TORONTO | Union Centre | 239M / 782FT | 48 FLOORS

[koops65]

I have revised my drawing, much more accurate now:
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=100516
Toronto diagram: http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?cityID=12

[Zapatan]

Beautiful building!

[Automation Gallery]

Some new renderings

Originally Posted by AlbertC

Not sure if these skyline views have been posted before:

http://www.alliedreit.com/index.php?...roperty_id=179

Thanks to AlbertC @ UT

[Automation Gallery]

Approved by City Planning....http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgen...m=2014.TE34.11

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2...file-72183.pdf

[DrNest]

I'd love to see a rendering with this and 156 Front St together. They should make a balanced and significant impact on that bit of the skyline.

[333609543]

^^Agreed. They both will be great additions if tey are built. Also the are the first 200m+ office towers proposed for a while. Depending if you call 45 Bay a proposal.

[yaletown_fella]

I love this tower but it's too bad they're preserving the current junk on the site.

I always wished someone would demo it. It's hideous and dosent even make the slightest attempt at engaging the street.

[DrNest]

Originally Posted by yaletown_fella

I love this tower but it's too bad they're preserving the current junk on the site.

I always wished someone would demo it. It's hideous and dosent even make the slightest attempt at engaging the street.

I totally agree. The more I think about it, the more I wish they would demo what's there and have a nice grand entrance to the tower podium. It's going to look so out of place and unengaging next to a tall, glass office tower.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

Any news on this project/ Looks like it'll be happening in another cycle.

[koops65]

What cycle would that be again?

Construction in Toronto has been pretty much continuous for over 7 years now.

[Gresto]

There has been silence on this one for about 18 months. Same goes for the nearby office building whose name escapes me.

[koops65]

That would be 160 Front, 240 metres, across the street.
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=98068

[Gresto]

^Exactly. Have you heard anything new on those two? I'm not very enthusiastic about either design.

[caltrane74]

I haven't heard movement on any Toronto office projects.

Figure that the 81-181 Bay Street development is probably the closest of the major towers, set to begin.

[enrigue8]

This building is so beautiful. it deserve to be built.
I hope it will be built .I know the developpers hope to find a tenant before starting construction.So i hope they will find one quickly.

[GeneralLeeTPHLS]

New renderings have come in, the tower is proposed for 264 metres now.

Quoted from Canada's 50 Tallest proposals thread;

Originally Posted by FrankieFlowerpot

In the G&M this morning - Union Centre is Toronto has been redesigned (Bjarke Ingels) and is now 264m tall

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts...wns/#c-image-0

[shakman]

Click on the link then scroll down. There is an animation of the light show on this tower.

[koops65]

A flyover and zoom-in:

• Video Link

[The North One]

Ew, it's so fat and stubby and boxy... this is a serious downgrade from the original renders.

Of course big produced this shit.

[Gresto]

^It is far too thick, I agree, but I disliked the previous one with the ultra-banal glass exterior and strange curves at the top even more. At least the step-downs at the top of the latest version are interesting.

As GeneralLee noted, height has increased to 866 ft (264m)