{"id":32219,"date":"2025-09-08T22:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/three-buildings-above-grade-at-camhs-queen-street-redevelopment\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T22:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:12:10","slug":"three-buildings-above-grade-at-camhs-queen-street-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/three-buildings-above-grade-at-camhs-queen-street-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Buildings Above Grade at CAMH\u2019s Queen Street Redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Three new structures are now above grade at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/companies\/camh.8736\" target=\"_blank\">Centre for Addiction and Mental Health\u2019s (CAMH)<\/a> Queen Street West campus. Marking the final phase of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/projects\/camh-queen-street-redevelopment.5500\" target=\"_blank\">the 27-acre site\u2019s transformation<\/a> in Toronto\u2019s Trinity Bellwoods neighbourhood, the projects are all a block south of CMAH&#8217;s new Queen Street buildings that were finished in the previous half dozen years, and include the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/projects\/camh-discovery-centre.55331\" target=\"_blank\">Discovery Centre<\/a> at Stokes and Shaw streets, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/projects\/camh-secure-care-and-recovery-building.55327\" target=\"_blank\">Secure Care and Recovery Building<\/a> at Stokes and Lower Ossington Avenue, and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/projects\/camh-doctors-association-building-expansion.55333\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor\u2019s Association Building Expansion<\/a> immediately northwest fronting Stokes Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188296.jpeg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-2784d08f-6c04-4fb7-85f0-5bb12dac439e\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment, Toronto, designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" title=\"Looking southwest to the new buildings in colour: Discovery Centre (front), Secure Care and Recovery Building (centre), and Doctor's Association Building Expansion (right), designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188296.jpeg', true, 'Looking southwest to the new buildings in colour: Discovery Centre (front), Secure Care and Recovery Building (centre), and Doctor's Association Building Expansion (right), designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking southwest to the new buildings in colour: Discovery Centre (front), Secure Care and Recovery Building (centre), and Doctor&#8217;s Association Building Expansion (right), designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Designed by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/companies\/kpmb-architects.8018\" target=\"_blank\">KPMB Architects<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/companies\/treanorhl.55328\" target=\"_blank\">TreanorHL<\/a>, the seven-storey Discovery Centre will consolidate research and education programs into a wood-accented facility with a curving frontage facing Shaw Street. To the west, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/database\/companies\/diamond-schmitt-architects.7975\" target=\"_blank\">Diamond Schmitt Architects<\/a> has designed both the seven-storey Secure Care and Recovery Building, a 200-bed forensic mental health facility, and the seven-storey Doctor\u2019s Association Building Expansion, which includes institutional space with a multi-level parkade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking northeast towards Shaw Street in April, 2025, the Discovery Centre site on the east end shows work progressing above grade after the completion of its single basement level. Staging zones and modular trailers line the perimeter. The facility will rise in two rounded volumes clad with wood-toned fins, stepping back in terraces above the streetwall, with landscaped outdoor decks and a glazed pavilion at grade.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188291.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-25476a50-3f2b-4cb2-8355-4d7fd0636231\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment, Toronto, designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" title=\"Looking northeast to construction of Discovery Centre at grade, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188291.jpg', true, 'Looking northeast to construction of Discovery Centre at grade, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking northeast to construction of Discovery Centre at grade, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking northwest in May, 2025, the Secure Care and Recovery Building&#8217;s three underground levels were nearly complete, supported by a pair of cranes positioned at the south and north ends. Concrete columns and rebar are rising from the east side of the P1 level, with extensive formwork as well. The excavation perimeter displays timber lagging along the north and west elevations. Once built out, the building will feature a U-shaped massing with north and south wings. Behind to the left, the Doctor\u2019s Association Building Expansion is proceeding with work on its fifth floor.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188292.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-ea2f7720-525c-48b3-8f1f-e04de26b07b2\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment, Toronto, designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" title=\"Looking northwest to construction of the Secure Care and Recovery Building approaching grade, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188292.jpg', true, 'Looking northwest to construction of the Secure Care and Recovery Building approaching grade, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking northwest to construction of the Secure Care and Recovery Building approaching grade, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In this southwest view across Stokes Street in June, 2025, the Doctor\u2019s Association Building Expansion has reached its sixth floor, with the first formwork in place for the seventh floor at the south end. The crane is positioned on the south side. Blue weatherproofing and insulation are visible on the existing Doctor\u2019s Association Building to the right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188293.jpeg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-9b7f7084-9b6d-4e60-b0d9-cd3dadc4a820\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment, Toronto, designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" title=\"Looking southeast to the Doctor's Association Building Expansion standing five storeys, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor rdaner\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188293.jpeg', true, 'Looking southeast to the Doctor's Association Building Expansion standing five storeys, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor rdaner'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking southeast to the Doctor&#8217;s Association Building Expansion standing five storeys, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor rdaner<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Looking north in August, 2025, formwork is in place for the third floor slab at the Discovery Centre, with the building\u2019s distinctive curvilinear form now emerging along the east elevation. Temporary timber edge forms trace the flowing lines that will define the facade, while scaffolding and shoring posts support the elevated slab pours above. On the third floor deck, rebar and conduit are being set for an upcoming placement of liquid concrete.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188294.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-1164836e-e26f-4694-8c90-10d9ab7eff0a\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment, Toronto, designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" title=\"Looking north to the curving form of the Discovery Centre, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188294.jpg', true, 'Looking north to the curving form of the Discovery Centre, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking north to the curving form of the Discovery Centre, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This month, we look northwest across the campus to all three projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">To the right, the Discovery Centre has risen to its fourth floor slab.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">At the centre, the Secure Care and Recovery Building has concrete columns, walls, and formwork in place for its second floor walls, with the second-floor slab partially formed and decking in place toward the north end.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On the far left, the Doctor\u2019s Association Building Expansion has topped out at seven storeys, its structural frame supported by shoring posts on each level and capped with blue weatherproofing across the roofline, as work transitions to the mechanical penthouse.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188295.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-29dfd016-919b-44dd-83d6-dadee30b1dd2\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment, Toronto, designed by HOK and architecture+ for CAMH\" title=\"Looking northwest to the Discovery Centre (right), Secure Care and Recovery Building (centre), and Doctor's Association Building Expansion (right), image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188295.jpg', true, 'Looking northwest to the Discovery Centre (right), Secure Care and Recovery Building (centre), and Doctor's Association Building Expansion (right), image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking northwest to the Discovery Centre (right), Secure Care and Recovery Building (centre), and Doctor&#8217;s Association Building Expansion (right), image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Alley Kat<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The three buildings&#8217; final heights will range from 23.2m to 60.3m.<\/p>\n<p><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188297.jpg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-b1acfa3c-7be4-4027-97d5-1cf5bb215cb0\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Discovery Centre, Toronto, designed by KPMB &amp;\u00a0TreanorHL Architects for CAMH\" title=\"Looking northwest to the Discovery Centre, designed by KPMB &amp;\u00a0TreanorHL Architects for CAMH\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188297.jpg', true, 'Looking northwest to the Discovery Centre, designed by KPMB &amp;\u00a0TreanorHL Architects for CAMH'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking northwest to the Discovery Centre, designed by KPMB &amp;\u00a0TreanorHL Architects for CAMH<\/span><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188300.jpeg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-bc2cfd53-aef2-41f4-aecd-97c80a6520bd\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Secure Care and Recovery Building, Toronto, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH\" title=\"Looking northwest to the CAMH Secure Care and Recovery Building, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188300.jpeg', true, 'Looking northwest to the CAMH Secure Care and Recovery Building, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking northwest to the CAMH Secure Care and Recovery Building, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH<\/span><imgx class=\"image-display_default\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188298.jpeg\" data-entity-uuid=\"insert-display_default-bbbaa2f4-f559-47d8-ac26-aaa0cc4cfe93\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt=\"CAMH Doctor's Association Building Expansion, Toronto, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH\" title=\"Looking southwest to the CAMH Doctor's Association Building Expansion, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH\" onclick=\"photo('https:\/\/cdn.skyrisecities.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/articles\/2025\/09\/59387\/59387-188298.jpeg', true, 'Looking southwest to the CAMH Doctor's Association Building Expansion, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH'); return false;\"><span class=\"image-description\">Looking southwest to the CAMH Doctor&#8217;s Association Building Expansion, designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for CAMH<\/span><\/p>\n<p>UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on these developments, but in the meantime, you can learn more about them from our Database files, linked below. If you&#8217;d like, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p>UrbanToronto has a research service, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/Pro\/\" target=\"_blank\">UTPro<\/a>, that provides comprehensive data on development projects in the Greater Golden Horseshoe \u2014 from proposal through to completion. We also offer <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/reports\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instant Reports<\/a>, downloadable snapshots based on location, and a daily subscription newsletter, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/NDI\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Development Insider<\/a>, that tracks projects from initial application.\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/imgx><\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');<\/p>\n<p>fbq('init', '1760257484204295');\nfbq('track', \"PageView\");<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/news\/2025\/09\/three-buildings-above-grade-camhs-queen-street-redevelopment.59387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Three new structures are now above grade at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health\u2019s (CAMH) Queen Street West &#8230; <a title=\"Three Buildings Above Grade at CAMH\u2019s Queen Street Redevelopment\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/three-buildings-above-grade-at-camhs-queen-street-redevelopment\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Three Buildings Above Grade at CAMH\u2019s Queen Street Redevelopment\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1088],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-urban-toronto","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}