NEW YORK: The seven hundred and twenty-second entry for the seniors housing Global Awards for 2015 has been received.
George St. is an unlikely place for a success story. The stretch of road on the downtown east side is better known for its thriving drug trade, derelict properties and crowds of homeless men congregating outside the Seaton House shelter.
But at one George St. address, the tide has been turning for the better. Over the past three years, the Toronto Community Housing Corporation has been transforming one troubled midrise by making investments in its physical structure and its people. Once considered so unlivable that TCHC clients refused to be placed there, the agency now boasts that it’s the most improved property in its entire portfolio.
