Redroom Studios
Senior Member
poetry about skyscrapers - this could be a whole new genre!
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MetroMan
Senior Member
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned it -- or perhaps I've just missed it -- but this is shaping up to be a glass version of First Canadian Place. The massing of the tower and those corners are very reminiscent of FCP.
down on the upside
New Member
may be they'll reclad fcp with this glass? that would look pretty good.
MetroMan
Senior Member
Is there any serious information about the second tower yet or is it just part of a roadmap now?
borgo100
Active Member
ew no.... might as well call it WTC Tower #4 if that happened
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
yes, Ive mentioned it a few times. one of the frustrating things about it besides the fact that its a box, its also a copy of a box we already have. And in addition the Murano condo towers under consruction further up Bay St also have the same notched corners! I guess its the ultimate Toronto style...
Kahlua17
Active Member
Everything has been raised again this morning. It looks like we will be able to start seeing glass from the webcam sometime this week.
Mike in TO
Senior Member
The site plan for the east tower has been submitted to the city and is in circulation. All three towers were previously approved in a rezoning application.
caltrane74
Senior Member
The rumour is the east tower should start before the end of the year.
If we go on what we know, at the current rate the core will be topped out by the end of July at the latest. That would mean by the end of the year, the building (BA1) should be completed in a substancial way; making way for the second tower. All we really need now is news of a tenant willing to take space.
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On another thought:
If the forms have been raised again today: we should be at floor 34-35 depending on your count of floor 13.
And we have 16 more floors to go!!
If we go on what we know, at the current rate the core will be topped out by the end of July at the latest. That would mean by the end of the year, the building (BA1) should be completed in a substancial way; making way for the second tower. All we really need now is news of a tenant willing to take space.
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On another thought:
If the forms have been raised again today: we should be at floor 34-35 depending on your count of floor 13.
And we have 16 more floors to go!!
p5connex
Active Member
Somehow I am skeptical about more office towers rising in the city, especially considering the impending recession and the fact that, once all three or four towers are complete there will be sufficient class A space available.
Is the plan, however, to complete the east phase, if undertaken, in the same design as the west tower, but only slightly smaller?
p5
Is the plan, however, to complete the east phase, if undertaken, in the same design as the west tower, but only slightly smaller?
p5
299 bloor call control.
Senior Member
You gotta remember the decline of the economy in Ontario is primarily in the manufacturing sector and the knowledge sectors are likely to continue to experience decent levels of growth. Couple that with the fact that more and more firms are looking to relocate in the central city.
Finally, office space, particularly blocks of contiguous space, remains very tight in the financial district.
caltrane74
Senior Member
I think so.
Same Tower - 22 Meters shorter.
Now, its just a question of cladding and whether it's steel frame or concrete?
If the building is basically a shorter version of the first tower why would they switch to concrete?
caltrane74
Senior Member
MBS
Active Member
I thought half the second tower was residential. So really we wouldn't be getting another large office tower, but a mixed-use tower.
I can't imagine living there.
I can't imagine living there.