Teams chosen for next stage of Waterfront Toronto selection process

Tenderstream members Foster + Partners, Cobe, Alison Brooks Architects and Henning Larsen Architects are in the running as part of various teams competing for the Quayside Development Opportunity in Toronto. In March 2021, Waterfront Toronto launched a request for qualifications (RFQ) giving participants the rare opportunity to design, finance, and deliver a phased, master planned development on one of the last remaining expanses of waterfront land within walking distance of Toronto’s vibrant downtown core. The challenge is to create a district that adds more dimension to the area and re-establishes the city’s connection with Lake Ontario.  

Waterfront Toronto has worked closely with stakeholders and community members to shape the vision for Quayside as a dynamic, inclusive and resilient community, serving people of all ages, backgrounds, abilities and incomes. The development will include retail, restaurants, entertainment and cultural experiences for visitors and residents. 

The RFQ invited submissions from development teams with the experience, capacity and passion to deliver a distinctive neighbourhood that also meets or exceeds Waterfront Toronto’s standards for design excellence and green building requirements.  Following evaluation of ten submissions, four Proponent teams were selected to participate in a second stage. They are: 

Hines Canada Management II ULC

• Lead Developer: Hines Canada with Tridel Builders Inc. 

• Lead Architect: Fosters + Partners

KMT Quayside Developments Inc.

• Lead Developer: Kilmer, Mattamy and Tricon 

• Lead Architect: MVRDV, Cobe

Quayside Impact LP

• Lead Developer: Dream Unlimited Corp. and Great Gulf 

• Lead Architect: Adjaye Associates, Alison Brooks Architects, Henning Larsen Architects 

The Daniels Corporation and Hullmark Developments Ltd.

• Lead Developer: The Daniels Corporation and Hullmark Developments 

• Lead Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. 

The shortlisted teams have been invited to respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP). Waterfront Toronto anticipates that the preferred proponent will be identified by the end of 2021.

Lucy Nordberg
Tenderstream Head of Research

This tender was first published by Tenderstream on 11.03.2020 here

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