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<\/a>With just 140 days to go before the opening ceremony of the Pan Am\/Parapan Am Games, construction of the Athletes\u2019 Village is now complete. Over 10,000 athletes and team officials from 41 countries will descend upon the Canary District<\/a> in the West Don Lands from July 10th to August 15th.<\/p>\nIn addition to accommodation, the site will feature a YMCA, coffee shop, general store, banking, a dining tent and an 18 acre park. When the Games close in mid-August, the Athletes\u2019 Village will be turned back over to the developers of the Canary District, and will become a mixed-use community with 800 market condominiums, 253 units of affordable housing and the first-ever residence for students of George Brown College. The project also includes the Cooper Koo Family YMCA, a new streetcar line connected to King Street, an Aboriginal community health centre and a 40,00 square foot promenade along Front Street.<\/p>\n
Nearly 200 people came out to the official handover ceremony earlier this morning, which was attended by notables such as Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Toronto Mayor John Tory.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Athletes\u2019 Village will serve as a welcoming home for athletes at the Pan Am and Parapan Am Games, and, thanks to thoughtful planning, it will also leave a legacy that will benefit Ontarians well into the future,\u201d said Wynne, addressing the crowd.<\/p>\n
The Games have created 26,000 jobs and will attract 250,000 visitors to the region — generating nearly $3.7 billion for the Ontario economy in 2015.<\/p>\n Canary District developers hand over the project to the Games organizers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":116222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11269],"tags":[],"coauthors":[8647],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"canary](\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/canary-park-model-1024x793.jpg\")
<\/a>The Canary District<\/a> is a barrier-free and LEED designed community featuring one of Canada\u2019s first open access ultra-high-speed broadband networks. Residents will also enjoy the Corktown Common Park, which connects to over 1,800 kilometres of provincial parks and trails.<\/p>\n