This is a long, narrow strip of industrial land – 800 hectares in total – stretching from the Don River in the west to Coxwell in the east, most of it south of the Gardiner.

It’s redevelopment lagged as governments debated the essential nature of the redevelopment. Some wanted it to be recreational. Others, residential. And, still others, commercial.

In the end, it’ll be a mix of all 3.

Three governments are funding the 25 year redevelopment plan – the city, province, and the feds – at a cost of $30 billion dollars.

In the end, the city will have added a stylish mix of uses that will attract people and money from all over the world and/or – just as importantly– keep people and money from roaming elsewhere.

For a lot of information regarding the revitalization project please visit: www.waterfrontoronto.ca