TORONTO | 2 Bloor West | ? M / ? FT | 70 FLOORS + 85 FLOORS

[cruzin4u]

Address: 2 Bloor West
Developer: Oxford Properties
Architect: ArchitectsAlliance

This is Oxford's Cumberland Terrace redevelopment plot of land. Additional information;

2 Bloor West
Toronto, Ontario
2016
96,500m²
2 Bloor West will transform the transitional block between the exclusive Village of Yorkville shopping district and the urban intensity of Yonge Street. A seven-storey podium animates Cumberland Street with double-height retail space at grade, and a boutique hotel consistent with Four Seasons and Ritz-Carleton properties in the vicinity. A 70-storey residential tower marks the intersection of Bay and Cumberland, book-ended by an 85-storey residential tower at Yonge and Bloor.
The dynamic identity of 2BW is shaped by the contingencies of its attenuated, L-shaped site and the technical challenges of erecting slender point towers directly over the Bloor subway line. A network of robust diagonal supports extends along the north and south facades of the podium and wraps around each tower. The visible structure expresses the tectonics of the architectural forms, expanding as it extends along the Cumberland façade, contracting as it curls around the base of each tower, and becoming lighter and more ethereal as it rises upward.

Renders courtesy of waterloowarrior and ArchitectsAlliance

[caltrane74]

Could be over 1000 Feet

[DrNest]

Another awesome proposal. Love it.

[Gresto]

I like them, but aren't we supposed to be in a bear market?

[caltrane74]

Considering how bad the economy is, I'm surprised we get any proposals at all.

Getting them built is the tough part though.

[Gresto]

Yes, I hope they aren't just whetting our apetites with proposals that will never see the light of day. However, someone on here wrote that Harbour Plaza is selling like the proverbial hotcakes, so maybe we're seeing a turnaround.

[yaletown_fella]

Not a fan of the podium design. Four Seasons is one aA too many. then again I'm biased towards old money style designs in this part of town. Not a big modern fan.

But I quite like the lattice design and height of the towers is quite exciting . But honestly, I see the podium as a huge wasted opportunity, especially if it's cladded in materials akin the junky slate on Four Seasons (not to mention the cheap looking randomly placed windows)

From a heightest perspective this will be very interesting as its in the same megablock as the 280m 80 Bloor West proposal. If they upped the size of the podium this could very well become one of the densest areas in the world.

[Duck From NY]

Almost looks like there would be a conveyor belt in the podium. Weird design. I like weird.

[koops65]

Finally uploaded drawings for these towers.
Toronto diagram: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=60088583
85 floor tower: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=39205
70 floor tower: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=36598

[scalziand]

Quick work making the diagrams, Koops. Looks nice too.

[Design-mind]

Thanks Koops!

I am loving this design! The angular balconies work well with the lattice design.

[koops65]

Thanks guys!

[caltrane74]

Some old renders of the project

[scalziand]

I almost panicked when I saw those renders, then I noticed that they were old designs. The new design is much better.

[DrNest]

Absolutely. Those old renders are so bland compared to the latest release.

[scalziand]

I think the diagrams accidentally got set to 'vision' instead of 'proposed'.

[koops65]

That's not an accident. There has been no formal proposal to the city about this new design... yet. When there is, the status will be changed.

[caltrane74]

True enough, we don't even know if aA won the bid from Oxford.

[scalziand]

Ah, thanks for explaining that koops.

[CC_92]

Any news on this project?