Mulock Park with PLANT Architect

In 2018, the Town of Newmarket – population 90,000+, just north of Toronto – purchased the Mulock Property, the extant core of a former 250-acre estate. Although Sir William Mulock (1843 – 1944) figured prominently in politics, higher education, and many other fields, the Town envisioned Mulock Park as living, multi-purpose community space, as opposed to a historical reconstruction. Community consultation with more than 3,000 area residents revealed strong support for transforming the site into an inclusive, Central Park-style hub for outdoor recreation and cultural activities: a place commemorating millennia of local Indigenous and post-settler history and present-day Newmarket’s diversity, while embodying future-forward sustainable design strategies. As a new cultural centre and an ecologically renewed environment for experiencing and learning about nature, situated in the heart of rapidly growing southwest Newmarket, the 16-acre Mulock Park will be key to strong and active community building and a healthy future.
PLANT led the masterplan for the site’s redevelopment, along with its 19th-century manor house and outbuildings, and then led Mulock Park’s design and implementation. 

The collaboration in this project has happened during the end of the construction design phase in 2023 and construction phase 2024 ongoing.