The University of Toronto is planning to create Canada's largest university-based innovation node with the construction of the 750,000-sf Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre. Funded in part by a $100 million donation, the interdisciplinary center will feature vertical gardens, soaring atria, and integrated collaboration areas, as well as offering leasable space for startup companies. Designed by WEISS/MANFREDI and Teeple Architects, the complex will be delivered in two phases, with the first 12-story, 250,000-sf tower housing the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence and the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. A 20-story, 500,000-sf tower will be built in the second phase to accommodate programs in regenerative medicine, genetics, and precision medicine. Construction is expected to begin in fall of 2019.
University of Toronto Plans Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre
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