Scarborough has a new community centre.
The Warden Hilltop Community Centre, at 25 Mendelsson St. near Warden and St. Clair, opened last week in a ceremony presided over by the ward’s councillor,
Michelle Berardinetti.
Designed by a team led by Paul Cravit in conjunciton with project manager Abdul Kaderali of
CS&P Architects and built by Maystar Construction, the centre, which cost about $9 million to build, has a large gymnasium as well as space for a preschool, a dance studio, a weight room and a teaching kitchen.
"We wanted it to be something that had an impact on the community and on the setting," Kaderali says of the one-storey building that began construction at the end of 2009 and was completed in July.
It was also designed to comply with LEED Silver environmental criteria, with several green features, including geothermal heating and a movement sensor-activated system of lights.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Michelle Berardinetti
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