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The brownfield industrial area of the Port Lands, on the east side of the harbour, is one area planned for redevelopment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=6e75397250b16410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=ae9352cc66061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |title=Port Lands Acceleration Initiative – City Planning – Your City |publisher=City of Toronto |language=en-CA |access-date=February 4, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181727/http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=6e75397250b16410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=ae9352cc66061410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD |archive-date=February 5, 2017}}</ref> Formerly a marsh that was filled in to create industrial space, it was never intensely developed — its land unsuitable for large-scale development — because of flooding and unstable soil.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://leslievillehistory.com/timeline-ashbridges-bay/ |title=Ashbridge's Bay |date=April 13, 2015 |newspaper=Leslieville Historical Society |language=en-US |access-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205100926/https://leslievillehistory.com/timeline-ashbridges-bay/ |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
It still contains numerous industrial uses, such as the [[Portlands Energy Centre]] power plant, port facilities, movie and TVtelevision production studios, concrete processing facilities, and low-density industrial facilities. The [[Waterfront Toronto]] agency has developed plans for a naturalized mouth to the Don River and to create a flood barrier around the Don, making more of the land on the harbour suitable for higher-value residential and commercial development.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/07/city-announces-next-steps-port-lands-revitalization |title=City Announces Next Steps in Port Lands Revitalization {{!}} Urban Toronto |website=urbantoronto.ca |language=en |access-date=February 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205101158/http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2015/07/city-announces-next-steps-port-lands-revitalization |archive-date=February 5, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
A former chemicals plant site along the Don River is slated to become a large commercial complex and transportation hub.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eastharbour.ca/ |title=East Harbour |website=eastharbour.ca |publisher=First Gulf |access-date=September 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914035711/http://eastharbour.ca/ |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>