“Mid-air Skypark” in new offices, GO bus terminal

Sky park links towers

Metrolinx and real estate company Ivanhoé Cambridge say there will a new development over the GO rail yard west of Bathurst Street which includes a new GO bus terminal. The project involves an office centre with two towers to be known as 45-141 Bay Street, a larger GO terminal and an elevated park above the rail corridor.  The new elevated “Skypark” will link the fourth floors of two new 48-storey office buildings constructed on the north and south sides of the rail corridors, and connect to Union Station. The terminal is said to boast more options for commuters and tourists alike traveling across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The project will be built in partnership with real-estate firm Ivanhoe-Cambridge and through Metrolinx. Construction is expected to begin in the spring of 2015 and completed in three years.