Spirits high as 2 health care projects take EYTC retail space

Ahmed Hussein, executive director of The Neighbourhood Organization and Jen Quinlan, CEO of the Flemingdon Health Centre celebrate decision to create the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub on second floor of the East York Town Centre/Joanna Lavoie/Torstar Twitter

Left to right, Alison Thomas, nurse practitioner in St. Michael’s hemodialysis unit; Fiona Harrington, clinical leader manager for the Hemodialysis and Apheresis units; and Elizabeth Anne Anderson are core members of the St. Michael’s Hospital dialysis care team/Katie Cooper St Michael’s Hospital

Thousands of square feet of retail space left vacant by decision of Target to abandon Canada in 2015/Bulldog

Spirits are high as the Flemingdon Health Centre, The Neighbourhood Organization and Michael Garron Hospital collaborate to build a new 60,000-square-foot health centre to be called the Thorncliffe Park Community Hub. The hub is one of two health centres which will occupy the large two-storey east wing of the East York Town Centre left vacant when the Target store moved out in 2015. It has been a long-held dream of residents and professional people to deliver one-stop health care to Thorncliffe Park, a neighbourhood full of newcomers to Canada. As many as 22,000 patients are expected to seek care at the hub. It is planned to open in the Fall of 2021 on the second floor of the former Target store. The main floor below will be home to the nearly-completed St. Michael’s Hospital Kidney Care Centre dialysis site. It is scheduled to open in 2020. Not profitable! Target’s sudden move closes Canadian stores