CITY-BUILDING VISION
Toronto is one of the fastest-growing cities in North America. Winds of change sweep through the city, including at Yonge and St. Clair, where Slate Asset Management first acquired property in 2013. Over the span of eleven years, Slate transformed this midtown intersection into a destination neighbourhood with an accessible and vibrant public realm, thoughtfully designed homes, and offices with new amenities to attract workers and businesses alike.
YONGE AND ST. CLAIR STORY
Yonge and St. Clair had the necessary ingredients for vitality, and in 2013, Slate began its long-term city-building project designed to breathe new life into this historic area. The scale and reach of the placemaking project were unprecedented in Toronto; Slate not only invested extensively in the neighbourhood, but in its community and in its history.
Slate committed to a large-scale reimagination of the Yonge and St. Clair area. It began with a simple idea: to create one “cool thing” each year. Over an eleven-year period, Slate extensively renovated existing buildings and retail spaces; invested in installations, murals, and public art; implemented and championed the Yonge + St. Clair Business Improvement Area (BIA), designed to strengthen ties between local business owners; and funded the extension of green spaces, and the enhancement of public and tenant areas.
With generous sidewalks, new parkland and retail experiences, public artworks, renovated buildings, and Studio Gang’s One Delisle, Slate’s initiatives have made the neighbourhood a destination once again.
