Toronto council members and a few within the metropolis’s Portuguese group are celebrating the upcoming building of a brand new rental and long-term care constructing within the metropolis’s west finish.
The brand new constructing, which can have 57 reasonably priced rental flats and 256 long-term care beds, is positioned on metropolis land at 640 Lansdowne Avenue. Will probably be developed and operated by non-profit Magellan Neighborhood Charities, which builds and operates senior long-term care properties and reasonably priced housing notably for these within the Portuguese-Canadian group.
On Saturday, town held a groundbreaking ceremony for the venture.
“This new reasonably priced rental housing and long-term care web site will assist us guarantee seniors have safe, reasonably priced properties the place they’ll age with dignity, pleasure and luxury,” stated mayor Olivia Chow in a information launch Saturday.
Town says the constructing is funded by all three ranges of presidency and is a part of town’s housing motion plan to construct 40,000 reasonably priced rental properties with 18,000 supportive properties — locations the place somebody can reside independently with some help — for Toronto residents over the following 10 years. It didn’t present a timeline on when the Lansdowne constructing is anticipated to be completed.
As a part of the venture, town may also ship a brand new 2,135-square-metre park to supply the “quickly rising city neighbourhood” with entry to inexperienced house.
Manuel DaCosta, the board chair of Magellan Neighborhood Charities, known as the venture transformative.
“This ground-breaking ceremony marks the beginning of an thrilling new chapter and we eagerly anticipate the optimistic affect this hub will convey to the lives of people and households,” stated DaCosta.
The groundbreaking was attended by native councillors, metropolis workers, members of each the provincial and federal authorities and Portugese politicians and delegates, together with Portugese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the Minister of Overseas Affairs of Portugal João Gomes Cravinho. A full checklist could be discovered right here.
