Toronto seeks multidisciplinary design team

To expedite development along avenues in Toronto, Ontario, and to encourage more and better-designed mid-rise buildings, the city government is seeking proposals from a multi-disciplinary consultant team, including experts in urban design, mid-rise buildings, and main-street retail. Toronto’s “Avenue Initiative” envisions construction of up to 120,000 housing units along some 100 miles of arteries, mostly in mixed-use buildings of approximately six stories (see Sept. 2006 New Urban News). The city’s recently released RFP is available from Vicki Strugnell in the Office of the Treasurer (vstrugn@toronto.ca).