Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Community
Recreation Centre & Library
100 Ethennonnhawahstihnen’ Ln, Toronto, Ontario
Type: New construction
Size: 209,000 sf
- Recreation Centre: 38,000 sf
- Aquatic Centre: 27,000 sf
- Library: 13,000 sf
- Child Care Centre: 6,400 sf
Project Cost: $93 million
Development Partners:
- City of Toronto
- Parks, Forestry & Recreation (PF&R)
- Toronto Public Library (TPL)
- Children’s Services
- Toronto Parking Authority (TPA)
Status: Under construction, projected opening in 2023
Description
The Ethennonnhawahstihnen’ Community Centre is a 3-story multi-use facility in the new Concord Place neighbourhood that features a recreation centre, TPL branch, aquatic centre, 52-child daycare, rooftop solar farm, and 196-space underground parking lot. The project will be the largest 25 comprehensive community centre in Toronto and located within the new Concord Park Place neighbourhood that will house as many as 10,000 residents.
Complexity / Collaboration
The public-private partnership arose during the rezoning process that led to a Section 37 agreement between the City and the developer. The City then coordinated with the additional municipal partners associated with the library, daycare, and underground parking lot. Of these, the TPA entered a long-term operating agreement in exchange for their funding contribution. The site is part of the Concord Park Place master planned community, which was formerly owned by Canadian Tire.
User Interaction/Partnership Framework
Following the development application, OPA 530 approved the proposed context plan, designating a 3.7 hectare park block that a public community centre, public library, daycare facility and two school sites were proposed to share. The City is ultimately responsible for the entirety the community centre, with each portion being operated by the respective municipal partners.
Costs / Funding
The costs were primarily sourced through PF&R Development Charges and the City-Wide Parkland Development Reserve Fund, including $5.6 million dollars secured through Section 37 in exchange for increases in height and density for surrounding buildings on the site. The project partners covered $23 million of the total project cost. The TPL’s $14 million contribution was sourced from Library Development Charges and debt, the TPA authority’s $4 million from retained earnings, and Children’s Services’ $5 million from the Child Care Capital Reserve Fund.
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