id8 is a multi-year process
to reimagine
520 acres of land.
We’re not
typical developers
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WE'RE A COLLABORATION OF TWO CROWN CORPORATIONS, IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL AND COMMITTED TO PUBLIC BENEFIT.
Your input is
shaping the future
WE'RE CREATING A FRAMEWORK PLAN INSPIRED BY YOUR IDEAS AND FEEDBACK AND INFORMED BY THE PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AND PROVINCE AND OUR PRIORITIES AS LANDOWNERS.
The process is just beginning and the site will take decades to evolve. We’re currently focusing on land use and improving connections. Details will come later.
WE ENVISION A TRULY COMPLETE COMMUNITY WITH DOWNSVIEW PARK AT ITS HEART.
The vision includes robust employment opportunities, places to connect with neighbours, shops, schools, and other amenities. And it’s one that draws new family homes and badly needed affordable housing.
Towards a
complete community
We see a community that encourages walking and cycling and enhances Downsview Park—preserving and ensuring this asset remains the beating heart of the community. It’s a community where nature is fully integrated and where the runway could become a green network of thriving neighbourhoods.
When we began talking to the local communities in spring 2020, four themes emerged as especially important. We heard calls for:
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Future green spaces may include segregated cycling and walking paths, community gardens, and active recreation, and be accessible to all ages and abilities
Future green spaces may include segregated cycling and walking paths, community gardens, and active recreation, and be accessible to all ages and abilities
Future green spaces may include segregated cycling and walking paths, community gardens, and active recreation, and be accessible to all ages and abilities
Future green spaces may include segregated cycling and walking paths, community gardens, and active recreation, and be accessible to all ages and abilities
Future employment uses may including light manufacturing, mixed-use areas, and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
Future employment uses may including light manufacturing, mixed-use areas, and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
Future employment uses may including light manufacturing, mixed-use areas, and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
Future employment uses may including light manufacturing, mixed-use areas, and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
diverse
Future public space may include parks and greenspace, places to promenade, mixed-use streets with heritage buildings and a mix of building types, and pedestrian streets
Future public space may include parks and greenspace, places to promenade, mixed-use streets with heritage buildings and a mix of building types, and pedestrian streets
Future public space may include parks and greenspace, places to promenade, mixed-use streets with heritage buildings and a mix of building types, and pedestrian streets
Future public space may include parks and greenspace, places to promenade, mixed-use streets with heritage buildings and a mix of building types, and pedestrian streets
a focus on
Future mobility networks may include green, segregated cycling and pedestrian paths, plazas with public art, and car-free pedestrian streets
Future mobility networks may include green, segregated cycling and pedestrian paths, plazas with public art, and car-free pedestrian streets
Future mobility networks may include green, segregated cycling and pedestrian paths, plazas with public art, and car-free pedestrian streets
Future mobility networks may include green, segregated cycling and pedestrian paths, plazas with public art, and car-free pedestrian streets
the site.
and improvements to help get
Our design team ran with these community priorities and presented some early ideas in fall 2020. We were encouraged by the response to our first proposals, but still have lots to do to address a range of critical issues facing this area of Toronto.
We’re developing these ideas and will soon be presenting refined designs to the public.
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Building on what’s already here.
The departure of Bombardier is an amazing opportunity, but the area is not a blank slate. We’re working with locals on the ground to understand the place, the surrounding neighbourhoods, and how changes can contribute positively to what’s already working here.
WE’RE SEEKING TO AMPLIFY AND BUILD ON THE DISTINCTIVE, RESILIENT, AND RESOURCEFUL SPIRIT OF DOWNSVIEW.
