The enormous River City development planned for the West Don Lands, to be developed by
Urban Capital Property Group, received one of the top prizes at this year's
BILD Awards.
Named the best building design in the high-rise category (Edgemere won the low-rise category), River City was designed by Montreal's
Saucier + Perrotte Architects and Toronto's ZAS Architects.
When completed between 2017 and 2020, River City will be a five-building development with 900 condominiums south of King Street between River Street and the Don. It is being built to LEED Gold standards, with a plan for it to be, with offsets included, carbon neutral.
The first phase is expected to begin construction early next year and completed early in 2012. It will consist of one five-storey, 100-unit building and one 15-storey, 230-unit building.
Daily Commercial News estimates the ultimate construction cost of the project to be $150 million.
The BILD Awards are given out by the
Building Industry and Land Development Association, a GTA residential building, development and renovation industry association.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Waterfront Toronto
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