Mirvish Village
The redevelopment and intensification of two city blocks, formerly the site of Toronto’s beloved discount department store Honest Ed’s Mirvish Village creates a new, dense, community centered urban precinct.
Varying built form of low, mid and highrise residential buildings define an animated public realm of streets and laneways which are pedestrian focused. Integrating 24 restored heritage buildings, street related retail, collaborative workspaces, arts and event spaces, The Kitchen—a food and music venue designed by Batay Csorba Architects, seasonal markets and vendors, including 28 micro retail incubators, the Village creates a new crossroads connected with mature urban neighborhoods.
The community delivers 890 rental apartments with 85 affordable rental units and integrates Niagara College’s Mirvish Campus. The LEED Platinum neighborhood achieves a 30% energy use reduction over norms and includes health and wellness, strength and conditioning spaces. The schematic design and a portion of the design development for Mirvish Village was completed by Henriquez Partners.
| Design Detail and Execution | Diamond Schmitt |
| Concept and Schematic Design | Henriquez Partners |
| Construction Photography | Tom Arban |
| Team |
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Amir Azadeh
Timothy Birchard Derek Bonnett Yasmin Borazjani Anthony Brown Elena Chernyshov Anne Cheung Simon Chu Euan Cox David Dow Vincent Goetz Brandon Griffin Ashraf Hanna Neima Hoseini Zhivka Hristova Laura Hutchinson Caroline Inglis Waleed Khan Daniel Klinck Paulina Kowalska Macy Laporte Victor Lima Ana Maria Llanos Justin Loucks Wen-Ying Lu Rod Maas Navid Majdi Eoin McMahon Dyan Milagrosa Nadia Mulji Dat Pham Graeme Reed Sanchali Roy Chowdhuri Donald Schmitt Antonia Stanev Krenar Sulejmani Nigel Tai Houng Te Jose Trinidad Joseph Troppmann Elcin Unal Adam Ward Russell Wooten Harvey Wu Joseph Yau Albert Yu |
