Mayor Olivia Chow and city officials last month with shiny shovels broke ground to begin construction of 725 new homes, including 218 affordable rentals, on City owned land in the Six Points area.
The project at 5207 Dundas Street West is the first Housing Now site to turn soil to create mixed income
communities that was a hot topic during the mayoral election campaign.
The plan would bring 24-and 17-storey mixed-use purpose-built rental apartment buildings to the
intersection, with towers featuring designs by Henriquez Partners Architects.
Their podiums would form a courtyard designed by acclaimed Montreal-based landscape architects Claude Cormier et Associés, best known locally for their work
on the dog fountain at Berczy Park.
“As the new Mayor, I’ve made building more affordable housing a top priority,” Chow said. “I welcome other orders of government to partner with us as we endeavour to build even more                        affordable housing for the people of Toronto.”
The City, in partnership with CreateTO, Kilmer Group and Tricon
Residential, is supporting the delivery of this project as part of the
Housing Now Initiative, which Toronto City Council approved in 2019                                                               to activate City-owned lands  to stimulate the development of affordable rental housing
within transit-oriented, mixed-income, mixed-use and complete communities.
The site will deliver 725 residential homes, including 30 per cent affordable rental homes,                       218 units, and 507 market rental homes. Rents for affordable homes will
range from 40 per cent to 100 per cent of the Average Market Rent (AMR).
“I’m excited to welcome this Housing Now site to Etobicoke-Lakeshore, and I know                                  this site will make lasting impact on our community. I can’t wait to
welcome our new neighbours into their homes,” said Ward 3 Councillor Amber Morley.
The development will include a mix of unit types from one-bedroom to four-bedrooms. It will also include retail uses providing amenities and services to support
residents’ needs and public spaces for community gatherings and events.
Long known as ‘Spaghetti Junction,’ the City invested $77 million to decommission                                    the former Six-Points Interchange, which was replaced by a new network of
streets, unlocking almost 18 acres of land and creating
seven blocks for redevelopment.
Also planned for the area is the new Etobicoke Civic Centre, a Toronto Public Library                         branch, gym and new
City parks. A nearby proposed Six Points Plaza Redevelopment will see 45, 43,41, 36, 25 and 8-storey
condos at Dundas Street West and Jopling Avenue.