Photograph of a modern urban street corner featuring a tall residential high-rise with glass balconies and a shorter brick building with large windows.
Photo credit: The Daniels Corporation

The Artworks Tower stands at 32 storeys high, overlooking the award-winning Regent Park community. The tower contains 467 residential suites, including 78 barrier-free units, complemented by a range of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces. The development proudly meets the Toronto Green Standard Tier 2, v2 benchmarks, integrating sustainability features that enhance biodiversity, support resident well-being, and maximize efficiency in both energy and water use.

  • Total Gross Area (Size) – 36,273.24 m2
  • Building Type – Residential
  • Building Location – 130 River Street & 35 Tubman Avenue
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  • Energy Savings – 23.3 per cent

Bike Storage

22 non-residential, 43 visitor and 424 residential bike parking stalls are provided, for a total of 489 spaces.

Low-Emitting Vehicle Spaces

14 autoshare spaces for residential visitor parking spaces, 6 EV charging stations for hybrid and electric vehicles at the commercial/office parking spaces, 7 residential EV parking stalls and 13 EV-ready with infrastructure provided.

Green Roof and Heat Island Reduction

Multiple green roof and landscaped planter areas combined with high-albedo at grade pavers to reduce the urban heat island effect and manage stormwater onsite.

Water Efficiency

Low-flow plumbing fixtures were selected for installation to reduce potable water consumption by 30 per cent.

Potable water for irrigation reduced by 61 per cent through a design with drought tolerant native species vegetation and drip irrigation systems.

Bird-Friendly Glazing

100 per cent of all exterior glazing within the first 12m of the building above grade uses low-reflectance, opaque materials, visual markers and mute reflections.

Enhanced Waste Storage Space

Dedicated areas within the ground floor for collection and storage of recycling and organics.

Construction Waste

79.1 per cent of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste recycled.

Energy Savings

  • 23.3 per cent energy cost savings vs. ASHRAE 90.1-2013 + SB-10

Heating/Cooling

  • District Energy System

Energy Efficiency Lighting

  • Efficient LED lighting fixtures

Energy Efficiency

  • High performance spandrel, wall and roof insulation
  • High performance glazing
  • ECM suite fan motors
  • Variable speed pumps

Energy Recovery

  • In-suite energy recovery ventilators

Building Developer/Owner

Daniels HR Corporation130 Queens Quay E., 8th floor
Toronto, ON M5A 0P6

Design Architect:

Quadrangle Architects Ltd.
901 King Street W. Suite 701
Toronto, ON M5V 3H5

Architect of Record:

KIRKOR Architects and Planners
20 De Boers Drive, Suite 400
Toronto, ON M3J 0H1

Landscape Architect

Brook McIlroy
161 Spadina Ave, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON M5V 2L6

Sustainability Consultant & Energy Modeller

Footprint
1100 – 100 Sheppard Ave. East
Toronto, ON M2N 6N5

Mechanical and Electrical Engineer

Atkins Realis (formerly SNC Lavalin)
235 Lesmill Road
Toronto, ON M3B 2V1