Site work and new construction of an educational facility in Toronto, Ontario. Conceptual plans call for the construction of a educational facility.

Construction of the Site 1: The Gateway project, a proposed university housing development, bounded by Bloor Street West, Spadina Avenue, Huron Street and Washington Avenue. The Gateway project will create significant housing for faculty, staff and student families, academic space focused on life-long learning, ancillary retail opportunities, and enhanced public space at the northwest gateway to the University of Toronto downtown campus. It would also provide academic space for the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) and the School of Continuing Studies, and would continue to host the University of Toronto Schools, which is a current occupant of 371 Bloor West. Site 1 would play a key role by housing energy facilities discreetly integrated into the fabric of the 371 Bloor Street West building. That includes an underground nodal plant or energy centre, which would provide low-temperature heating water, chilled water and carbon-friendly energy to the immediate facility as well as campus buildings in the Huron Sussex neighbourhood. TIMELINE: After consultation late 2022 through a working group, led by the local city councilor and involving neighborhood associations, student groups and campus stakeholders an initial scope of work is determined. The University of Toronto evaluation committee selected Westbank, a leading private North American real estate developer, from a shortlist through a competitive procurement process, led by CBRE. The project team has also initiated an RFQ process to prequalify firms for architectural services. Further design, tender and construction schedules will be finalized spring, 2025.