A Vision for The Future
We recently submitted a number of formal development applications to the City of Toronto and the first step towards a wholly reimagined Scarborough Junction is now complete.
HELP SHAPE Scarborough Junction
The Scarborough Junction development is a future mixed-use development that will tie together several established neighbourhoods, creating a master-planned community that leverages an existing major transit station and recognizes the potential of this special site to develop its own unique identity. This catalytic new community will provide accessible housing with diverse tenure and a much-needed retail offering, creating places for people to gather and enjoy. The design will deliver a public realm focus through the formation of streets, squares and parks, and strong connections to the surrounding communities and to the city beyond.
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The Scarborough Junction Community Farm
The Scarborough Junction Community Farm is a partnership between Republic Developments, Harlo Capital, and Feed Scarborough. Not only does the farm provide fresh produce to the Feed Scarborough food bank, but it also offers a space to educate about issues such as food waste, food security, and sustainability.
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This website is designed to foster dialogue and give you, the community, an opportunity to help shape the future place. We’re still in the planning phase but you can have a look at our proposed timeline below.
House August 2020
Application Fall 2020
The future is bright. Here’s how we’ll get there.
Our Guiding Principles
01. Inclusivity & Diversity
We will look at all aspects of this master-planned community through a lens of inclusivity and diversity, ensuring an accessible and equitable place for all. This may include new infrastructure and community facilities than help level the playing field with other communities in the GTA.
02. Be a Vehicle for Social & Economic Change
We will create local employment opportunities, strengthen the socio-economic climate of the community, enhance social structures, and share knowledge with the next generation of leaders through internship and mentorship programs across all community building disciplines associated
with this project.
03. Create a New Retail Landscape
We will create a new fine-grained retail landscape for South Scarborough to better meet local needs and enrich the overall urban experience, creating a thriving marketplace that reflects the diversity of the community.
04. Connect Communities
We will re-connect to existing established communities by creating a varied street and block network on site. These connections will include new links to the existing transit infrastructure that connect this area to the entire Greater Toronto Area as well as new safe cycling infrastructure. Direct connections to GO Transit, the TTC and Crosstown LRT will reduce residents’ reliance on personal vehicles, allow for healthier forms of movement and increase sustainability.
05. Health & Wellness
The current contaminated industrial site will be reimagined and reclaimed as a clean, healthy, and vibrant neighbourhood with a special focus on public spaces that improve mental and physical health & wellness.
06. Placemaking
Scarborough Junction’s history as a key rail corridor will be reinterpreted as we create a contemporary, transit-oriented mixed-use community that offers all amenities to be able to live, work, and play in one place. This centre will help knit South Scarborough together through the creation of new public spaces such as parks, public squares, greenways, and other public places.
07. New Housing Options
We will deliver new and attainable housing options that reflect the needs of a growing community and the GTA as a whole, both today and into the future. Our focus will be on creating options that do not currently exist in this area of South Scarborough today, providing a variety of different housing types and tenures.
Bringing a neighbourhood back to its roots.
Community Overview
The arrival of two major railways in the late 19th century transformed this site from a small, rural community into a bustling suburban centre. Industrial uses in the middle of the 20th century changed the landscape again and set the stage for this new chapter.
Bordered by St. Clair Avenue East to the North, Danforth Road to the West and the railway to the Southeast, this expansive site is perfectly situated for current and future residents to take full advantage of major transit routes.
Once a bustling rail corridor and vibrant suburban community, past industrial uses have irresponsibly contaminated this fantastic site. With your help we’ll revive Scarborough Junction and re-establish it as a thriving mixed-use destination.
The proposed master plan is highly walkable, with dedicated pedestrian-only thoroughfares and mews featuring vibrant cafés and retail that spill into the street, lush integrated greenspaces and a variety of housing, creating a true work-play environment.
New 26 acre community
A new South Scarborough
New retail and commercial opportunity
New park and public space
Attainable housing opportunities
New transit connections and active transportation
Suburban spaces, urban ideals.
About the Neighbourhood
Many residents of South Scarborough currently have to travel to find retail and commercial options. The proposed master plan will help by providing accessible retail within walking distance of local residents.
Scarborough Junction is located between Kennedy Road, St. Clair Avenue East, Danforth Road and the rail lines. It is unsurprisingly spoiled with a variety of transit options, making this a community that’s ready to grow.
This contemporary community will combine the spacious suburban streets of South Scarborough with a new set of distinctly urban ideals. Proximity to the Scarborough Bluffs and Bluffer’s Park make this a natural playground.
Connecting people and places.
Transit Connections
Scarborough Junction is well positioned for gradual growth, sitting atop the most underutilized stop on GO Transit’s Lakeshore Line. Proximity to the GO, in addition to convenient access to the TTC and Crosstown LRT mean this community will be among the city’s best connected. From here you can be at Union Station or U of T Scarborough in under 20 minutes, and Kennedy station in under five.
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The heart of South Scarborough.
Public Realm
The public realm of Scarborough Junction will act as the lush, natural heart of an inviting new community, where an adaptable landscape approach will inform all its aspects.
Pedestrians will stroll along the main streets generous sidewalks and comfortable and well-planted boulevards. Cyclists will enjoy safe and convenient paths to key destinations. The streetscape will be designed to emphasize views of the neighbourhoods open spaces allowing all to enjoy.
The heart of Scarborough Junction will be a large, central public park, located off the main street in the core of the new community. Visually connected to existing Natal Park on the South side of the rail corridor, the new public park will offer generous greenspace for a number of residential, retail and community uses.
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Fostering growth and empowering people.
New Opportunities
What’s Missing?
With its enviable connections to the economic centre of the Greater Toronto Area, the community’s economy could be much stronger.
Economic Development
Scarborough Junction is a large-scale long term project with a number of diverse employment opportunities extending from its planning and building phases, to the finished community which will house a variety of new housing and employment options.
What’s Missing?
From an entertainment and retail perspective, Scarborough Junction is missing a few key offerings.
Enhanced Retail
A key component of our community vision is the establishment of a new South Scarborough retail hub. This could include a new main street and feature a variety of cafes and restaurants as well as much needed retail including a grocery store, LCBO, pharmacy, and new entertainment and dining options.
What’s Missing?
The community doesn’t lack for resident diversity but it does lack for housing diversity.
Housing Opportunities
South Scarborough is in need of new, attainable housing options that meet the needs of a growing city whose affordability is continually being eroded. We plan to meet those needs through adding units types and tenures which don’t currently exist in the South Scarborough marketplace.
What’s Missing?
Community employment opportunities for existing residents and new Canadians are scarce.
Employment & Mentorship Opportunities
All employers, including vendors, suppliers and trades have and will sign an employment and mentorship pledge. This pledge is to make best efforts to employ local residents during their tenure on this project – and a newly established mentorship program will aim to educate and mentor students and underemployed residents from the community in professional roles.
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The Development Team
Republic Developments is a Toronto based city builder focused on creating transformative communities across the GTA. Over the last decade, our team has managed over 8 million square feet of residential and mixed-use projects that have left their mark on Toronto’s skyline and provided shelter for over 12,000 residents and families. Our endeavours are guided by several core principles which align us with our partners and stakeholders; Innovation, Executional Excellence, Transparency, Accountability, and Absolute Integrity.
Harlo Capital is a Toronto-based private equity company identifying and investing in real estate developments across Canada. Harlo Capital seeks out exceptional real estate investment opportunities and partners in these projects with experienced, best in class developers.
Diverse members with a common goal.
The Consulting Team
Architect
GPA is a Toronto based design firm, led since 1995 by principals Ralph Giannone and Pina Petricone. The 40+ person firm’s award-winning portfolio ranges in scale from urban design to furniture design with expertise in complex collaborative relationships, coordinating public processes and finding profit in seeming disadvantages of site and existing conditions.
Landscape Architect
DTAH is an award-winning multi-disciplinary firm of landscape architects, architects and planners. DTAH have planned and implemented communities, urban spaces, parks and campuses of all scales. They have a significant body of work with public and private clients with over 160 awards from their peers, including over 100 for landscape architecture projects alone.
Planning
Bousfields Inc. is a pre-eminent community planning firms in Ontario with special expertise in urban design, planning policy, community design, development approvals, community consultation and project management. Bousfields offers a full range of land use planning and urban design services to the development industry, municipalities and government agencies.
Transportation Planning
BA Group facilitates the movement of people and goods in urban environments. Any large facility that attracts traffic – pedestrian, bicycle, transit, or car – requires expert care in planning and design. BA Group works with clients and colleagues to analyze and improve existing systems and to get new projects approved, designed, and developed efficiently, with the public’s interest in mind.