Sidewalk Labs Toronto

• Sidewalk Labs Toronto office up for lease after layoffs, abandoning smart city

  Sidewalk Labs' Toronto office space is available for lease months after the company walked away from building a tech-savvy neighbourhood in the city.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2020
  
• Sidewalk Labs outlines further plans for Toronto waterfront development

  The digital innovations outlined in the report range from weather-responsive heated pavement meant to prevent ice and snow build-up to pedestrian detectors at crosswalks.

  Tech

  Nov 15, 2019
  
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• Waterfront Toronto board approves interim terms with Sidewalk Labs

  Waterfront Toronto's board has voted unanimously in favour of key terms to keep Sidewalk Labs' proposed Quayside development alive.

  Canada

  Oct 31, 2019
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• Sidewalk Labs faces criticism over Indigenous consultations for Toronto’s Quayside

  "None of the recommendations that resulted from this Indigenous consultation process have been acknowledged or carried forward in any substantial manner."

  Tech

  Oct 25, 2019
• Sidewalk Labs wants cut of property taxes, development fees for Quayside project

  The company says the arrangement will allow transit to be built "years, if not decades, sooner than it would otherwise," though Sidewalk plans to pass off the operation of the transit line to a public agency.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2019
• Waterfront Toronto board members fired following deal with Google-linked company

  Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is proposing to turn a rundown part of the city’s waterfront into what may be the most wired community in history.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2018
• Sidewalk Labs ‘hadn’t foreseen’ data concerns by Canadians in designing Toronto neighbourhood

  It was announced in October that Sidewalk Labs won a competition to partner with Waterfront Toronto to develop the Quayside neighbourhood "from the Internet up" with features including roads designed for driverless cars, environmentally friendly design and innovative infrastructure. Its plans will ultimately need government approval before any construction moves forward.

  Tech

  Mar 20, 2018