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The Globe and Mail David Israelson Published May 11, 2021
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When developers design and market new urban communities, they often offer “steps to shopping” and “minutes from work” as selling points. They need to be creative when the communities they’re constructing are close to established commercial and retail centres, but maybe not close enough for walking to the store or café.
Being creative in this way is the challenge faced by two master-planned communities in Toronto – Canary District at the foot of the Don River and Emerald City in North York.
On the surface, the two communities have a lot of differences. Emerald City is more suburban; its retail and commercial aspects support three condo towers of 33, 24 and 15 storeys.