Welcome to
Tyndale Green
We are excited to begin a discussion with the community about a shared vision for Tyndale Green: A residential community that will be affordable, vibrant, beautiful, livable, sustainable, and sensitive to its surroundings.
In the coming weeks and months, Markee Developments will lead discussions with community groups, neighbours, and others who are interested in shaping the future of a new community that will bring much needed affordable and purpose-built rental housing to the area.
Guiding Principles
We will create a community that is affordable, vibrant, walkable, environmentally sustainable, and sensitive to its natural and built surroundings.
Though details of the project will be developed through community consultation, the vision is to set a number of exciting precedents for affordable housing in the City of Toronto. The images below are illustrative of the principles informing that vision.
High quality, affordable rental housing
At least half of the residential housing will be offered at below-market rent. It is important to us that we make a significant positive contribution to addressing Toronto’s housing affordability crisis.
Sensitive integration to the neighbouring community
The height, materials, and placement of buildings will be carefully and thoughtfully planned, taking into account the existing buildings on the site, the neighbouring community, and the ravine landscape.
Environmental stewardship, sustainability, and sensitivity to the ravine landscape
International best practices in sustainable stormwater management will protect the adjacent ravine and advance environmental stewardship of native plant, animal, and insect species.
A vibrant, walkable, green public realm
Community life will be supported by pedestrian walkways, public spaces, and community amenities.
Excellence in design quality
Affordable housing can - and should - be beautiful, livable, and sustainable; we see these elements not as tradeoffs, but as defining features of Tyndale Green.
Why Affordable Housing?
Great cities thrive when they are places for everyone. Whether you are studying, just beginning in the workforce, raising a family, or retiring, at Markee Developments we believe in housing for all.
But Toronto is in the throes of a prolonged housing affordability crisis that shows no signs of letting up. The housing system in Canada is broken, and it is tearing the social and economic fabric of our cities. So Markee Developments has set out to fix this.
More and more people are finding it harder and harder to live in Toronto, and the only practical way to address this problem is to build more housing that people can afford.
Read more about the city’s housing affordability crisis.