A new 10 acre Thornhill Condo project will transform a key stretch of Yonge Street north of Steeles as subway expansion and other transit improvements better connect the 905 to Toronto's downtown core.

The World on Yonge project, slated for completion in 2013, will consist of four residential high-rise towers, down from originally five, an office complex with hotel facilities, a retail centre, and a park and landscaped courtyard. At 20 storeys, the office building will be the tallest in York Region, the developer says.

The World On Yonge Condominium project was designed to capitalize on the increased regional transit service both with Viva and a proposed Subway extension in the future.

The Condos at World on Yonge sell from $189,000 to $660,000, including the penthouse.

The Thornhill project may be just the first in a wave of new developments taking advantage of the transit extensions along Yonge.

A landscaped green roof, a co-generation plant to produce its own electricity are some of the Green initiatives designed towards LEED status.

The original street mall site was comprised of a few stores and lots of parking but now the new plan has a two-to-one ratio of residential to commercial space, with about one million square feet slated for the approximately 1,250 condo units and another half-million square feet for non-residential buildings.

Thornhill Mega Condo