ELAD Canada's premier Toronto development, Emerald City, is set to reshape the southeast corner of Don Mills and Sheppard, directly across from Fairview Mall. Not to be confused with Bazis/Plazacorp/Metropia's Emerald Park Condos project at Yonge and Sheppard, Emerald City aims to be a new multi-structure community comprised of at least three condominium/rental towers, two townhome developments, and a picturesque public park.

ELAD Canada's Emerald City Condominium Complex Toronto - Image courtesy of ELAD Canada

ELAD Canada's Emerald City Condominium Complex Toronto Site Plan - Image courtesy of ELAD Canada

ELAD, best known for their real estate developments in New York City and Montreal, have recently decided to enter the Toronto market with this exciting community. The development is designed by Toronto-based WZMH Architects, and takes up space originally utilized by mid-to-low rise rental apartments of the area previously dubbed "Parkway Forest".

Original Emerald City Site - September 2010 - Image by digitalis

Phase One is now under construction, and Phase Two (dubbed Emerald City 2), a 27-storey tower, is now open to registration. Floorplans for this property have just been updated in our dataBase listing.

Rendering of Emerald City 2 - Image courtesy of ELAD Canada

Construction is progressing, but has had to wait for the original 7-storey rentals buildings to come down first. (The rental units have been already replaced with new construction farther east on the site.) Here is a view of the site as it was on Canada Day weekend, taken by UrbanToronto member jswag:

Emerald City Site Construction - July 2011 - Image by jswag

The existing 17-storey buildings below will not be coming down for the new buildings. Their tower-in-a-park state will soon feel more urban as new construction brings more density and more community to the site.

Emerald City Site Construction - July 2011 - Image by jswag

The views from the units should be good: note the impressive "Yonge Street skyline" highlighted by the photographer:

Emerald City Site Views - July 2011 - Image by jswag

Emerald City Site Views - July 2011 - Image by jswag

Here's how the rendering artist foresees views from the completed first tower:

Emerald City Suite Views per the rendering, image courtesy of ELAD Canada

With direct access to Don Mills Subway Station right on site, a public park, and a plethora of new buildings and units, Emerald City is sure to grow into the "jewel" (pun intended) of this rapidly-redeveloping community. We'll be sure to keep a close eye on this one!

You can keep up to date on Emerald City construction in our forums, or get all the development specs you desire and many more renderings in our dataBase listing.