TORONTO l Oxford Place l 326 M / 1,070 FT x 2 l Norman Foster - Page 2

DrNest · #21 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 4:59 PM**

This is very exciting times for Toronto and its office construction. As explained above, the time taken for these to be built will be long, but worth the wait.

Steely Dan · #22 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 5:22 PM**

* off-topic posts deleted *

guys, "toronto vs. chicago" has been a forbidden topic in this forum for over 10 years now. the next person who even mentions the name of that other great lakes city in illinois in this thread will be getting suspended.

please keep the discussion on topic.

R@ptor · #23 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 7:45 PM**

It's about time that Toronto finally gets a supertall.

Totojuice · #24 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 8:03 PM**

Love that Foster design......

BTW - Shouldn't this thread be in "proposals" since construction hasn't started?

Steely Dan · #25 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 8:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by Totojuice

BTW - Shouldn't this thread be in "proposals" since construction hasn't started?

uhhhhhhhh, this thread IS in the proposals sub-fourm.

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Originally Posted by R@ptor

It's about time that Toronto finally gets a supertall.

well, for whatever it's worth, the CN tower is real and it's been soaring mightily over toronto for several decades now.

but indeed it is very cool that toronto is poised to gain not just one, but possibly two, 300+ m skyscrapers, and designed by Norman Foster no less! i absolutely loved his design for the WTC replacement "kissing towers", and if this toronto project ends up taking cues from that exercise, something very, very special could happen here.

definitely exciting!

blacktrojan3921 · #26 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 8:22 PM**

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees

Gresto · #27 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 9:09 PM**

OK, now let's all wait for the inevitable hand-wringing and eventual height reduction.

Fatality · #28 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 9:09 PM**

Very satisfying.
Not only are the designs amazing but it will be a great addition to the skyline to fill up the gap between FCP and the CN Tower looking from the lake.

Moreover the supertalls are part office which is great considering the amount of condos going up. Every city core should have some dominant office development and Toronto has been lacking in that segment. Finally a proposal that will put two more part office towers that are as big as the towers in the Financial District.

Not sure if the twin supertall idea is so great. It just might be too overpowering but in the end doesn't make a big difference considering the design and quality seems good.

Hope this teaches other developers the quality that Toronto is looking for.

NYC GUY · #29 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 9:30 PM**

Looks better there then here in NYC.

colemonkee · #30 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 9:49 PM**

Looking at the rendering, they'll be knocking down those two hotels bookending the convention center, no?

And it looks like there are a handful of surface lots directly north that are begging for some development. Hopefully this spurs those lots into action.

softee · #31 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 9:59 PM**

^ That's an old pic, some of those parking lots have already been developed. RBC centre and Ritz now occupy the lots behind that office building across from the convention centre.

isaidso · #32 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 10:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by colemonkee

Looking at the rendering, they'll be knocking down those two hotels bookending the convention center, no?

The convention centre and hotel bookends would be demolished. Like has been mentioned, the lots to the north now house skyscrapers: the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and RBC.

isaidso · #33 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 10:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ed007Toronto

Rumours of two supertalls coming to Oxford Place. 1070 feet each Foster will design.

http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2012/10/...ll-skyscrapers

There is already a thread for this. You're making duplicate threads all over the place. Perhaps, you should check to see if there is a thread before making a new one.

isaidso · #34 Posted **Oct 25, 2012, 10:41 PM**

Could someone merge the threads. A 2nd thread has just been made for this development when one already existed. There are 4 towers: 326m (1070ft), 326m(1070ft), ???, ???.

caltrane74 · #35 Posted **Oct 26, 2012, 12:43 AM**

This thread can be for the office towers?

The hotel towers and convention centre rebuilding can be in the other thread.

DrNest · #36 Posted **Oct 26, 2012, 1:32 AM**

I agree with Cal's suggestion. With four towers going up as well as the revamping of the convention centre, it will get very crowded very quickly if all is in one thread.

Dylan Leblanc · #37 Posted **Oct 26, 2012, 3:20 AM**

Merged 'em anyways. It won't all get built at once.

isaidso · #38 Posted **Oct 26, 2012, 5:49 AM**

Thanks.

caltrane74 · #39 Posted **Oct 26, 2012, 9:21 AM**

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Originally Posted by Gresto

OK, now let's all wait for the inevitable hand-wringing and eventual height reduction.

Let's hope not.

Toronto has been sitting at 5% vacancy for office space for a while, yet office construction has not kept pace with demand. Looks like will see an unprecedented development and construction boom for office towers.

Just as the condo market was cooling...

isaidso · #40 Posted **Oct 26, 2012, 10:02 AM**

The extremely low office vacancy rate was a surprise. The timing couldn't be better. Downtown has become heavily skewed towards residential, so a flurry of big office towers would be welcomed. Hopefully, some of these office towers will go north of Dundas to give the entire breadth of the core that big city feel.