Redeveloping the Abattoir Site

Between January and April 2017, TAS Design Build, the new owner of the former Quality Meats property at 2 Tecumseth Street, held three community consultations for people in the area. The purpose was to introduce TAS and its consultants, and to gather feedback ahead of launching any formal applications for the redevelopment of the site. The meetings, particularly the first on January 28 which had standing room only, were very well attended. TAS’s spokesman, Mazyar Mortazavi, led off on all three occasions and introduced its four high-powered consultants—Marianne McKenna of KPMB Architects, Michael McClelland of ERA Architects, Marc Ryan of Public Work (landscape architects), and Ken Greenberg, an architect and prominent urban planner—who explained their complementary visions for the property. Located north of Fort York across the rail corridor and south of Niagara Street, 2 Tecumseth will set the pace for other growth in the South Niagara Neighbourhood.

Later this year TAS is expected to make formal applications to the City of Toronto for its proposals for redevelopment of the former abattoir lands and buildings.