Toronto's newest housing co-op breaks ground
On Friday, the City of Toronto, CreateTO and the Co-operative Housing Federation of Toronto (CHFT) held a groundbreaking ceremony for Scarborough's new Kennedy Green Housing Co-op. Designed by Henriquez Partners Architects and CCxA, Kennedy Green will feature 612 affordable and market rent-controlled units, making it the largest co-operative housing development in a generation. Amazing!
You can read more about the development at blogTO:
Jack Landau
Announcing Parkdale People's Place!
In other great housing news, Parkdale's Neighbourhood Land Trust has been selected by the City of Toronto to lead the development of Parkdale People's Place, a 16-storey building at 1337-1325 Queen Street West that will include deeply affordable, rent-controlled, and artists' live/work units as well as an impressive 23,000 square feet of community space. They also received an anonymous $3 million donation that will definitely help to get the ball rolling!
Read all about it on the Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust website, below.
COMMUNITY EXHIBITION: alder for the heart
alder for the heart
December 3, 2025–January 14, 2026
Reception: Saturday, December 6 | 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery
Looking to escape the winter weather this week? Then stop by the Etobicoke Civic Centre on Saturday to take in this group exhibition, which features over thirty artworks by emerging Etobicoke artists. Tickets are free and available on Eventbrite.
Holiday publishing schedule
LVAC News will take a publishing break from December 22, 2025 to January 12, 2026. Our last newsletter of the year goes out on Monday, December 15, so if you have something to announce before the holidays be sure to get it to us this week! The submission deadline is Tuesday at 5:00 p.m.
Lilian Radovac, Editor
