Canada's 50 Tallest Proposals - Page 211

digitboy · #**4201** Posted **Mar 12, 2012, 10:32 PM**

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New Casa 2 rendering from BuzzBuzz - http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/casa-ii-condos

How tall is that? It looks very tall..

caltrane74 · #**4202** Posted **Mar 12, 2012, 10:52 PM**

187 meters

it was originally proposed at 202 meters and 62 floors. got shortened to 57 floors.

Vertigo3000 · #**4203** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 12:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

187 meters

it was originally proposed at 202 meters and 62 floors. got shortened to 57 floors.

It looks a lot taller than that!

caltrane74 · #**4204** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 12:55 AM**

Someone from this forum hinted, there should be some juicy news regarding Cumberland Terrace shortly.

Could be good.

caltrane74 · #**4205** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 7:21 AM**

A source from UT posted this with regards to Cumberland Terrace

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Firstly, this will almost certainly no longer be multiple towers, but instead one tower on the very eastern portion of the site- at least here they do not interfere with the subway tunnels. Costly expenditure otherwise.

Furthermore, and not steal your thunder Ramako...there are rumors of a certain UK architect making his Canadian residential debut. To be honest I have seen preliminary plans, but I am not at liberty to tell you much - they were sketchy at best, but interesting - hint: they like multi-coloured stacks

Dylan Leblanc · #**4206** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 7:43 AM**

Great, more boxes then

Gresto · #**4207** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 12:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

Firstly, this will almost certainly no longer be multiple towers, but instead one tower on the very eastern portion of the site- at least here they do not interfere with the subway tunnels.

Does that signal one supertall, or are they punking out on us? We're still waiting for all those supertalls you and Leftcoaster insisted were making the rumour mill rounds.

suburbanite · #**4208** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Great, more boxes then

I wouldn't expect anything else from Toronto.

Andrewjm3D · #**4209** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 4:33 PM**

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Great, more boxes then

We do them well. More please.

Ramako · #**4210** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 6:46 PM**

Could the rumours of a 5 storey increase to One Bloor be true?

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Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started

Location: 1 BLOOR ST E
TORONTO ON M4W 1A9

Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale

Application#: 12 134875 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Mar 9, 2012

Project: Multiple-Use Building New Building

Description: Proposal to construct a 75 storey mixed use building with 6 levels of below grade parking (531parking spaces), commercial on P1, ground and second floor and remaining residential dwellings (789 Units).

Dylan Leblanc · #**4211** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 6:49 PM**

Is it currently at 70 storeys?

Ramako · #**4212** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 7:04 PM**

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Is it currently at 70 storeys?

Yes, but it was rumoured a few weeks ago that they'd be adding another 5. This should take it over 250 metres, assuming that they're not adding floors by shaving ceiling heights off of other floors, which shouldn't be necessary since the site already has city approval for a ~280 metre tower (because of the former proposal by Bazis).

Gresto · #**4213** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 8:56 PM**

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We do them well. More please.

Amen, agnostically speaking.

caltrane74 · #**4214** Posted **Mar 13, 2012, 10:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by Ramako

Could the rumours of a 5 storey increase to One Bloor be true?

well the application is right there.

So it must be true.

Dwils01 · #**4215** Posted **Mar 14, 2012, 12:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by caltrane74

A source from UT posted this with regards to Cumberland Terrace

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Firstly, this will almost certainly no longer be multiple towers, but instead one tower on the very eastern portion of the site- at least here they do not interfere with the subway tunnels. Costly expenditure otherwise.

If they stack the two original towers on top of each other the new tower would be 81 floors and roughly 288.5m

vegeta_skyline · #**4216** Posted **Mar 14, 2012, 1:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ramako

Could the rumours of a 5 storey increase to One Bloor be true?

Good but not great, 5 floors still won't make it the cities tallest residential building.

Dale · #**4217** Posted **Mar 14, 2012, 1:17 AM**

I thought it was a foregone conclusion, the extra five stories.

WhipperSnapper · #**4218** Posted **Mar 14, 2012, 2:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by Ramako

Yes, but it was rumoured a few weeks ago that they'd be adding another 5. This should take it over 250 metres, assuming that they're not adding floors by shaving ceiling heights off of other floors, which shouldn't be necessary since the site already has city approval for a ~280 metre tower (because of the former proposal by Bazis).

AFAIK, the site was rezoned for the current project so anything related to the Bazis proposal is no longer applicable. Whatever it may be, they certainly will need to apply for additional density.

caltrane74 · #**4219** Posted **Mar 14, 2012, 4:13 AM**

Well the presedent has been sent.

isaidso · #**4220** Posted **Mar 14, 2012, 1:03 PM**

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What makes Toronto a poorer city?

Per capita income data don't lie.

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isaidso
Not everyone wants to live in condo some city's are more of house type city while other city's are more condo type markets.

I understand that, but there will always be some that do. House prices is also a determining factor. When a house becomes more out of reach financially, people will start looking at alternatives. The more affordable alternative is a condo.

Besides that, when cities reach a certain size downtown condo living becomes more appealing. Not everyone wants to spend an hour commuting. I think both Calgary and Edmonton are on the cusp of seeing a spike in their downtown populations. That doesn't mean people will stop wanting a house in the suburbs, but it's part of the urbanization process (especially in Canada).