About this Event
Port Lands Flood Protection opens 240 hectares of underused post-industrial land for development near downtown. That work will be completed by the end of 2024, with new parks and greenspaces opening in 2025. ‘Villiers Island’ is the planned community that will develop on the new island created by the rerouted Don River as part of Port Lands Flood Protection. This island is almost entirely public lands, and presents an opportunity to build new housing, including affordable housing.
The City of Toronto, CreateTO and Waterfront Toronto were tasked with finding ways to increase density to deliver more housing. Including affordable housing, without compromising the vision set by the Villiers Island Precinct Plan and Port Lands Planning Framework for a sustainable, complete community.
A public meeting in June 2023 presented possible approaches to increasing density on the island. The Density Study is now complete, and the project team is reporting back with the proposed approach to updating massing (or buildings) set by the Villiers Island Precinct Plan.
Meeting Details:
At a virtual public meeting in March 2024, we shared the recommended approach to increasing housing, including affordable housing on the new island, that resulted from a Density Study. In this meeting, team members from the City of Toronto, CreateTO and Waterfront Toronto presented the next steps for ‘Villiers Island’, including future opportunities for public input. This presentation was followed by a Q+A .
To follow up this virtual presentation, we are hosting an in- person drop in on Thursday, May 2 at 251 Queens Quay East from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Details presented in the meeting will be on display and project staff will be available to answer questions .
Please note that the front door is at the side of the building per the map below.
How to get there:
By bike: The building is located off the Martin Goodman Trail . There is bike parking on either side of the building.
By transit: Take the 19 and 72 bus to Dockside Drive (George Brown College), then walk east to 251 Queens Quay East.
By car: Turn on to Merchant’s Wharf off Queens Quay East, then turn left on Edgewater Drive where you will see the entrance to the building’s paid underground parking.
Register to receive a reminder for this meeting, and other related information. Registration is not required to attend. A summary from the March 26 and May 2 meetings will be available after the drop in. Please let us know about any accessibility accommodations. If you have any questions, please email [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
251 Queens Quay E, 251 Queens Quay East, Toronto, Canada
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