Our sister site UrbanToronto.ca has all the juicy details about a game-changing partnership between Waterfront Toronto and Sidewalk Labs, the city-building division of Google's parent company Alphabet, that will produce a high-tech lakeside neighbourhood of the future.

Sidewalk's mixed-use vision for the Quayside area, image courtesy of Sidewalk Toronto

All the recent speculation has been confirmed, Alphabet's city-building armSidewalk Labs, a sister company toGoogle, will be designing Toronto's Quayside neighbourhood in conjunction withWaterfront Toronto. The partnership to create the neighbourhood is being called Sidewalk Toronto. The 12-acre site along Lake Shore from Bonnycastle Street to east of Parliament will become a high-tech neighbourhood and innovation hub, with an aim to build 21st century cities better.

The announcement at Corus Quay on Toronto's Waterfront this afternoon was of significant enough scale to bring dignitaries from across Canada and the United States to the event. On hand were City Councillor Ward 37 and Chair of Economic Development Michael Thompson, CEO of Sidewalk Labs Dan Doctoroff, Mayor John Tory, Premier Kathleen Wynne, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Waterfront Toronto Chair Helen Burstyn, Executive Chairman of Alphabet Eric Schmidt, Waterfront Toronto President and CEO Will Fleissig, and Member of Parliament Spadina-Fort York Adam Vaughan.

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