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Designed as a stateof-the-art civic hub,
the new $480-million
Etobicoke Civic Centre
will feature more than
508,000 square feet
of accessible publicfacing space.
The new Etobicoke Civic Centre location is part of the Bloor-Kipling Block plan.
THE CITY OF TORONTO broke ground for the new Etobicoke Civic
Centre—a project that will mark the City’s 昀椀rst civic centre
development in 50 years and lay the foundation for creating a community on City-owned lands at Etobicoke’s BloorKipling precinct.
“The new Etobicoke Civic Centre is a landmark project
that is part of a bigger vision to create a city centre in
Toronto’s west end. I am excited to see this important
development that allows residents to live, work and play
in one place come to life,” said Mayor Olivia Chow.
Designed as a state-of-the-art civic hub, the new
$480-million Etobicoke Civic Centre will feature more than
508,000 square feet of accessible public-facing space. This
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includes municipal o昀케ce towers, a podium-level multi-purpose council chamber, a childcare centre, a new Toronto
Public Library branch, a public health clinic, a fully equipped
recreation centre, ceremonial rooms, public meeting rooms,
an art gallery and retail spaces, all leading out to an open
civic square.
The new Etobicoke Civic Centre is located on ‘block
4’ of the City’s Bloor-Kipling Block Plan that enabled
the recon昀椀guration of the former Six Points Interchange
or ‘Spaghetti Junction’. The $77 million investment to
decommission Six Points unlocked almost 18 acres of
City-owned land that was parcelled into seven mixed-use
redevelopment blocks connected by a network of streets.
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TORONTO SET TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW ETOBICOKE CIVIC CENTRE
