FREEDOM Tower

People should be able to live free of barriers. This tower is planned to be completely barrier free. Recreation, transportation, work and exercise are also part of that accessibility programming. And further, the barrier free concept is extended to the concept of Inclusivenss to all ages, abilities and incomes. Freedom Tower is a 14-story compact high-rise comprised of 42 micro-suites. Each suite is barrier free (wider doorways and hallways, turnarounds in the kitchen and wet bathrooms) and sustainable (inclusive to all incomes) through efficient floor space design. There is a woodworking shop in the basement that has a full time custodian. The building comes with its own DATS-type bus and driver that is scheduled through an UBER-type app primarily for residents (another social enterprise here is where the revenue from the non-resident sharing of the bus pays into the operating fund). The ground floor has yet another social enterprise business in the form of a coffee shop. The second floor is operated as a co-work space for residents. And the third floor is a rehabilitation and physiotherapy gym (utilized by the UAlberta OT Department.)