A NEW DAY A NEW DAY - Toronto Construction Association

Members' Day
Industry forum members (l to r): John O’Toole,
Executive Vice President and Executive Managing
Director from CB Richard Ellis; Brad Lambert, Regional
Vice President, Real Estate Markets-Ontario, RBC;
Leslie Woo, Vice President of Policy and Planning
at Metrolinx; and Bill Hutchinson, Council Chair,
i-Waterfront Advisory Council Executive Director,
Intelligent Communities Waterfront Toronto
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extensions to integrate suburban areas,
especially the city’s northwest. The end
result, Smitherman says, will be that GTA
residents will be able to travel anywhere
across the GTA conveniently by transit —
a far cry from the situation today.
Other planks in Smitherman’s
campaign platform of interest to builders
include investments in the revitalization
of city parks, improved and new sports
and recreation facilities (part and parcel
of the work being done for the Pan Am
Games), and increasing the number of
indoor playgrounds.
POST-STIMULUS PERSPECTIVES
The industry forum brought together four
industry insiders for a longer-term look at
construction in Toronto. John O’Toole
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Leslie Woo reminded attendees of the transit investment
deficit Toronto still suffers from. That and the fact that
the GTA continues to grow at a rapid pace means that
projects like the Metrolinx “Big Move” transit plan – $50
billion to be invested over 25 years – will be delivering
construction opportunities long into the future