Yonge Eglinton Apartments

Project Type

Residential

Location

33 Orchard View & 411 Duplex Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada

Status

Overview

Unique Challenges

Key Features / Outcomes

Overview

The Yonge-Eglinton Apartments, a joint venture between Horizon Legacy and Greenwin, is a premier residential development designed to offer a seamless live, work, and play environment along the bustling Yonge and Eglinton corridor.

Unique Challenges

One of the main challenges was the integration of commercial and residential spaces in the planning and design phases. Horizon Legacy and Greenwin successfully addressed this by creating a cohesive plan that balances both elements, ensuring a harmonious living environment for residents while maintaining vibrant commercial spaces.

Ahead of its time and novel design for Toronto climate

Key Features

Integrated Living Spaces: Combining residential units with retail and commercial spaces, providing residents with convenient access to essential services and amenities.
Strategic Location: Situated along the Yonge and Eglinton corridor, benefiting from excellent public transit options and proximity to key urban amenities.
Collaborative Vision: Partnership between Horizon Legacy and Greenwin, creating vibrant, functional communities that cater to diverse resident needs.
Part of the Yonge Eglinton Centre

Our Impact

Horizon Legacy is revolutionizing the construction industry with the first and largest neighborhood in Canada built using onsite robotics.

Cost Efficiency

Our approach delivers an average cost of under $300K per unit (costs exclude land, servicing, softcosts) showcasing that robots can be integrated affordably while meeting and exceeding the Ontario Building Code.

With 26 rental units, including 30% affordable, we surpass industry standards.

Our project achieves a 20% reduction in energy intensity and greenhouse gas emissions, and our all-electric buildings ensure zero greenhouse gas energy consumption.

By creating wall assemblies with R-30 thermal performance and consolidating three trades into one, we effectively address the labor shortage, demonstrating the transformative potential of robotics in construction.

Horizon has generated over 14 million kilowatthour (KWH) of clean energy

We have created over 7 million square feet of Toronto’s major developments

“Horizon has built and financed major buildings for ourselves as the long-term owners, wherein, we have then had to live with the operational ramifications of design, construction and financial decisions made at the development stage for the over 20 years life of a building. This is a perspective very distinct from that of the traditional contractor or lender.”