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Shops at Don Mills

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DEVELOPER
The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited

ARCHITECT
Design: Rudy Adlaf for The Cadillac Fairview Corporation Ltd in collaboration with Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects and pellow + associates architects inc., Architect: pellow + associates inc. architects

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Quinn Design Associates Inc.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
EllisDon Corporation

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Shops at Don Mills is an innovative large-scale mixed-use redevelopment, centrally located in a modern post-war neighbourhood. Bounded by a curving ring road lined with low and mid-rise buildings, the project provides a lively, pedestrian-biased urban setting for a variety of uses including 500,000 square feet of retail shops, restaurants, offices, and services. The project is attracting attention for its accessible approach to suburban infill and its novel solu- tion to modern retail. Public spaces are infused with experiences such as festivals and public events, as well as more intimate leisure, hospitality and shopping experiences not seen typi- cally in the suburbs. Streets are pedestrian-scaled and offer on-street parking and generous landscaped sidewalks shaded by canopies. Vehicle parking includes a 1,000 car parking struc- tured lined with retail at grade and 1,500 on-street spaces. The project was the recipient of the Gold Award for Urban Design at the Design Exchange Awards 09.

Comments

"glass skywalks"?? are you kidding me - the whole idea about being urban it to have people on the streets! finally a developer with the guts to design a "mall" that trys to be more, to set up a the frame work to plug back into the city. The eaton center is a good example of a great indoor space but its taken over 20 years for yonge street to recover!

Why did they not put residential units above the stores? That would have made the 'town' model more than just a tacky amusement park.
So, in the end, it's just a new thing that you still have to drive to just like the old thing.

i can't help myself i have to reply to one more - i've spent some time in this part of the city and this project is a welcome addition... i'm not sure if you've seen the sales office there is residential going in! looking forward to it! once there's more densitiy its going to be a great place...

I love Shops at Don Mills, it's such a great place to spend time and money.
Truly a welcome addition to this seriously dated neighbourhood.

I think it's a poor concept in TO - try wandering around there in the winter or when it's raining ...

you must live in the burbs - do you ever shop in yorkville? have you ever been to NYC... people don't melt in the rain the carry umbrellas... and we're canadian a little cold doesn't stop us - i preffer this type of shopping so i'm trying to make my point - i don't want to be locked in a big shed located in the middle of as sea of parking somewhere in the 905. i've been here in the winter and its great - if you want to go to a mall to get out of the cold and have a coffee - that's fine, but not for me - i'd prefer the dark horse.

It's just OK. I gave it a "like" because I needed to give the developer kudos for trying a new concept at least. The execution is just a little too ordinary.

Agreed. Like much of TO architecture, this development settled for "good enough"

great new concept and well executed

great new concept and well executed

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