Vision SoHo has received the 2024 PlanON Vision Award of Merit in recognition of its “collaborative partnerships to deliver affordable housing to priority community groups, while preserving city heritage buildings.”
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On September 5, 2024, the federal government announced more than $132 million in federal funding through the Affordable Housing Fund to help build 370 affordable homes at the Vision SoHo development in London, initiated by London Community Foundation.
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Vision SoHo continues to progress, with Zerin’s building continuing to take shape between the two buildings that Indwell will be renovating, with work on the War Memorial Children’s Hospital set to start soon.
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In June, Indwell opened up the Health Services Building to some of the London Community Foundation team, accompanied by a photographer, to take a first look inside the building before renovations begin. As part of the Vision SoHo Alliance’s wider development at the site, the building will include 96 affordable supportive studio, one and two bedroom apartments, anchored by a community food hub in the former auditorium.
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With construction and renovations underway at Vision SoHo, the site looks different every day. Thanks to Nicholson Sheffield, Indwell, and Southside for sharing their latest photos.
Read MoreDuring a busy dinner time in the 1960s, customers of the iconic Bondi’s Italian Restaurant on Horton Street might find themselves seated upstairs at the family dining room with the Bondi grandparents eating their own meal… Read more of stories of SoHo from Professor Michelle Hamilton of the Public History Masters program at Western University.
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Deb McKenna, Construction Manager at Flourish, a social enterprise established by Indwell that specializes in affordable housing development, shares her perspective on some of the challenges that come with repurposing the two heritage buildings on the Vision SoHo site.
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Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed the large crane on the site of the Vision SoHo project on the grounds of the old Victoria Hospital. Construction of the underground parking lot is now well underway, with the crane on the site being the longest ever seen in London at 75 metres long. Here’s how the site is progressing.
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A groundbreaking event this morning (Friday, October 14th, 2022) celebrated the Vision SoHo Alliance taking possession of the Old Victoria Hospital Lands and the start of construction for the single largest affordable housing development in London’s history.
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Nearly 6,000 Londoners are on the waitlist for social housing. With low vacancy rates, and rising rental prices, a safe, adequate and affordable home is simply out of reach for too many in our community. The Vision SoHo Alliance plans to help address this issue by building the single largest affordable housing development in London’s history.
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London’s city council has approved $11.2 million to support the Vision SoHo Alliance, a first-of-its-kind partnership between six local non-profit organizations, which are working together to create the single largest affordable housing development in London’s history.
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Seeing the dire need for affordable housing in London, an issue exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, Gateway Church made a generous gift of $50,000 in support of the Vision SoHo Alliance’s redevelopment of the Old Victoria Hospital Lands.
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The Vision SoHo Alliance, a newly formed partnership between six nonprofit housing developers announced today its commitment to purchase the vacant Old Victoria Hospital lands to develop a vibrant mixed-use housing complex that will help increase the supply of affordable housing in our community.
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