Address: Wellington St. W / Front St. W
Developer: RioCan REIT / Allied Properties REIT / Diamond Corp
Architect: Hariri Pontarini / Pickard Chilton / Claude Cormier + Associates
This large project is titled "The Well". It consists of a 34 storey office tower designed by Connecticut-based
Pickard Chilton (rendering not yet released).
It also consists of numerous residential buildings designed by Hariri Pontarini. Heights of these towers are not known at the moment.
Initial renderings courtesy of
Urban Toronto.
Site in question.
Details about the project.
- Vehicular access to the site would be restricted to only a couple of entry/exit points to underground garages. Vehicles would not move through the site at ground level, which would be left to pedestrians and bicyclists.
- Approximately half a million square feet of retail space is planned for the development at ground level, one level below ground, and one level above. Retail would include everything from fashion to groceries, from "international anchors" to one-off boutiques, while restaurants and coffee shops would dot the site.
-More than a million square feet of residential units are planned for The Well, with both condominiums and rental buildings planned.
- More than a million square feet of office space is planned for The Well, most of it in a 34-storey office tower proposed for the southeast corner of the site (at the northwest corner of Front and Spadina). Its designer is Pickard Chilton Architects of New Haven, Connecticut.
- Along its west edge, the property extends to the back of the Victorian homes along Draper Street. A row of townhomes, as part of a building podium, would face the homes on Draper, while a landscaped walkway would