Windmill Development Group has been selected through a competitive process to partner with the City of Guelph in developing a One Planet Living community in downtown Guelph. One Planet Living is a planning and sustainability framework predicated on principles including sustainable food and water, zero carbon energy, zero waste, equity and economy.
?Windmill has a long history of leading the most progressive sustainable mixed use communities in the country through innovative design, development and finance practices? says CEO Jonathan Westeinde.
Windmill?s architectural team for the Guelph project will be Diamond Schmitt Architects and DTAH, both with substantial experience and creativity in creating complete communities. ?Diamond Schmitt are excited to be part of an architectural team that will lead a socially and environmentally sustainable new core development for the City of Guelph,? says Duncan Bates, Associate. ?The Baker Street development represents a tremendous opportunity to reinvigorate Wyndham Street North with new civic and cultural resources and a significant population of new residents,? adds Megan Torza, partner at DTAH, whose firm will be handling landscape and urban design, as well as architecture alongside Diamond Schmitt.
Windmill?s sister strategic consulting company, Urban Equation, is a key partner on the team, designing a sustainability framework that is based on the One Planet Living principals. Urban Equation, which recently signed on to assist Side...