Spaces on all tours are limited, so sign up early to avoid missing out!  Email your full contact details to brownfields@canurb.com to sign up, and please indicate which tour you would like to be on.

Evergreen Brick Works

Evergreen Brick Works is a former brownfield site that will be a centre for experiencing the relationship between nature, culture and community. Located on a unique natural and industrial heritage site, it will be a destination for families and individuals to enjoy a natural refuge, while sampling a rich offering of programs and services – gardening workshops, heritage tours, pottery-making, organic food markets, a retail nursery, demonstration gardens and leading-edge green design techniques. It will be a unique and creative social enterprise that will model sustainability and innovative green design on all fronts.

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Shops at Don Mills

(Led by Fred Serrafero and Frank Giannone of FRAM Building Group )

Shops at Don Mills is Ontario’s first Urban Village. Located on the site of the former Don Mills Centre, it is a mixed-use development combining a diverse range of fashion stores, restaurants, offices and neighbourhood amenities with parks, hundreds of mature trees and extensive landscaping. The focal point is the 58,125-sq.-ft. Town Square featuring an oval 7,134-sq.-ft. ice skating rink, a distinctive clock tower designed by famed Canadian artist and author Douglas Coupland, and Canada’s first robotic water feature designed by Karajaal of Quebec. Street names and heritage plaques reflect the neighbourhood’s rich history. Events and festivals will be held in the public spaces throughout the year, and a wall dedicated to Canadian art will showcase exhibitions by Toronto-area students this spring. 

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Design Renderings of the Brick Works: