How can we use the old silo site as an engine for transforming Toronto’s Waterfront?
Toronto’s waterfront is been undergoing a complete revitalization, with many future projects planned and in store. The downtown waterfront contains two giant concrete silos known as the Canada Malting and Victory Soya Mills silos. These are former soya and grain storage facilities from back when Toronto’s port contained heavy industrial uses and are now designated heritage buildings.
The Canada Malting silos at the bottom of Bathurst Street were built in 1928 as a place to store barley before being converted into malt. The Victory Soya Mills site at the bottom of Parliament street was built between 1944 and 1948 as part of a larger complex by Sunsoy Products Limited to store soybeans before reprocessing. This latter site, which is located at 351-369 Lake Shore Boulevard East, is the subject of our design plan. The site was purchased by Great Gulf and Dream in 2016.