TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread - Page 158

Elkhanan1 · #**3141** Posted **Nov 29, 2020, 7:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by koops65

I'm surprised nobody at UT has commented about the Canada Square proposal...

There's been a ton of discussion about it on UT, most of it negative because it's strangely suburban, with the cul-de-sac and emphasis on car access instead of pedestrian access. The only ones who are enthusiastic about the scheme in its current form are the height fanboys.

Maldive · #**3142** Posted **Dec 3, 2020, 9:38 PM**

Neat 150 metre+ render of the financial district and Southcore (built, u/c, proposed) from steveve.

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100 metre+ from the lake to Bloor/Yorkville.

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717 Church Street - 106m - 30s - Capital Developments - Diamond Schmitt - pre-construction

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The James at Scrivener Square - 85.5m - 21s - Tricon House - COBE Architects - approved/early site-prep

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Claude Cormier’s grapefruit bench/fountain.

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The Well - office portion (174m, 46s)

Looking south

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Garden District Condos - 100m - 32s - Hyde Park - architectsAlliance - u/c

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bilked

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Pinnacle One Yonge

Prestige (Phase 1) c/u

skycandy

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SkyTower (phase 2) shoring

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W Hotel Toronto - 9s - Larco - architectsAlliance - u/c

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Sugar Wharf Condominiums (Phase 2) - 299m, 290m, 260m - 90s, 87s, 79s - Menkes - architectsAlliance - pre-construction

Working through final approvals, the giant 3 tower phase 2, includes the teaser “I missed being a super-tall by 1 metre” tallest @299m.

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Note podium plans include refurbishing the original bridge between the 2 warehouses.

Northern Light

Northern Light

Lansing Square Redevelopment - 127m, 105m, 97m, 92m, 87m - 40s, 34s, 30s, 28s, 18s, 3 - ELAD Canada - WZMH - pre-construction

Lachlan Holmes

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Ivy Condos - 102.5m - 32s - Dream - RAW Design - site demolition soon

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Bijou on Bloor - 48.5m - 12s - Plaza - Quadrangle - site demolition begins January 2021

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Garrison Point construction (Humber Bay on the left)

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Massey Hall Revitalization

Salina Kassam has been awarded the Canadian Architect Photo Award of Excellence for her interior restoration image.

AlbertC

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Drone shot from Jasonzed. Humber Bay plus downtown beyond.

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Maldive · #**3143** Posted **Dec 4, 2020, 7:18 PM**

CAMH Queen Street Redevelopment - CAMH - KPMB - phase 4 pre-construction

Recent winner of a 2020 CANADIAN ARCHITECT AWARD OF EXCELLENCE, this mental health research facility is the fourth phase of the huge CAMH make-over which includes the completed Crisis & Critical Care Building and the McCain Complex Care & Recovery Building.

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625 Church - 202m - 59s - Manulife Real Estate - RAW Design - pre-construction

Some recent renderings.

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Eight Cumberland - 170m - 51s - Great Gulf - architectsAlliance - u/c

Rising more quickly now that it is above grade, this project is pretty much shoe-horned in between 2 Bloor West (foreground), 1 Yorkville (background) and 11 YV (site-shoring @ 213m) on the left of the pic.

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1140 Yonge Street - 13s - Devron Developments - AUDAX - approved

Site prep about to begin.

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Couple more shots of The Well from Red Mars’ (almost daily) archive.

Looking south.

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Wellington Street residential creating a new street-wall.

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3180-3202 Yonge St - 46m - 12s - NYX Capital Corp - Richard Wengle - pre-construction

One of a number of properties/active projects in Toronto acquired by NYX Capital Corp.

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Ed Skira

Different angle on the heritage component of 1 Yorkville. One of the nicest restorations seen in town.

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Gresto · #**3144** Posted **Dec 4, 2020, 11:02 PM**

Nice updates. I'm eager for phase 2 of Sugar Wharf to commence.

Elkhanan1 · #**3145** Posted **Dec 6, 2020, 1:30 AM**

That rendering is for 11 YV.

Here's 8 Cumberland.

Source: https://urbantoronto.ca/database/pro...ght-cumberland

Source: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2016/08...ght-cumberland

Maldive · #**3146** Posted **Dec 6, 2020, 1:16 PM**

^ oops, there goes my ssp pension. Thx for the catch (fixed).

Maldive · #**3147** Posted **Dec 8, 2020, 2:44 PM**

100 Queens Quay at Sugar Wharf - 117.5m - 25s - Menkes - B+H - u/c

A plain but special little box on the waterfront, thanks to superior glazing that really likes to dance with changing light conditions.

Dustin William

skycandy

Waterfront Innovation Centre - 53m 12s Waterfront Toronto Sweeny &Co - u/c

Another not quite “innovative” design saved by superior glazing and terracotta trim.

Rascacielo

Rascacielo

240 Adelaide Street West - 68 storeys - Freed - rezoning application

Freed bought this land for $67million and is now proposing 637 residential units which would be a welcome tall spike in this table-top neighbourhood.

site assembly (outlined in white)

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The One - 309m - 85s - Mizrahi Developments - Foster + Partners - u/c

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TeaHouse 501 Yonge Condominiums - 171m - 52s - Lanterra - architectsAlliance - u/c

(nearly) Topping out in a beautiful sunset (Clover is seen on the left).

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The Rosedale on Bloor - 186m - 55s - Gupta - IBI Group - u/c

Continuing at a snail’s pace, one of the slowest construction sites downtown (from 2 weeks ago).

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330 Richmond - 94m - 27s - Greenpark - Core Architects - u/c

Renders are rather optimistic about sunlight conditions for this project which will be surrounded by tall neighbours.

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Water's Edge at the Cove - 182m - 56s - Conservatory Group - Richmond Architects - u/c

Cranes finally up and busy for another tall addition to the Humber Bay skyline.

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Junction House - 40m 9s Slate superkül - u/c (excavation)

Norman Li

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Norman Li

Lower Don Lands Redevelopment - 880 acres - Waterfront Toronto - u/c

1. A ton of pdf updates and renderings for park/public realm plans:

https://portlandsto.ca/wp-content/up...ign-Update.pdf
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2. Construction update on new river valley/flood protection work:

https://portlandsto.ca/wp-content/up...ion-update.pdf
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Waterworks Building Redevelopment - 48m - 13s - MOD Developments - Diamond Schmitt - u/c

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Maldive · #**3148** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 7:01 PM**

Future Vaughn, Ontario

1. A rather astonishing/ambitious (massing) model of Vaughn's underway and future high-rise transformation, photographed in the Festival Condos showroom (more info below).

Somewhere in this forest would be CG Tower u/c @ 189m (60s), Transit City Condos Phases 1 to 5 u/c and TC Phase 6 destined to be Vaughn’s tallest at 206 metres - 64s.

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2. Transit City Condos: TC1, 2 & 3 - 55s x 3 - 176m - CentreCourt - Diamond Schmitt - u/c

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3. Transit City Condos: TC4 & TC5 - 174.5m - 50s - SmartCentres - Diamond Schmitt - u/c

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Transit City's “Central Park”

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4. Transit City Phase 6: working through approvals, phase 6 will be Vaughn’s tallest at 206 metres and 64 storeys.

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5. CG Tower - 189m - 60s - Cortel Group - Quadrangle - u/c

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6. Festival Condominiums - 59, 48, 45, 40 storeys - Menkes - IBI Group - pre-construction
Condo, Public Space, Retail, Townhouse and links to 17km of trails and bike lanes.

Left of centre in render.

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Downtown
PRIME Condos - 148.5m - 45s - CentreCourt - IBI Group - pre-construction
Launching in 2021 after 8 Wellesley.

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717 Church Street (106m): location of the curving flatiron in the Bloor/Yorkville neighbourhood courtesy of steveve.

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Maldive · #**3149** Posted **Dec 9, 2020, 10:49 PM**

CIBC Square 2 - 241.5m - 50s - Hines - Wilkinson Eyre - construction start soon (?)

In addition to the rumour mill, some strong hints suggest a construction start may be imminent (the old GO station on-site has just been fenced off, new construction extending the rail deck/park from phase 1 etc.). Seems like a good time to have a look at the slightly taller twin via renders not widely circulated.

In the eye candy below, some of the few substantial changes submitted in the spring include an increase in podium height (approx. +6 metres). The project also proposes to remove the existing Metrolinx bridge over Yonge Street and replace it with a new pedestrian bridge linked to Backstage Condos, which has an extension to the underground PATH system already in place. This new bridge would begin construction after the office tower is nearer to completion.

All renders are from Urban Toronto via the Minor Variance application submitted in the spring: https://cdn.skyrisecities.com/sites/...011-139104.jpg

Stairs to the deck/park over the rail corridor.

North entrance.

Maldive · #**3150** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 1:29 PM**

A COVID-defying mixed-use super-tall proposal.

212 King Street West - 310m - 79s - Dream - SHoP - proposed

660,000 square feet of office space, 588 residential rental units and 10,000 square feet of retail.

Architecture by SHoP (from Globe & Mail article):

"Mr. Pasquarelli explained that the design of the tower is broken up visually into two sections. The first, wider section would contain the office floors and be faced partly with white terracotta panels; the taller, narrower section, with predominantly black cladding, contains apartments. He said details of the architecture, including the textured ceiling of the atrium, would be inspired by the existing buildings, which once housed a factory where General Electric’s Canadian unit made turbines and motors."

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Heritage buildings to be included.

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Location of placeholder tower (centre of pic).

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colemonkee · #**3151** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 3:38 PM**

SHoP does a great job in the details, so if this moves forward, will be a great architectural asset to the city, despite the relatively simple massing.

Maldive · #**3152** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 3:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

SHoP does a great job in the details, so if this moves forward, will be a great architectural asset to the city, despite the relatively simple massing.

Agreed and as I noted in another thread: "At the very least a mixed-use tower with 660,000 square feet of office space plus 588 residential rental units plus 10,000 square feet of retail finally meets the kind of mix I've been harping about... a post pandemic live/work project that makes sense.

Also think that SHoP's quote (below) may hint at architectural detailing that will be refined/improved. The devil is in the details and even a fairly refined early render is best viewed as a placeholder for a little while.

Given DREAM also hinted that Mirvish Gehry is active and coming to market next year, I think a neighbouring super-tall like 212 King W (with great materials) should have a simple built form... let Mirvish Gehry do the architectural gymnastics on this block."

SHoP:
"Mr. Pasquarelli explained that the design of the tower is broken up visually into two sections... He said details of the architecture, including the textured ceiling of the atrium, would be inspired by the existing buildings".

CIBC Square 2 - update

As a quick follow-up to my earlier post, demolition equipment is now on-site. You also see the recent extension work for the deck/park between phase 1 and phase 2.

mburrrrr

Maldive · #**3153** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 4:06 PM**

Great history of downtown development (Bloor/Yorkville to the lake) by steveve.

Today’s news of the 212 King West super-tall (310m) would sit roughly to the right of the CN Tower main pod in this view.

steveve

Maldive · #**3154** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 4:19 PM**

Some more detailed Norman Li renders of 212 King West, including ShoP's use of terracotta (something they have excelled at with other designs).

interchange42 (Norman Li rendering)

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Maldive · #**3155** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 7:35 PM**

CIBC Square 2: Not wasting any time clearing the site for phase 2. Apparently site shoring is set for February.

mburrrrr

sammmy

Maldive · #**3156** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 8:43 PM**

steveve added a massing of the 310m 212 King West proposal (orange) to a slice of his future render.

steveve

This proposal brings a total of 9 super-talls* for Toronto (2 under construction).

*Super-talls proposed:
212 King Street West - 310m
CommerceCourt3 - 302m roof/376.5m spire
Union Park - 303m
Mirvish+Gehry - 329m and 302m
1200 Bay Street - 326.5m
The Hub (albeit a cheat courtesy of the CTBUH criteria;-) - 304m spire

*Super-talls construction:
SkyTower - 312.5m
The One - 309m

*Near misses:
Sugar Wharf B @ 299m, YSL @ 299m and poor BMO still @ 298m (for more than 40 years ;-)

colemonkee · #**3157** Posted **Dec 11, 2020, 4:03 AM**

Oh man, that honeycomb ceiling on the cantilever of 212 King St. West is amazing. Really looking forward to that one.

Torontopia · #**3158** Posted **Dec 11, 2020, 11:02 AM**

It's amazing how much development is happening in Toronto right now and even COVID-19 hasn't seemed to stop it.

H2O · #**3159** Posted **Dec 11, 2020, 1:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

A COVID-defying mixed-use super-tall proposal.

212 King Street West - 310m - 79s - Dream - SHoP - proposed

660,000 square feet of office space, 588 residential rental units and 10,000 square feet of retail.

Architecture by SHoP (from Globe & Mail article):

"Mr. Pasquarelli explained that the design of the tower is broken up visually into two sections. The first, wider section would contain the office floors and be faced partly with white terracotta panels; the taller, narrower section, with predominantly black cladding, contains apartments. He said details of the architecture, including the textured ceiling of the atrium, would be inspired by the existing buildings, which once housed a factory where General Electric’s Canadian unit made turbines and motors."

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Location of placeholder tower (centre of pic).

Link

This has a similar program to two of our new tallest in development in Austin (except with huge parking podiums instead heritage buildings and atrium). Essentially, a residential tower stacked on top of an office tower. The first at 848 feet is under construction and the second, recently proposed is our first supertall. https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=229264 The latter has a beautiful creek-front hotel lining the parking podium. https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=205341

H2O · #**3160** Posted **Dec 11, 2020, 1:24 PM**

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Is there a plan to pedestrianize King Street? What about the street car?