Ground was officially broken Wednesday on the first tower of what will become the largest residential development in London’s history – on the site of the former London Psychiatric Hospital. London Free Press reporter Jack Moulton explains.

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The project, led by London-based Old Oak Properties, will transform 57 hectares of land on the east side of Highbury Avenue North, between Oxford Street East and Dundas Street, into 8,400 homes – a mix of apartments and townhouses expected to house roughly 15,000 residents.

Plans also include a school block, park, several open spaces as well as heritage buildings planned to house commercial development.

The site at 850 Highbury Ave. N. once housed the London Psychiatric Hospital, which closed in 2014 a

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