Parking Lot Becomes a Beach

Located at the foot of lower Jarvis Street adjacent to the Redpath Sugar Factory, the two-acre park will sport brightly colored pink beach umbrellas and candy-striped rock outcroppings. Designed by landscape architects Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagistes in association with The Planning Partnership, Sugar Beach will be the first public space visitors see as they travel along Queens Quay from the central waterfront.

The project is being undertaken by a team that includes construction manager, Eastern Construction Co. Ltd. and Aldershot Landscape Contractors Ltd. Dewatering is being carried out by Atlas Dewatering.
Sugar Beach is considered an important part of the revitalization of East Bayfront. It includes a plaza, urban beach and tree-lined promenade. Its “engaging” plaza space features an oversized candy-striped granite rock outcropping and three large grassy mounds that create a colorful amphitheatre-style space. At the beach, white Muskoka-style chairs under bright pink umbrellas will line the water’s edge giving people a place to while away the afternoon. Its tree-lined promenade, running diagonally through the park, gives the public a seamless connection to East Bayfront’s continuous water’s edge promenade and boardwalk.