Inside the GTA - Sept. 28, 2019

On Sept. 7, officials joined Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, the development team and the Port Credit community at the J.C. Saddington Park for a celebration of the official planning approvals for Brightwater. This new mixed-use 72-acre development on the shores of Lake Ontario will ultimately be home to nearly 6,500 residents. Locatedat Lake Shore Road West and Mississauga Road South, the plan includes more than 2,500 condo suites and over 400 townhomes; affordable housing and rental units; over 18 acres of interconnected public parks and open spaces; and more than 300,000 square feet of shops, restaurants, offices and services.

The event was an opportunity see the plans and meet with the Brightwater team, which includes Kilmer Group, DiamondCorp, Dream Unlimited Corp. and FRAM+Slokker. Visit experiencebrightwater.ca to register.

Planned trail system connects Scarborough to downtown

The Meadoway is bringing nature back into city living by transforming 16 km of hydro corridor lands in Scarborough into an urban greenspace, meadowlands and a trail system that will connect downtown Toronto and the Rouge National
Urban Park.

On Sept. 22, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) held an event that gave visitors a peek at the potential of this community-powered greenspace.

Check out the plan for the project and find out about future events by visiting themeadoway.ca

Allied and Westbank unveil at KING Toronto

Over 3,000 people attended the kick-off event of Allied and Westbank’s three-day exhibition, which included the unveiling of eight extraordinary penthouses at KING Toronto in the King West area of Toronto.

The exhibition, entitled Living on a Mountaintop, included a display of all eight generations of the Porsche 911, beginning with the first model from 1963 through to the latest model.

KING Toronto was designed by globally renowned architecture firm, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group), and has become an architectural phenomenon that has captured the city’s imagination.

The penthouses are the last homes to be released, and each has been custom designed by BIG to reflect a distinct theme informed by the north, south, west or east mountaintops on which they are set.

Most recently, the KING Toronto site played host to the BIG-designed Serpentine Pavilion and drew more than 100,000 visitors.

For more info, visit kingtoronto.com

River & Fifth opens to registrants

New Home + Condo Guide checked out Broccolini’s new River & Fifth presentation centre at 91 River Street. Nestled between Riverside and Corktown, the community is a must-see and the sales office includes kitchen and bath vignettes as well as a model of the façade, which was designed by Graziani + Corazza Architects.

MIKEY Network partners with TCDSB

All 202 schools and various facilities of the Toronto Catholic District School Board now have defibrillators installed thanks to a partnership with the MIKEY Network.

Established by Heathwood Homes and Herity in memory of a colleague, Michael Salem, who died of cardiac arrest in 2002, the Network promotes heart-healthy living and places public access defibrillators, called Mikeys, in as many areas as possible.

“We are delighted to partner with the Toronto Catholic District School Board on their installation of potentially life saving defibrillators. As a not-for-profit organization, we’re committed to teaching people how to use defibrillators and how to lead a heart-healthy lifestyle. Over the years we have trained over 13,400 in CPR and AED, and to date, have 43 recorded saves, eight of whom are under 18 years of age, and that is very gratifying,” says MIKEY Network Chairman, Hugh Heron.