spread throughout seven buildings flanked by Front, … Continued

Allied, Enwave and Riocan to Accelerate Expansion of Thermal Energy System in Toronto

New thermal energy storage tanks at ‘The Well’ development will provide year-round, low-carbon cooling and heating services to Toronto’s downtown west. Allied Properties REIT (“Allied”) (TSX: AP.UN), Enwave Energy Corporation (“Enwave”) and RioCan REIT (“RioCan”) (TSX: REI.UN) are joining forces to extend Enwave’s existing Deep Lake Water Cooling and hot water distribution networks by building … Continued

The Well: Toronto’s First Mixed-Use Community

Welcome to The Well, Toronto’s first real mixed-use community in the heart of the city’s west end, where you can live, work and shop with creativity and purpose. Stretching for 7.8 acres down the western side of Spadina Avenue from Wellington to Front, this urban hub combines sustainability-focused office space, an expansive retail environment and … Continued