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Sapphire Tower

Richmond Street West
Toronto ON Canada

Status:	cancelled
Floor Count	88
Units / Rooms	1,070

Building Uses

- mixed use

- hotel

- office

- parking garage

- residential

- restaurant

Structural Types

- highrise

- tuned mass damper

- pole

- sphere

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Spire	1107 ft	Building Plans
	Based upon the addition of 8 more stories

Roof	933 ft	Building Plans
	Top of globe

Lower roof	847 ft	Building plans
	Top of the cylinder

Shorter tower	650 ft	Building Plans
	Top of dome, spire not included

Spa level	627 ft	Building Plans


Limestone facade	210 ft	Building Plans

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Description
Architect: Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. - tfai.com

Developer: Stinson Properties Inc.

A split 88 and 62 storey tower.

Floors:

1: Lobby
2: Bicycle Lockers
3-11: Parking
12-13: Meeting Rooms
14: Kitchen
15: Sky Lobby
16: Restaurant
17: Mechanical
18-61: Suites
62: Mechanical
63: Spa
64: Party
65-73: Full Floor Suites
74-80: Stinson Properties
81: Mechanical
82: Mass Damper

*05/11/05 rumour has it that another height increase to 342m top of spire 314m to top of sphere.

*NEW, Proposal has been rejected by City Council in it's current form due to concerns over shadowing on a public square. Possible next move: Redesign or OMB Appeal

*01/12/06 Redesign of building: No globe, chisel shaped building, up to 73 storeys to address shadowing issue. Possible shift away from Hotel-Condominium to more standard large sized condominiums for families.

Replaced the Downtown Plaza proposal - http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=84232

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