Glen
Senior Member
So, the only two non residential developments in the area are being paid/financed by governments? I hope not.
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Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Which two? The Post reports that the George Brown campus will include a residence for 500.
Glen
Senior Member
The GB campus and the Courus building. One paid for by the Province and the other, the city.
CEBTO
New Member
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Glen: well, if George Brown has residences for 500 nurses, it isn't a "non residential development".
alklay
Senior Member
It has a non-residential component and the only other development with a non residential component is Corus.
Here's hoping that other non residential developments are the result of the private sector getting excited about commerical development in the area.
Here's hoping that other non residential developments are the result of the private sector getting excited about commerical development in the area.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Pier 27 will probably have a non residential component along the Quay, and it isn't financed by government. Thank goodness governments are still funding our educational institutions such as George Brown.
Glen
Senior Member
Don't read anything into my comments. I do support education funding.
What is coming in Pier 27? I hope it is not a cafe + dry cleaner + hasty mart.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Goodness knows - they'll probably have to put something there as a sop to the "mixed use" fans.
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
The Pier 27 condos themselves could already be considered a sop to "mixed use" fans, so it only makes sense to add stores to the mix...
yyzer
Senior Member
Trent U partnering with George Brown
Trent bringing new campus to Toronto
ELIZABETH CHURCH
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
July 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM EDT
Trent University, well known for its leafy, riverside setting, has plans to set up shop in the shadow of Toronto skyscrapers as a partner with George Brown College in its new waterfront campus.
The Toronto beachhead, which would build upon the $190-million project announced by George Brown earlier this month near the foot of Jarvis Street, could see as many as 2,500 students taking Trent courses in Toronto and another 2,500 enrolled in programs offered jointly by the university and college.
Trent president Bonnie Patterson is pitching the plan - which she estimates would require $200-million in capital investment - as part of the solution to the growing need for additional university space in the Toronto area. The joint proposal by the two schools would offer Toronto students another option, she said, and at the same time would get Trent's name front and centre on the city's landscape - a tactic she hopes will encourage more city dwellers to enroll in the university's main campus in Peterborough, Ont.
"This will help us build that identity. I think really the [Greater Toronto Area] is important to every university," she said.
Indeed, tapping into the expected rise in demand for a university education from Toronto-area students is a key ambition for many schools around the province. Increased immigration to Canada's largest city, plus the growing popularity of a university degree, will require the creation of between 40,000 and 75,000 new undergraduate spaces, government forecasts say, with the first signs of the bulge hitting by the time this fall's Grade 9 students graduate.
All this will happen at a time when other areas of the province and most parts of the country are expected to see their university-aged population decline, a fact that has led to several proposals for Toronto-area campuses from schools outside the city.
Waterloo's Wilfrid Laurier University is considering adding a location in Milton, Ont., west of Toronto, that could rival its main campus in size. And Thunder Bay's Lakehead University has opened a campus north of Toronto, in Orillia. Toronto's existing universities also are considering partnerships to meet enrolment pressure, and some colleges have aspirations to expand their mandates and offer more four-year degrees.
The provincial government is about to examine postsecondary capital plans as part of its infrastructure planning this fall.
George Brown president Anne Sado said talks between the two schools grew out of a desire to expand the college's nursing program and also to respond to the need for more undergraduate spots in Toronto.
Preliminary talks with the province have been positive, she said, although no commitment to this second phase of development has been made by any level of government. The Ontario government is giving $61-million to the first phase of the lakefront development. Two more buildings are planned for the second phase.
Trent bringing new campus to Toronto
ELIZABETH CHURCH
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail
July 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM EDT
Trent University, well known for its leafy, riverside setting, has plans to set up shop in the shadow of Toronto skyscrapers as a partner with George Brown College in its new waterfront campus.
The Toronto beachhead, which would build upon the $190-million project announced by George Brown earlier this month near the foot of Jarvis Street, could see as many as 2,500 students taking Trent courses in Toronto and another 2,500 enrolled in programs offered jointly by the university and college.
Trent president Bonnie Patterson is pitching the plan - which she estimates would require $200-million in capital investment - as part of the solution to the growing need for additional university space in the Toronto area. The joint proposal by the two schools would offer Toronto students another option, she said, and at the same time would get Trent's name front and centre on the city's landscape - a tactic she hopes will encourage more city dwellers to enroll in the university's main campus in Peterborough, Ont.
"This will help us build that identity. I think really the [Greater Toronto Area] is important to every university," she said.
Indeed, tapping into the expected rise in demand for a university education from Toronto-area students is a key ambition for many schools around the province. Increased immigration to Canada's largest city, plus the growing popularity of a university degree, will require the creation of between 40,000 and 75,000 new undergraduate spaces, government forecasts say, with the first signs of the bulge hitting by the time this fall's Grade 9 students graduate.
All this will happen at a time when other areas of the province and most parts of the country are expected to see their university-aged population decline, a fact that has led to several proposals for Toronto-area campuses from schools outside the city.
Waterloo's Wilfrid Laurier University is considering adding a location in Milton, Ont., west of Toronto, that could rival its main campus in size. And Thunder Bay's Lakehead University has opened a campus north of Toronto, in Orillia. Toronto's existing universities also are considering partnerships to meet enrolment pressure, and some colleges have aspirations to expand their mandates and offer more four-year degrees.
The provincial government is about to examine postsecondary capital plans as part of its infrastructure planning this fall.
George Brown president Anne Sado said talks between the two schools grew out of a desire to expand the college's nursing program and also to respond to the need for more undergraduate spots in Toronto.
Preliminary talks with the province have been positive, she said, although no commitment to this second phase of development has been made by any level of government. The Ontario government is giving $61-million to the first phase of the lakefront development. Two more buildings are planned for the second phase.
wyliepoon
Senior Member
Gzowski College on the waterfront? Your responses to my Trent photothread showed that nobody thought Gzowski fits into the modernist Trent campus. Perhaps it would be more suited to the waterfront, especially if its base is mixed with neighbourhood amenities and retail.
JasonParis
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From WaterfronToronto's February newsletter...
Jayomatic
Active Member
Isn't that a conflict of interest?
ProjectEnd
Superstar
I'm sure we've seen these before, but they weren't in this thread...
