Waterfront Toronto and Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs to Create Neighbourhoods That Blend People-Centred Urban Design with Cutting-Edge Technology

“Sidewalk Toronto” Aims to Make Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront the Global Hub forUrban Innovation, Starting with Google’s Canadian Headquarters

Waterfront Toronto issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on March 17, 2017 entitled: Innovation and Funding Partner for the Quayside Development Opportunity. The RFP details the project objectives and the process, which includes a blackout period that must be observed by all proponents and participants until our Board of Directors has approved the selected partner and the formal announcement is made. We expect to make that announcement later this fall.
 

RFP Released Today to Find Partner for Precedent-Setting Project

Toronto, March 17 – As cities around the world face pressing challenges in developing more sustainable, accessible, inclusive and prosperous communities, Waterfront Toronto has launched a process to create a new precedent-setting waterfront community called Quayside. The aim is to establish Quayside as a testbed for emerging technologies, materials and processes that will address these challenges and advance solutions that can be replicated in cities worldwide.