Gardens LTC Community
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Scarborough (Toronto), ON
331 LTC beds, renovation and new addition
Midland Gardens is a Long Term Care facility built in 1991 in Scarborough, Ontario on a tight 2.3 acre triangular lot with limited property. Low rise houses flank the property on two sides
The aging building is no longer compliant with the Ministry of Long Term Care’s stringent requirements, and the owners came to Murphy Partners looking for a solution they weren’t sure was possible. They needed to move away from three- and four-person wards to private and standard rooms, they needed satellite dining and bathing on each floor, and they needed more suites.
Their concern was that if they built an addition on their parking lot, the only vacant land available, they would have nowhere for staff or visitors to park.
We conducted a site feasibility study and proposed several design options. The client chose to completely retrofit the existing building and construct a new five-storey addition - to be built one storey above the parking lot, so none of the precious parking spots were lost.
Upon completion the fully transformed Midland Gardens will house 331 fully compliant, post-Covid LTC Beds and 54 Seniors Apartments with ample parking and a beautiful roof garden.
The central gathering spaces for bigger events and communal spaces are located on the ground floor. Visitors are welcomed in an open and inviting lobby surrounded by resident amenities. A heavily landscaped central courtyard encloses a secure outdoor space for residents. The proposal refreshes this existing courtyard with a walkway loop, planting, and an overhead lighting feature.