Plans for a major redevelopment of Toronto’s waterfront could be saved after the city’s mayor said he was willing to give more public land to Google-owner, Alphabet.
The tech giant unveiled plans in June for its Sidewalk Labs HQ in the Canadian city. But instead of detailing the development of its 12-acre site, it proposed a ‘smart city’ spreading across 150 acres of valuable, public-owned, waterfront land.
City councillors had branded the proposal a ‘land grab’ and said the project was a ‘non starter’.
Now the city’s mayor has said that, while Alphabet would not get all of the land it had designs on, he was certain that additional land could be made available.
The scheme includes a 500,000 sq ft national HQ for Google.
