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A ground breaking ceremony took place today for Kennedy Green at 2444 Eglinton Avenue East opposite Kennedy GO and TTC station, the current terminus of Danforth Line 2 and the future eastern terminus of Eglinton Line 5. It marks the start of Canada's largest new co-operative housing project in over 30 years, delivering 612 rent-controlled homes. Mayor Olivia Chow joined MP Salma Zahid, Councillor Michael Thompson, and City staff, as well as representatives from CreateTO, the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT), Windmill Development Group, and Civic Developments.
When completed, Kennedy Green will stand as the largest purpose-built non-profit rental co-op in the country. “By working closely with key partners, leveraging City-owned land, and investing over $35 million, we approved this project in record-breaking time and are delivering a more caring and affordable city for Torontonians,” said Chow.
The City-owned parcel is in Scarborough’s Eglinton East area, and was previously used as a commuter lot. It forms part of a broader municipal program to activate nearly 100 publicly owned sites for new housing. “Kennedy Green is the type of development Scarborough needs and will embrace. … It’s precisely what will allow Scarborough to grow and achieve the sustainable population of the future,” said Councillor Thompson.
The development will include three towers ranging from 18 to 40 storeys. The development is structured in two phases, with the initial phase delivering the two co-op towers. A second phase would follow with a 31-storey market residential tower adding 307 units, bringing the total program to 919 homes. The project’s co-op component will span studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms, and three-bedrooms, with half of the homes planned as affordable rental units and half as market-rate co-op units. At least 33% of the affordable co-op homes and 15% of the market co-op homes are planned as accessible units.
“After 50 years of supporting the co-op movement in Toronto, we’ve built on our experience and delivered world-class design to set the stage for a renaissance of co-op housing,” said Tom Clement, Executive Director at CHFT.
The project advanced through a rezoning review completed in just sixty-nine days, supported by coordinated work between City Planning, CreateTO, CHFT, and development partners Civic Developments and Windmill Development Group. Federal support through the Co-operative Housing Development Program forms a key part of the funding package bringing Kennedy Green forward. It also supports the City’s HousingTO objectives, which target 65,000 rent-controlled homes by 2030, including 41,000 affordable rental units, 6,500 rent-geared-to-income homes, and 17,500 additional rent-controlled homes.
“Our Government is proud to support this initiative, part of our ongoing efforts to build strong, affordable communities across the country,” shared Zahid, Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East. The federal government is contributing $289 million to Kennedy Green through the Co-operative Housing Development Program, forming the largest single federal investment in a co-op housing project in decades.
Designed by Henriquez Partners Architects with landscape work by CCxA, the towers combine a geothermal energy system, Toronto Green Standard v4 Tier 2 performance, and the City’s first application of the One Planet Living Framework. The project has earned early recognition for its approach, receiving a Future Homes Award for Mixed-Use Buildings and the 2025 Green Good Design Award for its architectural strategy. Alongside the residential program, plans include 474m² of community space and 332m² of retail uses at grade.
“By bringing together incredible partners from the non-profit and private sectors, we turned a shared vision of inclusivity and sustainability into purpose and moved this development forward at an unprecedented pace,” shared Vic Gupta, CEO of CreateTO. “This project is proof that when we work together, we can build a city where everyone has a place to call home.”
Construction of the two co-op towers in Phase 1 is targeted for completion in 2029.
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