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Thank you! That's incredible. I didn't realize the retail here would even come close to Aura's massive "mall." Can't wait until both are done :)

As much as I love animals, I don't think that the developer has to worry about birds hitting Ice's windows, regardless of how reflective it is. I may be wrong, but I would think that birds hit windows of buildings that are isolated/located near a large park/on the edge of a cluster of buildings...

It's a convenience feature that has become a symbol of downtown Toronto that many cities look up to. I don't care who owns it. The city also mandates the installation of art features on properties and they own neither of the two.

Leave it to city hall to enforce developers to abide by shadowing concerns and vista views, but completely ignore a crucial part of our downtown core's infrastructure; the PATH. In fact, shadowing concerns over NPS were actually brought up on this very site, and were ready to be enforced before...

Do you realize how much proposals cost? Did you take into account all the costs of lawyers, planners, architects just to bring this "fishing expedition" to city hall? If you added all these costs, you would agree that no company would ever bring jokes like this to city hall unless they were...

Highrises denied in Toronto: Countless Lowrise heritage structure preservation proposals denied: None Yes, it was a neutral observation.

Great news. With 2 office towers in the plan, I truly hope that the city csn overlook the height (which shouldnt even be a problem, considering the location, but this city is run by a bunch of highrise hating, suburbanites.) and approve this proposal. Also, hopefully this wont be another ïce...

I have no monetary gains on stake with this project, and yet I'm still a proponent. Please stop generalizing/assuming. Why am I a proponent? Frankly, I don't think that this area is nearly dense enough for being so close to the downtown core. Toronto could really use all the "imposing"...

Luckily, you are not the sole person responsible for making these decisions. This building kind of reminds me of thr Manulife Centre. I'd love to see this building go up per specs, as lng as the cladding is reasonable.

WTF just happened? They went from excellent cladding on the tower to aluminum foil on the podium? Why?

lol I don't think this looks bad. Sure, its grey, but it's well executed imo :)

Looks beautiful, but many of the main features (i.e., the roof, diagonal stripes, etc.) seem to be prime targets for cheapening :( I can easily see them putting a tiny sloped roof with no curve, and as for the diagonal lines; I can see those being replaced by fritted balcony glass. I hope that...

Really liking the cladding. I've always liked the waterclub cladding :)

Sorry, I missed the fitness centre taking up 10% of the building's total area on the first floor. It's really annoying when all the preservationists make out every single building built before the 80s to be somehow special. Apart from the tacky front brick facade, this is just a horribly ugly...

You guys do realize that the old Four Seasons building (definitely NOT a midrise) is across the street from this proposal? The height precedent for the area was set when that building was allowed. So; 1971?

Those damn developers! How could they destroy a vacant old building and replace it with a much more modern, usable replica that has the added benefit of supporting even more development on top?? They need to be stopped immediately!

I don't understand why people view this as being especially ugly? It appears to be on par with its surroundings. If anything, the podium appears to be better-than-average for the area. LOL...yes, because LA's suburbs are bursting at the seams with MUCH BETTER proposals. Lets not kid ourselves...

This is really turning out much better than I had anticipated/expected :D

I'd rather they demolish this one instead. Does this thing win worst institutional building of the decade award? Edit: Does anyone else see the resemblance to a suburban mall parking garage?

Great work as usual, steveve! :D