TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread - Page 143

OUIR@random · #1 Posted **Sep 20, 2020, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

I'm wondering if M3 at M City in twisty Mississauga will be by far the tallest in any suburban city in North America. Even 30 Hudson in New Jersey is only 238m.

M3 at M City - 260m - 77 storeys

1. The Williams Tower located in Houston (Galleria District) is the tallest skyscraper in a suburban location in North America since 1983. (275m)

Beautiful building, looks like a crystal and the park-like setting around it is very peaceful, seeing it in person was very memorable, probably because the location is fairly odd for such a tall building, strangely enough it fits.

2. That M3 building planned for Mississauga is absolutely stunning. I love going to Toronto, so many amazing buildings going up everywhere. Love our Canadian metropolis!

Maldive · #2 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 1:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by OUIR@random

1. The Williams Tower located in Houston (Galleria District) is the tallest skyscraper in a suburban location in North America since 1983. (275m)

Beautiful building, looks like a crystal and the park-like setting around it is very peaceful, seeing it in person was very memorable, probably because the location is fairly odd for such a tall building, strangely enough it fits.

2. That M3 building planned for Mississauga is absolutely stunning. I love going to Toronto, so many amazing buildings going up everywhere. Love our Canadian metropolis!

Thanks OUIR@random... I've been to 40+ states but missed Texas. Didn't realize Williams was suburban. Cheers.

H2O · #3 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 11:50 AM**

Is Aquabella maple leaf shaped?! Maldive, thanks for this thread. It is so much better than weeding through the individual Toronto project threads. There is so much going on that it is impossible to get the big picture without staying on top of all of the individual projects.

Maldive · #4 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 5:07 PM**

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Is Aquabella maple leaf shaped?! Maldive, thanks for this thread. It is so much better than weeding through the individual Toronto project threads. There is so much going on that it is impossible to get the big picture without staying on top of all of the individual projects.

Thanks H2O, glad you are enjoying the thread (you'll be happy to know that Toronto has named a waterfront park after you). As to your question I think you meant is Aqualuna maple leaf-shaped (so many Aquas lol). Never occurred to me but maybe…

Appropriate to your question, the renders do have stylized maple leafs in-laid along the waterfront promenade of the project. Is there a maple hiding in these floors?

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someMidTowner's great shot of the Yonge-Eglinton skyline cluster posted earlier, inspired me to throw a spotlight on the cluster’s potential future growth.

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^ This pic features the 2 tallest towers in the Yonge and Eglinton skyline today.
1. 2221 Yonge topping out at 193m - 58 storeys designed by Pei.
2. E Condos (behind 2221 Yonge and recently completed) 196m - 58 storeys and 123m - 38 storeys, designed by Roy Varacalli

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In the pipeline in descending order of height:
1. 36 Eglinton Avenue West 220m- 65 storey designed by Wallman (submitted in July). If approved, this would become the new tallest tower in midtown.

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2. 1 Eglinton East 211m - 65 storeys designed by HPA

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3. 90 Eglinton East 187m - 52 storeys designed by Teeple

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4. 55 Eglinton East 178m - 50 storeys designed by Kirkor.

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5. 150 Eglinton East 167m-46 storeys designed by Quadrangle

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As previously posted, further east along Eglinton Avenue at Don Mills Road is the huge Crosstown Community (now in sales) which could eventually add up to 60 buildings including 5000 residential units, millions of square feet of office space, 120,000 square feet of retail space and a 6-acre public park.

Thanks to UrbanToronto for leaving the keys in the door of their database.

H2O · #5 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 12:01 PM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

Thanks OUIR@random... I've been to 40+ states but missed Texas. Didn't realize Williams was suburban. Cheers.

Technically, the Galleria and Williams Tower are not suburban in the way Mississauga is. They are within the city limits of Houston, but outside of downtown. Williams is very tall for its context, and not far from some small municipalities carved out from Houston's city limits, but it is also relatively central, perhaps comparable to North York.

OUIR@random · #6 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 12:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by H2O

Technically, the Galleria and Williams Tower are not suburban in the way Mississauga is. They are within the city limits of Houston, but outside of downtown. Williams is very tall for its context, and not far from some small municipalities carved out from Houston's city limits, but it is also relatively central, perhaps comparable to North York.

1. Nonetheless, the Williams Tower is still considered the ultimate skyscraper outside of a downtown setting in North America, but yes it is located within the Houston city limits (Galleria District) so not in a distinct suburban city per se, as Mississauga is.
In any event, it set the standard in the 80's and still the reference to this day as a prime example of "The Skyscraper" of the suburbs. At the time it was the tallest building in the world outside of a downtown setting, that title probably doesn't hold today.

I agree with your point and clarification though.

2. For reference; 99 Hudson in Jersey City is slightly taller than M3 in Missisauga. (270m vs. 260m) I hope the name changes, this striking building deserves a proper name.

colemonkee · #7 Posted **Sep 19, 2020, 8:26 PM**

I thought Mississauga had it's own thread, no? It's certainly deserving of it's own thread.

Maldive · #8 Posted **Sep 20, 2020, 1:11 AM**

Yonge and Eglinton (North York skyline behind) featuring 2221 Yonge topping out (192.62m | 58s | Pei)

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The Well (Front/Spadina)

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Mirvish Village (Bathurst/Bloor)

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160 Front Street West (TD) - 240m

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Toronto Portlands (Lower Don Lands)

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Kudos to someMidTowner for his trip up the CN Tower.

Front Street north to Eglinton and beyond..

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Maldive · #9 Posted **Sep 20, 2020, 1:41 PM**

Lakeside Residences - 157m/49 storeys -site prep/shoring
This piece of the eastern waterfront continues to be wall-to-wall construction. The Lakeside site is centre of the photo.

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My favourite new waterfront building AquaLuna (designed by 3XN) is in site-prep (out of view left of the photo above)

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Waterworks mid-rise

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Maldive · #10 Posted **Sep 20, 2020, 2:09 PM**

These 2 blocks host 4 of the top 10* tallest buildings presently under construction in Canada. (*9 are in Toronto, 1 is in Mississauga).

a) Foreground cranes: Sugar Wharf Phase 1 (230m/70 storeys + 218m/64 storeys)
b)Cranes Behind: Pinnacle One Yonge Street - Phase 1 rising 217m/65 storeys (left of phase 1 is where SkyTower 312.5m will rise)

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CIBC Square 1 - deck for the new park that spans the rail corridor and will connect to the Phase 2 site, on the parking lot behind the historic Dominion Building. Transit buses seen left side of the pic will relocate soon to the new bus terminal in CIBC Phase 1.

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PJ Condos - topping out @ 157m/48 storeys

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Garrison Point (nearing completion)
As you head west from the downtown core (well before the Humber Bay cluster) you’ll happen upon this packed mini-cluster, wedged in a triangle between 2 rail corridors. From this pov it doesn’t look like there’s room for a sidewalk. There will be a 4 acre wedge-shaped park in front of the buildings and one of the bridges connects south to historic Fort York.

The tallest building is only 35 storeys … methinks this would have been the perfect site for a 150m - 200m point tower (drama views/setting).

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In the aerial render below you can see the lovely pedestrian bridges that span the rail corridors (completed a while ago).

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Jonovision · #11 Posted **Sep 20, 2020, 5:26 PM**

Thanks for all the updates! Toronto has so many amazing projects going on right now!

Too bad those pedestrian bridges at Garrison Point didn't get those beautiful curves.

Innsertnamehere · #12 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 12:44 PM**

The last 2 months of development proposals in Toronto..

Trinity College Mass-Timber Residence Seeks Site Plan Approval

Bathurst and Glencairn Mid-Rise Evolves in Resubmission

Refined Site Plan Application Tabled for 7437 Kingston Road

54-Storey Redevelopment Proposed of Harbour Castle Conference Centre

Rental Mid-Rise Proposed Near Future Crosstown Fairbank Station

Weston Road Condo Tower Proposal Completely Redesigned

29-Storey Residential Tower Proposed on Old Weston Brownfield Site

More Housing Proposed in Refined CreateTO Proposal on Victoria Park

Revised SPA Application for Glencairn Condo Brings New Design

Twisting Etobicoke Condo Project Refined as Site Plan Approval Sought

Mid-Rise Office Building Proposed Along Highway 427 in Etobicoke

Complete Redesign for Mixed-Use Proposal at 2370 Finch West

32-Storey Condo Tower Proposed on Gerrard east of Victoria Park

Two-Tower Residential Project Proposed at Kipling and Queensway

New Renderings Provide More Info on Passive House UTSC Student Residence

Manga Hotels Submits Plan for Two-Tower King West Development

QuadReal Submits Comprehensive Plan to Redevelop Cloverdale Mall

Infill Development Proposed at Scarborough Apartment Community

DBS & Preston Bringing Purpose-Built Rental Intensification to 90 Eastdale

850 York Mills Mixed-Use Self-Storage Project Resubmitted with Revised Design

Two High-Rise Residential Towers Coming to SmartCentres Thornhill

Three-Tower Condo Complex Planned on Markham Road Near Ellesmere

Graywood Developments Proposes Condo in Church-Wellesley Village

Kingston and Brimley Condo Proposal Advances with Resubmission

Proposed Rental Development in Forest Hill North Revised

SvN-Designed Residential Mid-Rise Proposed Near Warden and Sheppard

Mid-Rise Condo 'The Brickhouse on Gladstone' Resubmitted for Rezoning

Maldive · #13 Posted **Sep 21, 2020, 8:45 PM**

Forgot one for the growing Eglinton cluster:

E2 at E Place 157m - 48-storeys, under construction

(cranes in the foreground)

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So 2 u/c and 5 more in the pipeline here (maybe there's more lol).

The Macallan · #14 Posted **Sep 22, 2020, 12:25 AM**

Great work, Maldive. Many thanks!

Maldive · #15 Posted **Sep 22, 2020, 3:02 AM**

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Great work, Maldive. Many thanks!

^Most welcome. Here's a night-cap (Massey and another brilliant steveve render).

Massey Tower 207m - 60 storeys, nearing completion.

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Amazing future angle by steveve featuring:

1. BIG’s proposed (pixelated, of course ;-) Union Centre 274m-52s (right centre foreground)
2. 160 Front West, 249m-46s u/c (sloping curved roof behind Union Centre)

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Maldive · #16 Posted **Sep 22, 2020, 1:17 PM**

More shots from someMidTowner’s trip up the CN Tower).

19 Duncan 167m-55 storeys u/c (at grade, bottom centre of pic with heritage facade).
PJ Condos 157m -48 storeys (near the left, topped-out, with brick+glass cladding climbing).

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For folks not familar with Hogtown, some points of interest behind PJ Condos: halfway up the pic is the south elevation of Gehry’s blue titanium-clad makeover of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). To the right of the AGO, the horizontal building on ’stilts’ is Alsop’s OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design).

If the approved project ever moves forward, Gehry’s supertalls (329 + 302 meters) would rise left of centre, and beyond the top the photo’s frame.

19 Duncan - zoom in on the project

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160 Front Street West 240m u/c - “ghosted” into the photo.

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