TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[colemonkee]

Really like the base and street level of 1425 Bloor West. Nice materials, a bit more of a set back with the raised tree wells create open space and shade while still activating the street. And the use of the red and grey pavers tie the building materials in to the ground in the public space. Very nice touch.

[Maldive]

Union Centre | 298m | 54s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group l Approved

Now approved, a 52-storey 150,000 m² tower with 37 storeys of office space, three storeys of retail/service commercial uses, a live performance and presentation venue (2,000 capacity). Green walls cover the lower levels facing south, while the top of the tower is terraced, providing planted outdoor amenities and a green roof.

New images from Adamson & Associates:

Skyline aerial.

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The crown tops out @ 298m but that tree = supertall

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At grade along Front Street.

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The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini l u/c


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River & Fifth Condominiums | 130.5m | 37s | Broccolini | Graziani + Corazza l u/c

The glazing looks good so far (and from afar ;-). This one will look taller than it is, sitting alone on the edge of the Don River.

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289 Balliol | 100.05m | 28s | Menkes | Turner Fleischer l pre-construction


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Regent Park: Daniels Artworks Tower | 105.76m | 33s | Daniels | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

The crane on the left.

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The crane is just visible left of centre in the distance.

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388 King West | 146.3m | 33s | Allied | Hariri Pontarini l Approved

Despite getting zoning approval last year, this one has been quiet, likely because Allied has so many projects on the go (some of which jumped the cue ahead of this one).

And of course today’s challenges of finding an anchor tenant for nearly 800,000 sq feet of office (and retail).

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123 Portland | 49.3m | 14s | Minto Group | Sweeny & Co l u/c


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Precast panels looking great (as rendered). Look forward to the dark bronze window frames.

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Rush Condos | 44.96m | 15s | Alterra | BDP Quadrangle l u/c


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Ellie Condos | 105.76m | 31s | G Group | Kirkor Architects l u/c

Condo, rental, office and retail. The shortest building on the left is likely the office component.

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Bound to better than this discount rendering.

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2002 Lake Shore West | 122m | 36s | Marlin Spring | Graziani + Corazza l recommended for approval

Condo and retail.

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543 Richmond Street West | 47.24m | 15s | Pemberton | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

From last month, another Pemberton block-eating monster. Hope they break the bank and use some decent materials for once (cue music: Supertramp’s “Dreamer” ;-).

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Give me the $$$:

Two bank towers craning their necks ;-). CIBC Square phase 2, and on the right is TD Bank (160 Front W)

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Sugar Wharf Phase 1 u/c in the centre of the photo.

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And on the far right of this photo.

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[koops65]

Downtown 2027:

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[Nite]

Originally Posted by Elkhanan1

The aging process of rental buildings from high-end to middle-end is too slow for people who need affordable housing now. They can't wait 25 years.

That's why we need to build as much high end buildings now for affordability in the future.

[Maldive]

St Clair Place | 150m | 44s | Wittington | Diamond Schmitt l approved

New renderings: Yonge and St. Clair will be unrecognizable with this just-approved huge make-over that includes 44, 39, 27, 13 storey buildings, with nearly 1,400 residential units, retail and POPS + a new public park.

St. Clair Place is centre of the rendering, with Jean Gang’s wonderful artichoke (One Delisle u/c) on the right. Missing from this view is the (beautiful) 1 St. Clair West proposal from Gensler/Slate... future best intersection in the city?

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New public park.

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Cumberland Square | 253.89m | 75s | KingSett Capital | Giannone Petricone l Approved

75, 61 and 50 storeys of condo, office, retail and public space. The new towers will be broken up by Janet Rosenberg + Studio-designed public spaces including a large public square planned with a fountain and reflecting pool and a canopy of string lighting.

New renderings of the base of the 2 shorter towers.

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Residential entrance.

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Base of the tallest tower.

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Rogers Centre Renovations l Populous l Phase 1 to start in 2022 off-season

Phase 1: Bullpens moved to the corner and Centre Field seats brought down to wall height. The bullpens are also elevated (inevitable fan interaction ;-).

All new seating for the 500 levels, lots more standing room/patios and bar/food areas (“social spaces”)… and new player amenties such as an expanded 5,000 sq foot weight room, lounge for players’ families etc.

$300million in rennovations during the next 2 off-seasons.

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Raised bullpens.

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Before and After - click this link
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Short video - click for full screen of course ;-)
https://twitter.com/i/status/1552713636166131714
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2-20 Glazebrook | 115.24m | 34s | Gairloch | Gabriel Fain Architects l pre-construction

An interesting and different kind of block-busting. Gairloch is proposing to knock down 2/3rd of a 1995-built group of 2 storey McMansions in favour of a (very nice) 34 storey condo and retail project.

Gairloch is perhaps the best mid-rise builder in the city today (1414 Bayview u/c is one of the best in the city imo), and Gabriel Fain is a very good design firm. This one is north of Eglinton near Bayview.

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2350 Yonge Street l 50s l 166.65m l Varacalli l pre-construction

Early days (no good renderings released yet) but 323 residential units with, suprisingly, zero parking.

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EQ Bank Tower | 105.18m | 23s | First Gulf | Sweeny & Co l u/c


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Curtainwall looks good.

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11 YV | 212.44m | 62s | Metropia | Sweeny & Co l u/c

Note 'The One' peeking through on the right.

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Rising right beside the disappointing '1 Yorkville' (on the left) and 30 metres taller… so the views from the west are bound to improve ;-).

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T3 Bayside | 42m | 10s | Hines | 3XN l u/c

Beautiful shot of this 3XN mass timber, that looks better every day.

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822-838 Richmond Street West | ?m | 5s | Hullmark | Atelier Barda l pre-construction

A great 8-storey infill mid-rise building with courtyards and winter garden, steps away from Trinity Bellwoods Park.

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8 Wellesley | Residences at Yonge | 182.15m | 55s | CentreCourt | IBI Group l u/c

Getting its crane this morning.

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321 Davenport | 36.4m | 9s | Alterra | Giannone Petricone l site shoring

Demo complete and shoring underway.

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Havergal College: Upper and Junior School Additions | 12.4m | 3s | Havergal College | Diamond Schmitt l complete

Honoured with an Ontario Wood Design Award this spring, the Havergal College addition has now won a Copper Award from North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA).

Absolutely gorgeous.

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Havergal College (the slightly older brother ;-).

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Harbourwalk at Lakeview Village | ?m | TRIDEL l Architects Alliance | pre-construction

Three conjoined 19 storey half-pyramids from Tridel, part of the huge Lakeview masterplan for 177 acres of waterfront in Port Credit.

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Site prep

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416 Dawes | 16.4m | 4s | Toronto Public Library | Perkins & Will l pre-construction

4-storey redevelopment library designed by P &W for Toronto Public Library.

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DUSK.

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Cool video of the Yonge & St. Clair area

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In a few years these will also join the skyline

[Maldive]

Great video... sometimes forget what a 'grand' avenue St. Clair is.

As I mentioned in yesterday's post, St. Clair Place + One Delisle + Gensler/Slate's 1 St. Clair West ... maybe = the city's finest intersection one day.

[Nite]

Agreed, St. Clair is one of the best streets in the city. wish they would extend the streetcar to jane someday

here is another wonder new drone video of downtown around College and Church Streets
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[Maldive]

Another great drone video, thanks. This nabe is looking at perhaps the most dramatic change (in the future) in the city. Worth a second look below:


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[Maldive]

895 Lawrence Ave E | ?m | 22s | First Capital | WZMH l pre-construction

Mixed-use towers at 17s and 22s, replacing a two-storey commercial plaza and parking lot in Don Mills. Across the street from The Shops of Don Mills.

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Stockyards Masterplan l Toronto Stockyards Land Development Board l masterplan

Massing of more than 20 buildings of different heights, built around a new road network, parks, and public spaces. In addition to retailers like Canadian Tire, The Home Depot, and fast food, the site presently hosts a
number of warehouse buildings and enormous parking lots.

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Malvern Mall Redevelopment | 130.2m | 39s | Davpart | IBI Group l masterplan

Yet another masterplan redevelopment of a shopping mall, this one in Scarbourough. 13 buildings from 3 to 39 storeys.

Early massing diagram below. I've lost count of the number os shopping mall redevelopments in this city.

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(ugly) Phase 1 elevations for 39 and 32 storey towers.

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Queen & Kingston | 24.5m | 6s | Sud Group | Graziani + Corazza l demolition

Condo, institutional and retail. The historic Imperial Bank of Canada building will be retained (not just the facade for a change :-) as will the existing restaurant & roof-top patio of “Murphy’s Law”.

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They even switched up the precast brick colour to echo the historic building.

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“Murphy’s Law”.

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The Hampton | 123.13m | 38s | Collage Works | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

For crane-watchers, some neat shots of the removal of this project's (takes an awfully big crane to bring down a crane this way - rather than a rooftop derrick).

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If you’ve ever wondered how far away the Yonge & Eglinton skyline is from downtown… check out this shot below.

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Terrasse Condos at The Hunt Club | 25.91m | 7s | Sunrise Gate | RAW Design l u/c

I’ve posted a number of mid-rises on Kingston Road recently, and here’s another u/c. I count 45 mid-rises u/c and pre-construction along Kingston Road between Woodbine and Military Trail.

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M1 & M2 at M City | 197.81m x 2 | 60s x 2 | Rogers Real Estate | Core Architects l u/c

A race to the finish for the twins.

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Mechanical penthouse underway on of the towers.

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Far away Missie.

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Downtown skyline from far away.

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19 Duncan | 186.53m | 58s | Westbank | Hariri Pontarini l u/c

Left of centre.

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Rising directy behind the Royal Alex Theatre (like a giant fly tower ;-).

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Pinnacle One Yonge | 312.5m | 95s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini l u/c

Phase 1 is in the centre and to its left at grade is one of the SkyTower cranes. Behind CIBC Square on the left are the 2 towers of Sugar Wharf Phase 1 rising. In the background is the new river river valley construction for the Lower Don Lands (and the Cherry Street South bridge).

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SkyTower podium rising on the right (shot about a week ago).

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2 East Mall Crescent | 110.7m | 32s | QuadReal* | Giannone Petricone l excavation

*A little while back someone mentioned that QuadReal may have sold this one to another developer, but no confirmed news. Condo and retail with 511 units.

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PJ Condos | 156.96m | 48s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini l complete

Centre of the photo. Behind is Grange Park and the south side of Gehry’s Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) make-over. Just to the right of the AGO is Will Alsop’s OCAD (the pixelated building held up by pick-up sticks).

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The Entertainment District: hard to believe not too long ago there were hardly any talls here… with a bunch more with their podiums now complete and starting their tower floors (but not visible).

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So dense.

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Near the top left of the photo below is the Mirvish Village Redevelopment.

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Mirvish Village

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VMC Block 6E l 46s l Menkes/Quadreal l Turner Fleischer + Giannone Petricone l pre-construction

Another batch for the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. 5 mixed-use towers from 15s to 46s (2,000 residential units), a park and POPS.

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Downtown development model from Bloor-Yorkville on the left, to the lake on the right. (Note: at the risk of saying the obvious, the flat areas in the rendering are all built up neighbourhoods... too many buildings to include ;-).


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[Dale]

I’m seeing breaking stories about Union Centre from other sources ? Is it close to materializing ?

[Maldive]

Originally Posted by Dale

I’m seeing breaking stories about Union Centre from other sources ? Is it close to materializing ?

Well these ears need to hear anything you've heard!

I was just posting some new eye candy renderings... and know nutin' about "breaking news".

C'mon Dale... at least a couple of hints.

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Originally Posted by Maldive

Well these ears need to hear anything you've heard!

I was just posting some new eye candy renderings... and know nutin' about "breaking news".

C'mon Dale... at least a couple of hints.

Just stuff like this

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-t...xE1d3gYgkpXuSM

[Miss J.]

Originally Posted by Dale

Just stuff like this

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-t...xE1d3gYgkpXuSM

This looks amazing! Thanks for the great link. It's supposed to be built by the end of 2025? Did I read that right?

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Originally Posted by Dale

Just stuff like this

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-t...xE1d3gYgkpXuSM

Hmmm ... it took Jack nearly a week to basically copy and paste my post into BlogTO lol... he's usually quicker (a former staffer at UrbanToronto).

So not a 'scoop'... or any actual news regarding a start or otherwise.

[Gresto]

Maldive, do you know if any prominent projects have stalled or been cancelled because of the housing-sales dive?

[Maldive]

I'm not really much of a source for that kind of high-rise housing starts/stalls data, sorry.

I actually find the 50%+ dive in home sales totally absurd (and tragic). "Oh my god we have to pay 3.5% for a 5 year mortgage?!!"

I've owned a number of downtown properties over the years... one of my favs was a condo in a building called "The Rosdale" (not the Gupta one u/c... the original little one at Bloor and Sherbourne designed by Peter Clewes).

My wife was an RBC Direct/Dominion Securities employee at the time so we got an enormous bargain on our 5 year mortgage rate... cut all the way down to 16%!! And everyone was buying stuff all over town,

I realize inflation is a genuine concern, but this chicken little knee jerk reaction to a BoC rise of 1 point.... leaves me utterly bewildered by this gang of coulda/shoula/would-be buyers... and I feel sorry for home-owners who are seeing their property value fall like a stone. It just happened to my Mother... which partly explains the outburst.

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It's probably a little early to see any direct repercussions in terms of project cancellations. I also find the catastrophizing overdone. I have a strong feeling we'll see market picking up again soon, but that's pure conjecture on my part, based on a 20-year boom.