High-end grocery retailer Whole Foods Market is adding another location to the GTA as the brand continues to increase its Canadian presence. The new midtown location is taking shape at Bayview and Broadway, just a couple blocks north of Eglinton, and between the affluent Leaside and Lawrence Park neighbourhoods.

View of the Whole Foods building, captured from the southeast on Bayview, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Roundabout

Being developed by Old Stonehenge with opening targeted for the Spring of 2016, the Turner Fleischer Architects-designed building features two levels of retail and two levels of below-grade parking, offering 193 spaces for patrons of the shopping centre. 

View of the Whole Foods building, captured from the north on Bayview, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Roundabout

The building's first floor will include a TD Canada Trust bank branch, a Shoppers Drug Mart location, a Compassionate Beauty location, and two more retail spaces on the building's ground floor. Above them, the development's over 54,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market will provide a high-end alternative to the Metro supermarket located a short distance to the south at Bayview and Eglinton.

View of the Whole Foods building on Bayview, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Roundabout

Floor plan for the development, image courtesy of Old Stonehenge

Cladding installation is well under way with the inner layers and most of the glazing now up, while renderings indicate that we will soon see brick applied to the exterior.

Rendering of the completed development, image courtesy of RioCan/KingSett

You can follow along with the construction of this location, plus news about Whole Foods' GTA expansions, by visiting the associated Forum thread. You can also get involved in the discussion by leaving a comment using the space provided at the bottom of this page.