Cityzen Hire Star Architects for their Waterfront Project

Cityzen Developments have today confirmed that they have selected International renowned firm Foster + Partners as the lead archtects for their new waterfront project in the Don Lands.  The site was originally set to become a Home Depot but was later rezoned for commercial and purchased by the Cityzen Group.

Waterfront site will be home to new condominium development by Cityzen

The West & Lower Don Lands are about to get a LOT of attention on TalkCondo as there are a number of incredible projects in the pipeline for this incredibly underutilized portion of land in Toronto. Leading the line are River City (Phase 1 and 2), Mondial, and now this un-named Cityzen project.

Foster + Partners will be joining an already star studded line up of architects, including Toronto’s own Alliance Architects and KPMB.  Some of Foster + Partners unique work can be found below.  Foster + Partners are best known for their work on the Swiss Re HQ in London, otherwise known as the “Gherkin” bulding.

Swiss Re HQ, more famously known as “The Gherkin” building is probably Foster + Partners most famous building

Foster + Partners flex their architectural muscles with London City Hall

Jameson House located in Vancouver.  Architecture by Foster + Partners

The incredible “Hermitage Plaza” located in Paris.  We can’t wait to see what they have in store for this waterfront project.

Cityzen are no strangers to unique architecture.  They are responsible for arguably the two most unique developments in the GTA with the Absolute Towers in Mississauga and L Tower in Toronto.

Dramatic L Tower in Toronto.  Cityzen are no strangers to unique architecture

The incomparable Absolute Towers by Cityzen in Mississauga

This is huge news for the Toronto Skyline, and hiring a company such as Foster + Partners is a huge statement of intent from Cityzen.  We can’t wait to see what they have in store for our Waterfront!