Waterworks

Project Details

Project Name: Waterworks

Location: 505 Richmond St. W.

Toronto ,

ON ,
CANADA

Architect: Diamond Schmitt Architects

Client/Owner: MOD Developments Inc. and Woodcliffe Landmark Properties

Project Types: Commercial ,

Community ,

Hospitality ,

Multifamily ,
Retail

Project Scope: Adaptive Reuse ,

Addition/Expansion ,

Interiors ,

New Construction ,

Preservation/Restoration ,
Renovation/Remodel

Shared by: Paul French ,
Diamond Schmitt Architects

Team: Donald Schmitt, Principal-in-Charge
Duncan Bates, Project Architect

Project Status: On the Boards/In Progress

Project Description

Heritage preservation meets mixed-use in this transformation of a block-long public works building in downtown Toronto. Waterworks draws on both historic and contemporary urban context to create a vibrant community hub in a rapidly expanding neighbourhood.
This development turns a former water treatment plant in downtown Toronto into a Food Hall where one stood in the 19th-century, a YMCA, retail mews, and 299 residential units. An existing social services agency, Eva’s Phoenix, will remain in the building and a number of condos will be operated through a non-profit housing provider.