Treehugger website has written a glowing review of a proposed development in the Leaside Business Park as the future of post-pandemic offices. Treehugger is self described as “the only modern sustainability site that offers advice, clarity, and inspiration for both the eco-savvy and the green-living novice”.
The developer has promoted the project at 154 Wicksteed Avenue as The Leaside Innovation Centre, “a state-of-the-art boutique office building designed to meet the needs of the high-tech industry in southern Ontario with innovation and sustainability as guiding principles. … The building will be one of Toronto’s first mass timber buildings taking advantage of recent changes in the Ontario Building Code allowing the use of heavy timber structure up to 6 storeys.”
- This Toronto Building Is a Model for a Post-Pandemic Office, Treehugger
- Sustainable Office Building To Rise in Toronto’s Leaside, Planetizen
- Leaside Innovation Centre, specs on UrbanTO
Architects and builders turn to "mass timber"—an engineered wood product similar in strength to concrete and steel—to build multistory buildings. “When you come inside, the smell of the timber is almost like you enter a forest.” https://t.co/RwyPPlTTxm
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) April 11, 2022
