What's Coming Next in Site Redevelopment
With the first phase of the Queen Street Redevelopment Project, Transforming Lives Here, complete and operational, the next
steps of the project are now underway.
Pictured throughout this web page, Phase 1B will dramatically transform the current campus of 1001 Queen Street West. This
includes the construction of three new buildings – the Intergenerational Wellness Centre, the Bell Gateway Building, and the Utilities and Parking Building – which is now taking place.
This next step in the Queen Street Redevelopment Project, scheduled for completion in the spring of 2012, will make great
strides towards our vision of providing high-quality and integrated addictions and mental health care in a revitalized neighbourhood.
An Introduction to the Next Phase
With this next step in the Queen Street Redevelopment Project, CAMH is delivering what it has promised from the beginning:
the replacement of an institutional campus with a real community setting for client care.
The Intergenerational Wellness Centre will include 12 new beds for youth between the ages of 14 and 18 who are dealing with both addictions and mental health issues,
a vulnerable and high-needs group. These are the first dedicated beds of their kind in Canada and reflect CAMH’s commitment
to extending high-quality care to under-serviced groups. An image of a youth bedroom is shown below.
The Intergenerational Wellness Centre will also house CAMH's Geriatric Mental Health Program, which combines 48 inpatient beds (image of geriatric bedroom shown
below) with a suite of outpatient programming and supports. The integration of geriatric mental health inpatient and outpatient
programs in one building will simplify and improve client access to CAMH’s programs and reflects our client-centered philosophy
of care.
In the image below, the Intergenerational Wellness Centre will feature a private landscaped courtyard, a second-floor rooftop garden, and several terraces.
The Bell Gateway Building (shown below) will be the new administrative, support service, and outpatient hub, bringing together a variety of outpatient
programs, key central clinical services, and all of the support and administrative functions required by CAMH's new Queen
Street hub.
The Bell Gateway Building will feature our client-run "Out of this World" café, which will become a street-front café with a sidewalk patio (featured
in the image above), as well as a state-of-the-art gymnasium, as shown in the image below.
The Utilities and Parking Building (shown below) will have several levels of parking spaces, a central plant for the three new CAMH buildings, and facilities,
featuring bookable meeting spaces, covered parking, and heating and maintenance functions. There will also be client assessment
and training spaces that feature laundry and kitchen facilities. Meeting rooms with video-conferencing capability will be
able to be booked by the community after hours.
Oversized windows in all the new buildings and tree-lined boulevards will animate the street level in this revitalized neighbourhood.
Integration, Collaboration, and Flexibility
Silos between addictions and mental health treatment will come down as CAMH’s programs come together at the Queen Street hub.
The co-location of addictions and mental health professionals will lead to increased collaboration between CAMH staff and
better results for clients, particularly those who have both disorders concurrently. Furthermore, the Queen Street redevelopment
is not just a Toronto story; in our new hub, CAMH will provide clinical training for physicians, nurses and allied health
care workers. All of Ontario will benefit from our specialized care.
We can never know exactly how medical science will change addictions and mental health care in the future, but we can build
flexible buildings that can accommodate changing needs and uses over time. Through the construction of flexible buildings,
CAMH’s Redevelopment Project will ensure that our facilities can keep pace with advances in treatment.
The three new buildings of this phase, as seen in the image below – the Bell Gateway Building (left, beige building, forefront), the Intergenerational Wellness Centre (behind Bell Gateway Building, deep red building), and the Utilities and Parking Building (right, grey building) – feature large windows and plenty of natural light, and will both complement and add to the Queen
Street West neighbourhood. Great outdoor spaces, such as a private courtyard for CAMH clients, generous sidewalks, and tree-lined
boulevards, will also be provided.
These three buildings are currently scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2012. Visitors to the Queen Street site may
encounter construction activities until then.
For updates on the construction activities of the CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment Project, go to News and Construction Updates.
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