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Our Skyline Divined
By Adam McDowell
This is what the Toronto of 2015 will look like according to skyscraper geek Scott Dickson
1. Bay Adelaide Centre
Bay and Adelaide,
northeast corner
• Construction started: July, 2006 (including demolition of concrete stump on site)
• Completion expected: July, 2009
• Height at completion: 218 metres, 51 storeys
• Use: commercial
The first commercial skyscraper built in Toronto for 15 years topped off last September and is now being filled out on the inside with partition walls, ceiling tiles and fibre optic wire. The Bay Adelaide Centre is the fifth-tallest building
in the city, not counting the CN Tower.
2. Aura (Residences of College Park)
Yonge and Gerrard
• Construction planned: fall, 2009
• Completion expected: late 2011/early 2012
• Height at completion: 245 metres, 75 storeys
• Use: residential
The sleek Aura will take up 1.08 million square feet of space, making it Canada’s largest condominium building. Just a few metres shorter than the TD Canada Trust Tower, it will be among the five tallest buildings in Toronto when completed.
3. One Bloor East
Yonge and Bloor
• Work started: summer 2008
• Completion expected: 2012 (reported)
• Height at completion: 281 metres, 80 storeys
• Use: hotel (to be managed by French chain Sofitel) and residential
Following the demolition of the seedy yet much-loved Roy’s Square at Yonge and Bloor last summer to make way for Bazis International’s monolith, frequent passersby report little to no activity at the site in recent months. The company’s spokeswoman did not return calls from the National Post to explain.
4. Shangri-La Toronto
University and Adelaide
• Excavation started: fall, 2008
• Completion expected: mid-2012
• Height at completion: 212 metres, 65 storeys
• Use: residential and hotel
“We’ve had calls here and there asking, ‘Are you still under construction? What’s happening? We don’t see any activity.’ Well, that’s because we’re doing such an extensive excavation,” says sales executive Robert Leliever. “The reason the excavation’s taken so long is we have to go down eight storeys [because] we offer parking with all suites.” However, the crane will be assembled within a month or so. “The perception on the street will change significantly after that.”
5. Trump International Hotel and Tower
Bay and Adelaide, southwest corner
• Construction started: 2008
• Completion expected: 2010
• Height at completion: 282 metres (with spire), 59 storeys
• Use: residential and hotel
The project’s marketing director called the National Post last month to quash rumours that the project is delayed, and the site is indeed abuzz with activity as the structure slowly rises out of the ground (just don’t expect to actually be able to book a room by next year).
6. Success Tower II
Bay and Harbour streets
• Construction started and halted: 2008
• Intended height at completion: 135 metres, 41 storeys
• Use: residential
“Success is an address,” says the tag line. Not any more, it’s not. When the recession went looking for the first condominium tower to cut down in Toronto, it settled on the one with the god-tempting name of Success II. What was to be the fourth tower of a development called Pinnacle has been reduced to a one-storey stump. Last month, a spokeswoman for Pinnacle told the National Post that the structure “may be delayed a little bit. But that is quite normal in this market.”
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