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TO Live provides Q3 update on capital projects at Meridian Arts Centre, St. Lawrence Centre, and Meridian Hall

The city council reviewed updates on priority projects within the TO Live Capital Program on September 10, 2026. No action was taken on the item at that time.

not yet heardTO Live · Thu, Sep 10Province decides

Also in this item

• St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts design phase now underway with state-of-good-repair, accessibility, net zero emissions retrofit, and technical theatre upgrades; TO Live is fundraising beyond the approved $84 million to expand scope

• George Westin Recital Hall Phase One renovation on track to reopen by end of October 2026

• Meridian Hall net zero emissions retrofit feasibility study completed and will coordinate with St. Lawrence project; sprinkler, lighting, and ceiling upgrades moving to tendering in Q1 2027

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Thu, Sep 10 · TO Live · not yet heard
Why is this story here?
ContainedCapital project management and renovation progress at three cultural venues are genuine institutional work within established budgets, though the St. Lawrence Centre's pursuit of additional funding beyond the approved $84 million capital plan represents a departure from agreed spending and warrants real-but-contained stakes; the scope remains bounded to these three facilities and reversibility is preserved at design stage.Touches a narrow groupThese capital projects affect visitors to and staff of Meridian Arts Centre, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, and Meridian Hall, plus residents who use these cultural venues; however, no work is happening in users' daily lives this week, the Recital Hall opens in weeks and construction phases are scheduled for 2027, so the effect is at one remove and no commute, rent, street access, or bill changes today.

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Staff recommended

The Executive Director, Corporate Real Estate Management recommends that: 1. The Board of Directors of TO Live receive this report for information.

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  • 2026-09-10 · TO Live · not yet heard

Official title: TO Live Capital Program - Priority Project Updates · the item as the City filed it

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