Danforth Garage TAP
Danforth Garage Technical Assistance Panel (TAP): Revitalizing the Danforth Garage Car Barns
I’m grateful that ULI recognized the potential that exists at this site and took the time to bring together a diverse collection of city-builders to lend us their expertise and help us to build on the vision that is the Danforth Garage. The Danforth Garage site is similar in size and scope to other marquee districts that Torontonians have come to love like the Distillery District, Evergreen Brick Works, and the Wychwood Barns and the feedback provided through this exercise will help us to seize on all the opportunities that exist here.
Councillor Brad Bradford
ULI Toronto: Danforth Garage Technical Assistance Panel (TAP): Revitalizing the Danforth Garage Car Barns
In May 2022, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Toronto organized a Technical Assistance Panel (TAP), gathering an esteemed group of planning and development experts, as well as professionals in the arts and culture sector, to examine the 5-acre Danforth Garage site. Their aim was to test the potential for the transformation of the Danforth Garage Car Barns to embody the vision for a vibrant cultural, community and employment destination – that acts a catalyst for neighbourhood revitalization and a magnet for investment in the surrounding area.
The panel was initially asked to stay inside the 70,000 square feet (sq.ft.) Danforth Garage Car Barns ‘box,’ but they couldn’t do it. They quickly realized that they had to expand the box. The group looked at unlocking potential within the site’s boundaries to bring the community’s vision for the Barns to life but were challenged again, primarily by the current and proposed uses on it.
