TORONTO | Highrise Developments Compilation Thread

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Very Well Said, except that some of those huge cities you posted are not really Global Cities. (despite their huge populations) - San Paulo and Mumbai come to mind.

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For instance, London has half the population of Mumbai or Sao Paulo.

I dunno. Sao Paulo and Mumbai aren't wealthy or globally influential like New York and London are, but they're certainly global cities. Canadians may not see those 2 cities as rivals now, but they will be in the not to distant future. They are the New York of Brazil and India, respectively. Both of them are already economic giants despite being relatively poor.

Mumbai and Sao Paulo have a wealth/prosperity gap to close, Toronto has a population/size gap to close. We're trying to reach the same goal, but from other sides of the ring so to speak. Even wealthy Hong Kong commissioned studies as to whether it had the population base needed to remain globally significant. Hong Kong and Toronto are both on the small side. Every other global city of consequence has at least 10 million people. Luckily Hong Kong has Shenzhen and China right next door. Toronto? Toronto just needs to bulk up in a hurry.

That's why I wondered whether all this growth we're getting is going to be enough. Toronto's growth is phenomenal, but we might need even faster growth.

London's trump card is that it's viewed as a primary city of Europe rather than just a primary city of Britain. The game changer for Toronto is whether Toronto can turn itself into a gateway to North America rather than just a gateway to Canada. Canada just isn't big enough to elevate Toronto to that upper echelon.

[isaidso]

Originally Posted by Gresto

^^I may be alone, but I like it.

Well it's a taller clone of Casa and that one turned out to be a beauty. This is one instance when I won't mind a twin rising next door, or in this case, down the street.

[Travis007]

Gansevoort Hotel making a comeback in Toronto, this time in the Distillery District:

From UrbanToronto:

Originally Posted by Automation Gallery

I guess you can add another tower to the mix.

60 MILL ST

OPA / Rezoning 11 219591 STE 28 OZ Ward 28
- Tor & E.York Jun 15, 2011 --- --- --- ---

OPA and Rezoning application to construct new 6 storey hotel with existing heritage building (Rackhouse D) and construct an additional 28 stories for new condo tower. 34 stories in total. Please note that number of suites, number of parking spaces and number of hotel rooms are yet to be determined.

[Travis007]

New luxury condo by Mizrahi Corp planned for (north) Yorkville:

133 Hazelton, 9 storeys

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/133-hazelton

[Travis007]

154 Front Street East, 42 & 32 storeys

http://blog.mycondomylife.com/cityze...east-site.html

[Dr Nevergold]

^As I've gotten older, the more I enjoy modernist architecture. I love this building.

[Travis007]

Posted by Filip on UrbanToronto/SSC:

WaterPark Place III (85 Harbour Street), 30 storeys

Originally Posted by Filip

Some screenshots from the vid:









Cheers

[Travis007]

Showcase Living, 7 storeys. Carlaw/Colgate (Queen East area)

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/showcase-lofts

(Rendering from BuzzBuzzHome)

[Travis007]

Originally Posted by Travis007

New luxury condo by Mizrahi Corp planned for (north) Yorkville:

133 Hazelton, 9 storeys

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/133-hazelton

Rendering provided by ProjectEnd on UrbanToronto:

[Travis007]

The AvenDale, Lonsdale Rd and Avenue Rd, 19 storeys

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/the-avendale

[Travis007]

TCHC Block 32, 41 storeys

Photos posted by drum118 on UrbanToronto:

Originally Posted by drum118

June 19

[Travis007]

http://www.ryerson.ca/news/media/Gen...R_funding.html

MEDIA RELEASE

McGuinty Government funds new Health Sciences Building at Ryerson University

$56.4M investment provides state-of-the-art facilities


June 21, 2011

The Government of Ontario is investing $56.4 million in a new health sciences building at Ryerson University. The Hon. John Milloy, Minister of Training Colleges and Universities joined the Hon. Glen Murray, MPP for Toronto Centre and Minister of Research and Innovation to make the announcement today at a news conference on the Ryerson campus.

Today's announcement by the McGuinty government will enable Ryerson to build a new health sciences building with state-of-the-art labs and classrooms to house a number of health-related programs, including the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing.

“It will also enable Ryerson to increase our enrolment by 1,800 students,” Levy said. “We are especially grateful for the support of our MPP, The Hon. Glen Murray, Minister of Research and Innovation, and The Hon. John Milloy, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.”

Ryerson is continuing to experience high levels of demand at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The university has the highest ratio in Ontario of first choice applications from secondary-school students to number of places available. At the graduate level, Ryerson has more than 2,200 students in 52 programs.

[Travis007]

http://thetorontoblog.com/2011/06/22...cester-street/

Condo tower in the works for 2 Gloucester Street?

Originally constructed as a Masonic Hall, and currently housing loft condos, retail shops and restaurants, the elegant red brick Gloucester Mews building that has graced the northeast corner of Yonge & Gloucester Streets for the past 123 years could soon become part of a condo tower development project.

According to a development projects entry on the City’s website, an official plan amendment and rezoning application for 2 Gloucester Street was filed earlier this month. However, the website provides no further details about the June 10 application, such as the size or height of whatever building a developer may be planning for the site.

Architects and urban planning consultants identified the properties as a suitable condo tower site several years ago, and city planners told public meetings I attended this past spring that highrise condo development on the corner site was inevitable. Also this spring, word circulated amongst area residents that the Fire on the East Side building had been sold to a developer. What hasn’t been certain, though, is just how big and how tall a developer will seek to build there. I expect those details will be released soon. And until that information is available, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the Gloucester Mews — one of my favourite downtown buildings — will be retained as part of whatever development occurs, rather than being reduced to a mere facade.

According to architectural journalist Patricia McHugh’s Toronto Architecture: A City Guide (Mercury Books 1985), the Gloucester Mews/Masonic Hall was for “many years the tallest building on Yonge Street north of Dundas.” She noted that the Masons met in a fourth floor hall “for 33 years until 1921 when a new Masonic building was constructed at Davenport and Yonge.” In 1972, the firm Adamson Associates renovated the Masonic Hall, joining it to the “Bay-n-Gable” house at 8 Gloucester with a two-storey glass link. “Though still called Gloucester Mews, the shops-around-a-courtyard mews plan was early abandoned to allow Fenton’s Restaurant to fill the glass-covered interior space as well as the old house,” McHugh wrote.

[Travis007]

210 Simcoe Street | Proposed | 25 st | 81 m | Downtown

http://www.210simcoe.com/

Staff report with elevation drawings:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2...file-37956.pdf

[Travis007]

30 Ordnance Street, 35 & 30 storeys

City staff report with elevation drawings:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2...file-32560.pdf

Originally Posted by urbandreamer on UrbanToronto

Renderings:





from http://www.onedevelopment.com/30_ordnance.asp

[Travis007]

Originally Posted by urbandreamer on UrbanToronto

431 RICHMOND ST W
Site Plan Approval 11 226036 STE 20 SA Ward 20
- Tor & E.York Jun 23, 2011 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
SPA application to construct new 16 storey mixed use building with retail at grade, 209 residential units - 4 levels below grade parking - 85 residentail parking space

http://www.marketvisionrealty.com/la...nd_current.php

[Travis007]

Here's a rendering photo depicting the developments to rise between the Gardiner and railways.

Originally Posted by Dylan Leblanc

Here's a still from a video showing Waterpark Place 3. Ice looks crazy tall!

http://www.arcestra.com/fileDl/fetch...20258974536474 (34 MB MP4)

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by caltrane74

Very Well Said, except that some of those huge cities you posted are not really Global Cities. (despite their huge populations) - San Paulo and Mumbai come to mind.

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For instance, London has half the population of Mumbai or Sao Paulo.

Huh? It's the biggest load I've read in a while. Essentially equates high-rises and/or population to world stature. Also, Toronto is on the map eventhough it doesn't rank anywhere near the Londons, New Yorks, and Tokyos of the world.

All this construction relates to the relatively unscathed Canadian economy when the worldwide leanding market went pop. The amount of short term investors flooding the condo market here in Toronto should be a great concern to all being the cyclical nature of real estate and that affordability .. the development communties greatest feat ... is all but gone for locals.

[Travis007]

Originally Posted by Travis007

http://thetorontoblog.com/2011/06/22...cester-street/

Condo tower in the works for 2 Gloucester Street?

More news on this upcoming development:

Originally Posted by WolfBlitzer on UrbanToronto

From Urbanation's Twitter Feed:

29-storey, 211 unit condominium apartment planned for Gloucester Mews site at 2-8 Gloucester St & 601-613 Yonge St: http://t.co/xz9VE35

Originally Posted by ThomasJ on UrbanToronto

hi guys - i have some intel on this one. the developer will not be touching the masonic hall - it will remain wholly intact and benefit from the restoration of some of the original details (trim, mouldings, etc).

the tower will be tucked in behind the masonic hall (where the mix of newer additions are currently located) which means it will be set back from yonge by a fair bit (unlike the towers proposed at maitland which are only set off 9 metres from yonge).

[Travis007]

Ivory on Adelaide (400-416 Adelaide East), 19 storeys

(Tipped off by BuzzBuzzHome)

http://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/ivory-on-adelaide

http://www.pureplaza.com/index.php?s=community-21

Drawings from 2008, final design yet to be released