Loblaws Warehouse Redevelopment

On August 5 a lineup of dignitaries including Mayor John Tory, Councillor Joe Cressy, W. Galen Weston, and his son, Galen Weston Jr., turned out for a ceremony to mark the start of redevelopment on this iconic 3.5 acre property at Lakeshore and Bathurst, a short distance from Fort York. The building’s stones and brick walls will be dismantled, labelled, and stored off-site to allow for the construction of approximately 22,760 square metres of retail and office space in a seven-storey building housed in the reconstructed warehouse, 876 residential units in two towers (37 and 41 storeys) on the northern side of the site, a planned public art installation and café under the Gardiner Expressway, and approximately 600 underground parking spaces. The new project is called WEST BLOCK 1928, in a nod to when the former warehouse was built. It has stood empty since the Daily Bread Food Bank moved out in 2000.