Sugar Wharf Condominiums
Sugar Wharf Condos is an exciting new mixed-use condominium development coming up at 95 Lakeshore Blvd East, in the Heart of Toronto. Yonge Street and Lakeshore Boulevard East is the major intersection. This massive project is being done by Menkes Developments Ltd.
The project is proposed to comprise a 600,000 square feet, 24-storey office tower and commercial retail space of 300,000 square feet, a new multistorey residential community along with a 2-acre community park. The condos will sit on the 11.5 acre spot where the LCBO flagship buildings are positioned at the moment on the Queens Quay East and Freeland Street’s northeast corner.
Building Amenities
Sugar Wharf Condos will feature outdoor terrace with lounge, a 24-hour concierge, gym facilities, movie screening room, party room, as well as fire pit and BBQ stations – a wonderful spot to entertain both friends and family. Also, the condos will have a four-level underground garage with 478 parking slots, which will include 416 spots for residents and 62 for visitors. Besides, there will be 1,971 bicycle parking lots, probably creating what could turn out to be one of the biggest parking facilities in Toronto.
Transit at Sugar Wharf Condos
The use of public transportation makes commuting easy. Buses plus a streetcar services this emerging community, facilitating connections to subway stations. Drivers can easily access on-ramps linking them onto the Gardiner, DVP as well as Lakeshore Boulevard. In the future years, transit will be adjusted in order to accommodate the population growth in the neighbourhood. Already a light rail line is planned along the Queens Quay strip. The line will go all the way to Parliament Street and the TTC is planning to even extend the route well into the East Don Lands.
Sugar Wharf Condos Location
The subject location is a huge strip of underused prime real estate covering four city blocks. The developer wants to convert this post-industrial waterfront property into a lavish multidimensional destination where all residents can enjoy working, living and playing round the clock. There will be a two-acre park on Queens Quay’s northern side – between Freeland St and Cooper St. Menkes Development Ltd. envisions Sugar Wharf Condos to be the hub and a meeting place for the entire neighbourhood. The park is intended to be an active-use green space that will not just serve its new residents, but also the wider city centre general public.
WATERFRONT INNOVATION CENTRE
– Canada’s first purpose-built innovation centre
– Located directly on Sugar Beach
– A 400,000-sq.ft. complex aimed at fostering collaboration and innovation
– Designed to reinvent how people collaborate in the city’s rapidly evolving creative and technology sectors
– Integrated with all major forms of transportation, including transit
– Targeting LEED Platinum certification through a multi-tiered approach focused on passive systems, active systems, load reduction and energy recovery
– Will have a direct fiber connection with speeds as high as one terabyte per second
TORONTO + TECHNOLOGY
SIDEWALK LABS
Sidewalk Labs, a part of Alphabet (Google’s parent company) is coming to the waterfront. A joint effort with Waterfront Toronto, the company will create a high-tech neighbourhood, a unique mixed-use community on the eastern waterfront. This pathbreaking project, the first of its kind in the world will combine forward-thinking urban design and new digital technology to create people-centred neighbourhoods that achieve precedent-setting levels of sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity.
HIGHLIGHTS
A 12-acre waterfront community, with 3.3 million sq. Ft. Of residential, office and commercial space, including a new headquarters for Google Canada.
Establish a complete neighbourhood that improves quality of life for residents, workers, and visitors.
Create a destination for companies, startups and local organizations to advance solutions to the challenges facing cities, such as energy use, housing affordability, and transportation.
Make Toronto the global hub of a rising new industry: urban innovation.
Serve as a model for sustainable neighbourhoods throughout Toronto and cities around the world.