Google employees return to the company's office following a walkout in Toronto on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018. Google employees around the world walked off the job Thursday in a protest against what they said is the tech company's mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against executives. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)
Alphabet Inc’s digital city on Toronto’s waterfront will be made out of wood, heated by geothermal wells and offer a swathe of affordable housing as it seeks to win over a sceptical public concerned about privacy issues at the development.
Sidewalk Labs LLC, the urban innovation unit of Google parent Alphabet says about 40% of the 2,500 residential units on the 4.9-hectare (12-acre) development dubbed “Quayside”, will be below-market housing, including 20% affordable. Just over half will be purpose-built rental.
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