Parkyard living indoors at The Keeley in Downsview

TAS has launched its latest project The Keeley, a 12-storey contemporary residence located on Keele Street across from Downsview Park that is poised to bring a new urban identity for the area.

To kick off the launch, TAS provided friends and family with a first peek at its latest midrise development with a “picnic in the park” experience inside the presentation centre on May 3.

Guests were greeted with the smell of fiery barbecue, followed by an activated parkyard vignette featuring a live acoustic guitar player pleasantly sitting on the grass, and performers posing as the colourful and playful characters from The Keeley’s parkyard mural. For dinner, guests were treated to savoury barbecue classics such as mini hamburgers and grilled cheese, grilled chorizo skewers and potato salad. Local artisanal market and butcher shop Speducci Mercatto provided cheese and charcuterie for an elevated picnic experience. Guests could also pretend they were lounging in the sun with glasses of fruit-filled sangria and gourmet ice pops, served directly from an ice pop stand.

With many exciting changes already underway at Downsview Park – including the new Downsview TTC and Go stations, York University and Centennial College campuses, and Humber River Hospital – Downsview Park is primed to become the most highly sought-after neighbourhoods outside the downtown core.

“The Keeley is a piece of a bigger vision of what a new urban mixed-use community around Downsview Park could look like,” says TAS President and CEO Mazyar Mortazavi. “It’s not hard to imagine, five years out, Downsview Park emerging as one of the top destinations in the entire city.”