November 14, 2011, Toronto, ON—Sherbourne Common has been recognized as one of the Best New International Parks by The Atlantic Cities, a blog by the acclaimed magazine The Atlantic.

September 19, 2011, Toronto, ON—Canada’s Sugar Beach  and the Sherbourne Common Pavilion have each received 2011 Toronto Urban Design Awards. Canada’s Sugar Beach earned an Award of Excellence in the Large Places or Neighbourhood Designs category and the Sherbourne Common Pavilion was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Elements category.

July 25, 2011, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto and its government partners officially opened the completed Sherbourne Common, a unique park that seamlessly blends art and innovation.

Located in the heart of the new East Bayfront neighbourhood, Sherbourne Common is far more than the area’s main park. It is the first park in Canada to incorporate a neighbourhood-wide stormwater treatment facility. Public art is integrated with the water infrastructure to create a public space that is as beautiful as it is functional.

June 27, 2011, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto is interested in hearing from firms, cultural groups, creative industries and festival organizers with proposals to bring diverse, vibrant forms of culture and animation to Toronto’s waterfront.

A Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) was recently issued to solicit submissions to animate the wide range of opportunity for office and gallery uses, museums, public art, performing arts centres, cultural centres and festivals on Toronto’s waterfront.

June 2, 2011, Toronto, ON—The transformation of Toronto’s eastern waterfront continues with the opening of Against the Grain, the first restaurant in the new East Bayfront community.

Located in the Corus Entertainment building right next to Canada’s Sugar Beach, this new gastro pub features a delicious menu, beautiful décor, large waterside patio and stunning views of Toronto’s habour.

Against the Grain is the first of many new restaurants, shop and cafés planned for the area as the new vibrant mixed-use neighbourhood gets built out.

May 9, 2011, Toronto, ON—People in wheelchairs can now easily access the sandy beach portion of Canada’s Sugar Beach.

Waterfront Toronto has added a new ramp and built a deck that is level with the sand. The hardwood ramp runs from the main pathway on the east side of the beach to a four square meter platform that features Muskoka chairs  and one of the park’s iconic pink umbrellas.

While the park was built to City of Toronto accessibility standards, Waterfront Toronto added the new platform to further enhance accessibility.

East Bayfront: Meet at 11:00 a.m. at Canada's Sugar Beach for a tour of Canada’s Sugar Beach, Corus Quay, the Water’s Edge Promenade, Sherbourne Common and other exciting new developments along the eastern portion of the waterfront.

Lower Don Lands: Set off from The Historic Distillery District at 2:00 p.m. Walk along the Keating Channel with its industrial heritage and discover how this brownfield will one day be transformed into a vibrant new waterfront community and new Don River mouth.

April 18, 2011, Toronto, ON—Waterfront Toronto will begin construction on the East Bayfront sanitary sewer infrastructure project on May 2.

April 11, 2011, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto is replacing the sanitary sewer along Jarvis Street and Queens Quay Boulevard and twinning the existing sewer along the Esplanade.

The expanded sanitary sewer infrastructure is needed to meet the capacity required by the new mixed-use community. Construction will begin this spring and is expected to be completed by spring 2012.

The affected streets include The Esplanade from Scott Street down Lower Jarvis to Queens Quay East at Lower Sherbourne.

April 5, 2011, Toronto, ON – The Harlem Globetrotters brought their new 4-point shot to Canada’s Sugar Beach to promote the Toronto leg of their North American tour.

Globetrotters Flight Time Lang and Wun “The Shot” Versher took 4-point shots – over water – from the charter vessel River Gambler to a basketball hoop positioned on Canada’s Sugar Beach. A crowd of 100 local school children gathered around the hoop and cheered the players as they both succeeded in making 4-point shots.