Media Advisory / Photo-Op / Video-Op - Experience the launch of Toronto's newest restaurant and food destination with the tastes of Market Street

Woodcliffe Landmark Properties celebrates eight new retailers and commemorates the naming of Paul Oberman Walk

TORONTO, June 4, 2014 /CNW/ - On Wednesday, June 4, Toronto's historic Market Street will see the official unveiling of the city's most exciting new food and restaurant destination by Woodcliffe Landmark Properties.

Eve Lewis, of Woodcliffe Landmark Properties, will debut this highly-anticipated, unique urban restoration project and pedestrian-friendly streetscape inspired by the extraordinary vision of late developer Paul Oberman of Woodcliffe Landmark Properties. Lewis will also commemorate Oberman's vision with the naming of Paul Oberman Walk. Also speaking will beThe Honourable David Crombie, P.C., O.C., O. Ont., Sherry Pedersen, Heritage Preservation Coordinator, City of Toronto, and Melissa Oberman, Paul Oberman's daughter who will speak on behalf of Richard M. Sommer, Dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto and the Oberman family.

The revitalization will rejuvenate the St. Lawrence Market area and give foodies a new downtown destination with a range of culinary hotspots to suit every palate: Indian bistro Bindia, seafood restaurant Market Street Catch, tapas restaurant Barsa, Italian eatery Pastizza, health-food eatery Evolution Food Co., Balzac's Coffee Roasters, Olive & Olives, all of which will have patios, and a restored LCBO store.

For more information about Tastes of Market Street, please visit tastesofmarketstreet.com
For more information about Woodcliffe Landmark Properties, please visit www.woodcliffe.ca

SOURCE: Vicbar Marketing Ltd.

Media Contacts: Vicki Griffiths, Vicbar Marketing Ltd., Ph: 416-510-0073, Cel: 416-432-8785, [email protected]; Jodi Goulart, Vicbar Marketing Ltd., Cel: 647-887-8643, [email protected]