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RSS FeedsA closer look at Villiers West - and why the area is central to Sidewalk Labs` plans
(The Star Health)

 
 

26 june 2019 05:24:18

 
A closer look at Villiers West - and why the area is central to Sidewalk Labs` plans
(The Star Health)
 


“Flawed” and a “non-starter” are the words city Councillor Paula Fletcher uses to describe Sidewalk Labs’ proposal to build part of its high-tech neighbourhood on Villiers West, a little known, yet-to-be-built area in the Port Lands.But the chair of the board for Waterfront Toronto, the agency partnering with Sidewalk, says the idea is “definitely” worth considering.“If there is an excellent opportunity to create an innovation hub and Google headquarters on land that is the City of Toronto’s, I do believe in this particular instance that we do have an obligation to look at it,” said board chair Steve Diamond. “It’s not an enormous additional piece of land,” he said, referring to Villiers West.“I think it is worth a look, definitely worth a look,” added Diamond, who has been critical of some elements of Sidewalk’s overall proposal.As part of its draft master plan released Monday called Toronto Tomorrow: A New Approach for Inclusive Growth, Sidewalk Labs proposes to build a sensor-driven mixed-use development on a 12-acre property near Queens Quay E. and Parliament called Quayside. The Manhattan-based firm also wants to bring a new Google Canada headquarters and an “urban innovation institute” to 20 acres of property in the Port Lands called Villiers West.Villiers West is part of Villiers Island, an entirely new island being created in concert with a massive $1.25-billion flood protection project currently underway in the Port Lands. The new island consisting of Villiers West and Villiers East will feature homes, office buildings, bike and walking paths, parks, new bridges and roads, and more.Read more: 5 key take-aways from Sidewalk Labs’ master plan for Quayside and Toronto’s waterfrontAnalysis | Should we go all-in on Sidewalk Labs, or click no to ‘Googleville’?Sidewalk Labs says it won’t pay upfront costs for new LRT critica ...


 
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