TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[Dariusb]

Wow, some really cool stuff you got going up!!

[Maldive]

Originally Posted by Nite

Happy New Year
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Fantastic Nite of fireworks ... thanks!!

Love the show in stereo, with the second display further east (harder to see but some great stuff there too).

Happy New Year indeed.

[koops65]

The One-

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Pinnacle One Yonge | 344.58m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini l Phase 1 nearing completion

Looks like residents may be starting to occupy the 65 storey Phase 1 tower.


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350 Campbell l ?m l 39s l TACT l pre-construction

A huge development for the neighbourhood with 39 and 36 storey residential towers (817 units) and retail, replacing a small strip mall.


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The strip mall.


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The Goode Condos | 105m | 32s | Graywood | a—A l excavation

Looking south, excavation making progress for this nice addition to the Distillery District.

The bad news for future residents here… that strip of un-excavated land in the centre of the photo below is the site of the taller No. 31 Condos project finally getting underway (see below)… so bye bye to future south views.


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No. 31 Condos | 137.4m | 41s | Lanterra | Arquitectonica l shoring soon

After a long delay, this flatiron just a few metres south of The Goode Condos finally got its shoring permit… so the 2 projects will rise almost together. Another nice ‘brickie’ addition to the Distillery District, shoe-horned in between the rail corridor and The Goode Condos just to the north.


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West Don Lands: Block 10 Indigenous Hub | 50.3m | 13s | Dream | Stantec l u/c

This big one starting to shape up quickly now. Yet another great addition to the West Don Lands transforming the former industrial wasteland into a huge new neighbourhood filled with build-design excellence (imo).


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Westerly Condos | 87.9m | 27s | Tridel | Kirkor Architects l excavation

27 and 20 storey towers with about 600 condo units near the triangular junction of Islington and Dundas Street West.


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Verge Condominiums | 60.3m | 17s | RioCan | Turner Fleischer l excavation

Another big project on the car-centric Queensway that’s on the verge of being too big(?)… unless there’s a *streetcar right-of-way built as some have suggested. 17, 10, 10, 8 storeys with a residential, retail and public space.


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From last October: *freeway or city street?


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Mississauga

185 Enfield | ?m | 35s | GWL | Kirkor Architects l u/c

Rental and retail in 35 and 30 storey towers.


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Just before Xmas.


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CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre l Phase 2 u/c


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160 Front West | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG l u/c

Shot on Christmas Day.


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Sugar Wharf Condominiums (Phase 1) | 231m | 70s | Menkes | a—A l u/c

Busy puttin’ the sugar in the Sugar Wharf.


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Both towers topped out.


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Phase 1 rising behind the demo/heritage retention work for the much taller (tallest @ 299 metres) 3 tower Phase 2.


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Biblio Lofts | 28.91m | 7s | NVSBLE | BDP Quadrangle l sold out

This handsome midrise designed by BDPQ sold out quickly. An October 2022 resubmission also bumped up the number of 2 and 3 bedrooms to 61% overall in the building, a bit unusual in the “shoebox” apartment market of many condo projects.


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950 King West | 50m | 14s | Intentional Capital | Sweeny&Co l site prep

All the beige paint has been removed from the heritage “Palace Arms Hotel” as part of the site prep for the development. Mixed-use rentals, condo and retail on King Street West at Strachan Avenue.


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591 Sherbourne | 152.65m | 51s | Medallion | IBI Group l site demolition

Site demo proceeding very quickly during the holiday season.


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The Parker | 123.13m | 39s | Fitzrovia | Graziani + Corazza l complete(?)

This one won an UrbanToronto year-end poll for its height category. Likely the first time a G+C build has won anything lol… they managed to use the KISS principal for once with a (rare) decent result.


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Located in the Yonge - Eglinton neighbourhood and supposedly poking up somewhere back during the late October blanket of fog (I can't find it but neat pic lol)..


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Galleria 01 & 02 | 92.65m | 29s | Almadev | Core Architects l u/c

Phase 1 of the big Galleria Mall redevelopment with a condo, rental and retail mix.


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Bet you didn’t know the Mississauga skyline was next to the lakefront (long zoom ;-). Tallest are M1 and M2 u/c.


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Humber Bay skyline is right of center, Mississauga in the distance on the left.


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646-664 Yonge l 254m l 75s l KingSett l AS+GG l pre-construction

Another AS+GG and developer KingSett skyscraping beauty right across Yonge Street from the same team’s 76 storey ‘scraper at 645 Yonge Street (announced in October - see below).

The new tower proposal is on the right in the rendering below and works well with AS+GG’s 76s tower on the left.


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10% of the site is Public Space.


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645 Yonge Street @ 76 storeys


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AS+GG has already given us the stunning 160 Front Street (TD Bank) still u/c, and now 2 of the tallest and best-designed mixed-use towers in the city... both on Yonge.


The One | 338.3m | 94s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners l u/c

"Yonge Street is Fun Street".


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Benito

Catching up on (hanger-supported) corners.


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The Saint | 151m | 47s | Minto Group | Wallman Architects l u/c


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[koops65]

664 Yonge:

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[koops65]

36 U/C Towers over 150 metres:

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[Maldive]

^^^^ terrific progress diagram koops... thanks!



CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre l Phase 2 u/c

Below, the cantilevered steel surrounding the core… just one of many elements making Phase 2 a much more complicated build than Phase 1 (on a much more challenging site squeezed between the Dominion Building and the rail corridor).


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The steel “bare tree” sculpture that sits on the park deck between the 2 Phases.


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Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners l Phase 1 site demolition

Demolition of the building on site starting to ramp up to make way for the Phase 1 tower.


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Phase 1 on the right @ 263 metres (73 storeys).


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19 Duncan | 186.53m | 58s | Westbank | Hariri Pontarini l u/c


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Climbing behind the site demolition for the Gehry FORMA Phase 1 tower.


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The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini l u/c


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Interior space design by HPA (possibly convertible to an event space(?)


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St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour l u/c

Finishing up the barrel roof insulation. A green roof will be added in the spring.


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QRC West Phase 2 (Queen Richmond Centre West) | 35.96m | 7s | Allied | Sweeny &Co l u/c

From a few weeks ago.


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Now getting some great looking curtainwall glass.


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The heritage component from last month.


Red Mars

The brick vernacular of the new build at grade will marry well with the heritage buildings.


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Pickering

DLive | ?m | ?s | Pickering Developments | CGL Architects l u/c

Entrance to the new casino.


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Shape of the stairway looks like a direct lift/steal from Gehry’s AGO.


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Disguising the parkade facade with very mixed results ;-).


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[koops65]

Union Centre:

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[colemonkee]

^What's the likelihood of Union Center moving forward?

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

^What's the likelihood of Union Center moving forward?

In this office market, not likely, unfortunately.

A lot of these large office proposals seemed to be chasing tech tenants which were swirling around pre-pandemic which have since disappeared.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by colemonkee

^What's the likelihood of Union Center moving forward?

hard to say, if it and the other office proposals in the city snag an anchor tenant construction will begin almost immediately. If not it seem the developers are ok to wait it out for years until that happens.
2 big towers, 3 if you include the well and under construction right now because downtown had very low vacancies 3 years ago.

For Union Centre I don't mind waiting because it would completely block the faboulous 160 Front West from the skyline when it's built

[koops65]

Yorkville:

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[Maldive]

Lots of updates to a few of the larger redevelopment plans in town:


2180 Yonge | 247m | 65s | Oxford Properties | Hariri Pontarini l pre-construction

Complete redesign of siteplan with tallest towers moved towards Yonge and parkland added. Below are updated “placeholder” renderings (not final HPA designs) showing the masterplan revisions.


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The building on the left is the retained office building.


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Before and After siteplans:


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Weston Park Development | 172.13m | 50s | Castlepoint Numa | SvN l pre-construction

This mixed-use one jumped big time from 38 & 28 storeys to 50 & 45 storeys with residential unit count going from 538 to 927! Located on a triangular site where Lawrence Avenue West and Weston Road intersect.


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Dixie Outlet Mall Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Slate | Giannone Petricone l pre-construction

New and improved images for another mall redevelopment. 1,200 residential units, retail, 3.5 acres of park space and plans to add new pedestrian connections and multi-modal trails within the site and accessibility to the existing transit terminal. Located south of Queen Elizabeth Way and west of Dixie Road.


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Galleria III | 111.5m | 31s | Almadev | Hariri Pontarini l excavation

Excavation just started for the “flatiron” jewel in the crown of the Galleria Mall redevelopment.


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The downtown core viewed from across the lake featuring 160 Front Street West (TD) u/c. Interesting how the lake appears to rise above the bottom half of the towers. Pinnacle's super-tall SkyTower will join this view near the far right of the photo.


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2077-2105 Royal Windsor Drive | 97m | 29s | Slate | Gensler l pre-construction

Big changes for a parking lot wasteland in Oakville. Some may not like it but I’m a big fan of the muscular warehouse aesthetic of the podiums (though there’s little existing architecture references from the site).

Wouldn’t mind something like this from the Slate and Gensler team for downtown, where the warehouse-podium design idea makes more sense… and has already been introduced beautifully by CentreCourt with their 55 Mercer development.


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Existing site.


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400 King West | 157.37m | 48s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

Yet another crane for the Entertainment District.


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11 YV | 215.11m | 63s | Metropia | Sweeny &Co l u/c

Starting to climb above the podium.


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Eight Cumberland | 170m | 51s | Great Gulf | a—A l u/c

Downgraded to ‘forgettable filler’ after the V-E impact on the build. Pretty tall at 170 metres but not worth a second look.


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At least the roof won’t leak.


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St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour l u/c


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The south market peeking through,


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The One | 338.3m | 94s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners l u/c

Rebar and cables… rinse and repeat.


Benito

More curtainwall up.


BloorMan

At grade work on a podium facade along Yonge Street.


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Pinnacle One Yonge | 344.58m | 105s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini l Phase 2 “SkyTower” u/c


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[Gresto]

The One was gliding upward for a short period of time last year. Now it seems to have ground to a halt again.

[Maldive]

Originally Posted by Gresto

The One was gliding upward for a short period of time last year. Now it seems to have ground to a halt again.

^ not a halt at all.

The mech floors slowed things (very different floor-plates etc. of course) but they've been laying a ton of cable and rebar for the next floor, and amid the first bit of snow (in a very long time)...

... they're pouring the next floor.

Earlier this morning:


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[Gresto]

Originally Posted by Maldive

^ not a halt at all.

The mech floors slowed things (very different floor-plates etc. of course) but they've been laying a ton of cable and rebar for the next floor, and amid the first bit of snow (in a very long time)...

[B]... they're pouring the next floor.

I guess it's the mech floors. For a while last fall, it was rising skyward at a pace of almost a floor per week.