July 10, 2008

George Brown College to build campus on Toronto waterfront

George Brown College will build a new state-of-the art campus on the city’s lakefront, according to a statement made by Waterfront Toronto on July 8, 2008.

“The new campus will be a cornerstone of the East Bayfront community,” says Mark Wilson, Waterfront Toronto Chairman.

The new campus, slated to open in 2011, will house not only the college’s Centre for Health Sciences, but also its first student residences and a recreational complex.

The waterfront campus will be located on a 0.83 hectare (two-acre) parcel of land located on the south side of Queens Quay Boulevard, between Lower Jarvis and Lower Sherbourne Streets.

In the meantime, construction is well underway on Toronto Economic Development Corporation’s First Waterfront Place, the future home of Corus Entertainment Inc., which is also located in East Bayfront.

Next month, Waterfront Toronto cuts the ribbon on the new Spadina Head of Slip, and this fall infrastructure construction begins in East Bayfront. In 2009, construction begins on two showcase parks, Sherbourne Park and Sugar Beach, and on the new water’s edge promenade.

– RCD Digital Media

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