Subject: Media Advisory: Harbourfront Centre Parking Lot Closure for Site
Improvement


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Media Contact: Cary Mignault<br>
416-973-4655<br>
cmignault@harbourfrontcentre.com
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Media Advisory: Harbourfront Centre Site Improvements Underway
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TORONTO, ON (July 6, 2010) ­ Harbourfront Centre, heart of Toronto’s
waterfront, is undergoing an extensive site transformation to remove the
existing surface parking lot, located on the south side of Queens Quay West
between Lower Simcoe and York Street (P2). This closure is effective
immediately in order to build an underground parking facility and ultimately
create new public spaces and amenities for Harbourfront Centre’s central
waterfront site as part of the York Quay Revitalization project.
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Public parking is available directly across from Harbourfront Centre on the
north side of Queens Quay West at Lower Simcoe (please note: this lot is not
affiliated with Harbourfront Centre). Harbourfront Centre’s parking lot at
Rees Street and Queens Quay West (P3) will remain open, and underground
parking is also available at 539 Queens Quay West (P6) on the south side of
Queens Quay West adjacent to the Toronto Music Garden between Bathurst St.
and Spadina Ave. Revenue from these parking lots directly support
Harbourfront Centre programming.

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*Media please note: Harbourfront Centre will continue to provide parking to
working media with appropriate credentials at either the P3 or the P6 lots.
Harbourfront Centre does not operate the lot on the north side of Queens
Quay West at Lower Simcoe and cannot assist media with parking at this
location. For information please contact: Cary Mignault at 416-973-4655 or
cmignault@harbourfrontcentre.com.

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For information about Harbourfront Centre parking the public can call
416-973-4000 or visit http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/construction/
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All buildings, including York Quay Centre, The Power Plant, Enwave Theatre
and Queens Quay Terminal, will be open for business as usual throughout the
duration of the site improvements. Queens Quay West will also be open to
traffic. Toronto Transit Commission service to Harbourfront Centre via the
509 and 510 streetcars from Union Station will remain unchanged during this
site redevelopment.

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For information and updates about the York Quay Revitalization project,
please refer to the Waterfront Toronto web site www.waterfronttoronto.ca
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The Canada Quay Service Canada Centre will remain closed throughout the site
redevelopment, with a new development in the planning stages. Alternate
locations are available on the Service Canada web site:
www.servicecanada.gc.ca
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ABOUT YORK QUAY REVITALIZATION PROJECT<br>
On Mar. 2, 2010, Waterfront Toronto together with Harbourfront Centre and
leading landscape architectural firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates
presented an overview of the emerging plans to replace the 212-spot surface
parking lot ­ a 1.4 hectare area in the heart of the Harbourfront Centre
site ­ with an underground parking garage. This important new piece of
parking infrastructure will open up this spectacular waterfront site for
future public space including Canada Square, a beautiful waterfront square
and a second urban square above the parking garage.  
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The first phase of construction will commence the final week of July 2010,
with the construction of the underground parking facility between York Quay
Centre and Queen’s Quay Terminal, scheduled for completion in 2011. 

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The York Quay Revitalization Project is a project of Waterfront Toronto and
Harbourfront Centre.
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ABOUT HARBOURFRONT CENTRE<br>
Harbourfront Centre is an innovative, non-profit cultural organization which
provides internationally renowned programming in the arts, culture,
education and recreation, all within a collection of distinctive venues on
the 10-acre site it operates in the heart of Toronto's downtown waterfront.