Alexandra Park Revitalization Awarded with 2021 ULI Global Award for Excellence

Posted September 10, 2021

JRS is pleased to share that the Alexandra Park Revitalization has received a Global Award for Excellence in the Equitable Development Category from the Urban Land Institute. Of the nine Global Awards winners, Alexandra Park was the only Canadian community to earn this prestigious honour. The project team also won the ULI North Americas Award of Excellence earlier this summer. The award was the result of overall excellence, including achievements in community partnerships, marketplace acceptance, design, planning, technology, amenities, economic impact, management, community engagement, innovation, and sustainability.  Press Release 

In revitalizing the 18-acre Alexandra Park community, TCHC, Tridel, design partners – Urban Strategies, LGA Architectural Partners, Teeple Architects, Janet Rosenberg & Studio – and community members focused on ‘Building a Great Neighbourhood’: a mixed-use masterplanned community with a variety of housing types and land uses, improved access to services, community economic development opportunities, quality urban design, social cohesion programming, enhanced community safety, and a greener, more sustainable community.  The revitalization of Alexandra Park is a powerful story about community advocacy and partnerships.  Find Out More

“We are very proud of the creative and collaborative work by Toronto Community Housing (TCHC), Tridel and the consultant team to realize flexible, sustainable, equitable and livable spaces for the Alexandra Park community. We hope that this important example of strategic partnerships helps to shift how we think about housing and place-making in our urban communities.” 

– Janet Rosenberg, Founding Principal, JRS