Image courtesy of CAMH
CAMH has announced Plenary Health ? a consortium of companies including Stantec Architecture ? as its partner to design, build, finance and maintain the next phase of the Queen Street Redevelopment Project?1C. This phase will see CAMH?s two signature hospital buildings installed on Queen Street West, transforming care for patients, breaking down the stigma surrounding mental illness, and building the city. 
?This will be the largest and boldest phase of CAMH?s redevelopment project to date,? says Dr. Catherine Zahn, CEO of CAMH. ?Two light-filled and environmentally friendly buildings will open the doors to our community even wider. They will create dignified spaces for our patients to receive care and support for recovery.?  Beginning in Fall 2017, Plenary Health will start construction of these new hospital facilities with 235 beds for patients with acute and complex mental illnesses. Research and education spaces will be co-located within the clinical care environment to create opportunities for discovery and collaboration that will advance treatment for the patients of the future.
CAMH is opening up its 27-acre site?once the home of the ?Provincial Lunatic Asylum??and building Canada?s leading hospital for mental health as part of the community.
The eight-storey Complex Care & Recovery building?the urban entryway to CAMH at Queen St. West and Ossington Avenue?will feature a unique ?therapeutic neighbourhood? for patients, a culina...