Posts Tagged ‘Lower Don Lands’

Waterfront Toronto’s Lower Don Lands Framework Plan/Keating Channel Precinct Plan has won…

See the transformation happening on Toronto’s waterfront first-hand by taking a walking tour of the East Bayfront and Lower Don Lands communities on May 8th as part of the annual Jane’s Walk event.

Toronto City Council has endorsed the award winning plans to transform the Lower Don Lands and renaturalize the mouth of the Don River.   Waterfront Toronto, in conjunction with the City of Toronto and Toronto and Region Conservation, sought Toronto City Council’s authorization to submit all the necessary planning documents to support an Official Plan Amendment [...]

The award winning vision to transform the Lower Don Lands and renaturalize the mouth of the Don River may soon be official and binding.

Toronto, June 16, 2009 –Waterfront Toronto’s Lower Don Lands plans have received the ‘Best Futuristic Design Award’ in one of the world’s leading sustainability focused development industry design competitions. The Keating Channel Precinct, the Lower Don Lands’ first planned community, was recognized in Hamburg Germany at the Building Exchange (BEX) Conference. The fifth annual BEX [...]

New Clinton Climate Initiative program to demonstrate economic, environmental strategies for sustainable urban growth May 19, 2009 – (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) – Waterfront Toronto’s Lower Don Lands development was announced today as one among 16 founding projects of the Climate Positive Development Program, a Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) program that will support the development of [...]

Toronto, May 7, 2009 – Waterfront Toronto unveils detailed plans for transforming the Lower Don Lands, a 125-hectare (308-acre) industrial area located south of the rail corridor in the east end of Toronto’s harbour, into new sustainable parks and communities. As part of waterfront revitalization, Waterfront Toronto has taken bold and innovative approachs to naturalize [...]

TORONTO, July 2, 2008 – Waterfront Toronto together with Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) received the 2008 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Sustainable Development Award for the design of the Lower Don Lands. The Sustainable Development Award, one of RAIC’s National Urban Design awards, recognizes the role urban design and architectural excellence play in [...]

Jury selects team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation today announced that a team led by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc. (MVVA) beat out three other internationally recognized competitors to win the Lower Don Lands Design Competition. “The winning MVVA design represents a bold innovative approach to naturalizing the mouth [...]

Toronto, April 13, 2007—The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation today unveiled the final submissions for the Lower Don Lands Design Competition. The winner will be announced following a public exhibition which runs from April 16-24 at the BCE Place Allen Lambert Galleria, 181 Bay Street. TWRC also announced the members of the jury that will select [...]