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tomms
Active Member
great photos smunky
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Solaris
Senior Member
nice tomms~~
CityPlaceN1
Senior Member
According to an ad in the Globe this morning Fairmont Hotels is moving in as a tenant.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
It's their panic room.
Solaris
Senior Member
but I though Fairmont (hotel + office) was going to be occupying the lands west of 18 York Street
Ziggy
Active Member
Really? Where did you hear about that? I know they own that land as a result of their CP heritage, but I hadn't heard of any plans for it.
Solaris
Senior Member
sorry my mistake, the proposal was hotel + residential, not hotel + office
I remember seeing old applications before where Fairmont (previously Canadian Pacific Properties) being related to the parcel west of 18 York (aka Block 7B) ... anyhow, I dug through the City Planning staff reports from 2002 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2002/agendas/committees/to/to020129/it007a.pdf) and can confirm OPA + ZBA was approved through By-law 548-2002 and By-law 549-2002 to permit a mixed hotel-residential tower on Block 7B, in effect to create a similar product as Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, and Shangri-La
having said that, this was their intentions in 2002, I'm not sure whats the plans are now 6 years later ... well at least it appears they are utilizing the office perimission sought for 18 York Street (aka Block 7A)
I remember seeing old applications before where Fairmont (previously Canadian Pacific Properties) being related to the parcel west of 18 York (aka Block 7B) ... anyhow, I dug through the City Planning staff reports from 2002 (http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2002/agendas/committees/to/to020129/it007a.pdf) and can confirm OPA + ZBA was approved through By-law 548-2002 and By-law 549-2002 to permit a mixed hotel-residential tower on Block 7B, in effect to create a similar product as Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, and Shangri-La
having said that, this was their intentions in 2002, I'm not sure whats the plans are now 6 years later ... well at least it appears they are utilizing the office perimission sought for 18 York Street (aka Block 7A)
urbandreamer
recession proof
Twenty minutes ago from the West End. Person who can ID the UFO + the building under construction to the right of Simcoe Place: you get a free Obama Biscuit straight from my oven!
bar1967
Active Member
Porter Air coming in for landing is your alien and crane is for the Sucess Tower. I'm hungry, where is my cookie? 
urbandreamer
recession proof
^Congrats! Next UT meet u get the biscuit!
Hypnotoad
Senior Member
I love that picture because its framing doesn't even look like Toronto. The sloped roofs of the Royal York, Metro Hall and 20 Bay St combine to disguise the boxey nature of the rest of the skyline. Simcoe Place and now RBC look like their in the centre of the district so from that vantage point the city looks complete, like a mid-sized American capital.
Ziggy
Active Member
Cool, thanks for the info. So they planned to build a 35 storey, 98m (322 foot) building. Will be interesting to see whether Fairmont still plans to proceed with this, given the many similar developments, as you alluded to.
It's interesting that at the time of this proposal, there was nothing yet proposed for 18 York, yet it looks like it will see construction first. It's also pretty funny reading that the Simcoe extension which would be under construction "until 2003".
Marcanadian
Moderator
9/16 Update.
