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Britannia Farm Master Plan Refresh

The Britannia Farm Master Plan Refresh is an ambitious project driven by the overall goal to provide inspiring outdoor and experiential education in Peel Region. Britannia Farm is immense in its scale at approximately 200-acres and represents an increasingly rare, large open space with a variety of natural and cultural...

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St. Michaels College School Master Plan

St. Michael’s College School was interested in renewing certain of its facilities, and at the same time, rationalize its campus holdings, including disposal of lands that are surplus to the School’s needs. Private development of these surplus lands will contribute to the capital required for the desired facility renewal and/or...

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Anishnawbe Health Toronto Aboriginal Hub

Urban Strategies has been retained by Anishnawbe Health Toronto to provide strategic design input and planning approvals services for a proposed Aboriginal Community Hub in the West Donlands in Toronto, Ontario. Located at the intersection of Cherry Street and Front Street East, the Aboriginal Community Hub will serve as a...

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Humber River Regional Hospital

Urban Strategies has provided ongoing planning services to Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH) since it was created in 1997 through the amalgamation of three hospitals in northwest Toronto. After an initial restructuring phase, during which we sought municipal planning approvals for building additions, HRRH recognized the need for a new...

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University of Cincinnati

Urban Strategies Inc. was retained by the University of Cincinnati to prepare a precinct plan for a proposed mixed use mid-rise residential facility located at the former site of the Sawyer Hall student residence building. The University of Cincinnati is an urban campus found in the heart of Uptown Cincinnati...

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New Toronto Courthouse

Urban Strategies was retained by Infrastructure Ontario to lead the planning approvals process for the zoning envelope of Ontario’s first tower courthouse, on an underutilized parking lot site in downtown Toronto. This process was undertaken concurrently with functional programming. The project required a high degree of coordination amongst several internal...

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Centennial College Progress Campus Master Plans

Urban Strategies led a consultant team to create an integrated and comprehensive Campus Master Plan for Centennial College’s Progress Campus. The Master Planning process included a comprehensive analysis of the existing Campus and consultation involving students, staff, faculty, alumni, and College leadership. The Campus Master Plan provides a roadmap for...

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McMaster University Campus Master Plan

McMaster University has experienced dynamic growth in both facilities and enrolment within the past decade. Urban Strategies has been working with McMaster University to identify opportunities to accommodate this growth on a constrained site within some of Hamilton’s most beautiful historic neighborhoods. Our work has ensured that key campus open spaces are protected and that new development...

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Bridgepoint Health Master Plan

Urban Strategies was retained by Bridgepoint Health to develop a comprehensive plan to guide the long-term redevelopment of a large, strategic site overlooking the Don River Valley and next door to a thriving urban community. The site contains Bridgepoint Health’s existing, functionally obsolete hospital, the Don Jail and other buildings, and is isolated from its...

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Casey House – 571 Jarvis Street

In 2011, Urban Strategies Inc. was retained to secure approvals for the redevelopment of 571 Jarvis Street in order to accommodate Casey House’s expansion. Urban Strategies was responsible for shepherding the approvals of the project, which was given Gold Star priority because of its high profile and value to the...

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Ontario Tech University Downtown Oshawa Feasibility and Master Plan Study

Urban Strategies Inc. was retained by the Ontario Tech University (formerly Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT)) to undertake a feasibility and master plan study for the planned expansion of its downtown campus. Founded in 2002, Ontario Tech University is Ontario’s youngest University, but has grown rapidly to an enrollment of...

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Centre for Addiction & Mental Health

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), a World Health Organization Centre of Excellence, was created in 1998 through the amalgamation of four separate mental health and addiction facilities. CAMH decided that its Queen Street site, in a residential neighbourhood in Downtown Toronto, would be the hub for the...

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Toronto Lands Corporation Site Planning & Land Disposition

Urban Strategies has been working on an ongoing basis with Toronto Lands Corporation (TLC) since 2011 to assist in the marketing of TLC’s real estate assets. TLC is responsible for redeveloping underutilized Toronto District School Board (TDSB) lands. Building on Urban Strategies’ relationship with TDSB, Urban Strategies has provided TLC...

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University of Manchester

Master Plan & Development Study Urban Strategies were retained to prepare a master plan and development strategy for a new research district in the North Campus area of the University of Manchester, adjacent to the City Centre. The project establishes a framework to revitalize derelict campus lands into a new...

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Ramapo College

Ramapo College, in New Jersey, is a small liberal arts college with a significant on-campus residential offering. The College was built in the 1960’s on a former private estate at the foot of the Ramapo Mountains. A modern academic building was created that frames a quadrangle around the historic mansion...

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University of Guelph Campus Master Plan

The University of Guelph was established as an agricultural college nearly 140 years ago. Since then it has evolved into a comprehensive university and one of Canada’s largest research institutions. Despite the growth of the University and surrounding City of Guelph, the campus has retained its rural character and supports...

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Transformation AGO

The Art Gallery of Ontario retained architect Frank Gehry to redesign its building, compelled by the need to accommodate an outstanding gift of over 2,000 works of art from Mr. Kenneth Thomson. To engage the community and the City in the expansion plans, Urban Strategies developed a public communications strategy that included a series...

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Advent Health Care Seniors Community

Urban Strategies was retained by Advent Health Care Corporation to develop a Master Plan for a retirement community on a former Hospital site in Toronto. Though responsibility for the governance, management and operation of the facility had been transferred to North York General Hospital in the early 1990’s, Advent Health Care and The Ontario...