{"id":34565,"date":"2026-03-06T14:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ford-muses-about-filling-in-part-of-toronto-waterfront-for-new-convention-centre\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T14:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:58:15","slug":"ford-muses-about-filling-in-part-of-toronto-waterfront-for-new-convention-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ford-muses-about-filling-in-part-of-toronto-waterfront-for-new-convention-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford muses about filling in part of Toronto waterfront for new convention centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is considering filling in part of Toronto\u2019s waterfront for a new convention centre.<\/p>\n<p>Ford has said several times over the past week that the city needs more convention space and that the Metro Toronto Convention Centre is a terrible site.<\/p>\n<p>He says a new convention centre could cost a few billion dollars.<\/p>\n<p>The Globe and Mail reports that two sources say Ford is considering multiple sites across Toronto\u2019s waterfront for his idea of a massive new convention centre.<\/p>\n<p>Ford says they have a lot of fill right now and he wants to expand the land along the waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>The premier has recently said his proposal for the new centre would cause \u201cshock and awe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a92025 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/government\/2026\/03\/ford-muses-about-filling-in-part-of-toronto-waterfront-for-new-convention-centre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] TORONTO \u2014 Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is considering filling in part of Toronto\u2019s waterfront for a new &#8230; <a title=\"Ford muses about filling in part of Toronto waterfront for new convention centre\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/ford-muses-about-filling-in-part-of-toronto-waterfront-for-new-convention-centre\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Ford muses about filling in part of Toronto waterfront for new convention centre\">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":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-34565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34565","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=34565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}