Toronto Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza | 124.96m | 40s | Camrost-Felcorp | WZMH

[ADRM]

Yesterday, starting to fill its spot quite nicely.

 

[interchange42]

From two days ago:

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[Edward Skira]

Cladding certainly taking a long time to appear.

 

[ADRM]

Getting pretty close in height to the old Four Seasons now, but still no cladding.

 

[steveve]

Makes me wonder if this option (constructing a new tower and converting the old to residential) was ever considered by the Four Seasons, instead of the option they went for to completely relocate.

 

[Edward Skira]

Makes me wonder if this option (constructing a new tower and converting the old to residential) was ever considered by the Four Seasons, instead of the option they went for to completely relocate.

Four Seasons doesn't own their real estate so I'm sure they went for the best deal. And waiting for this to be built would have not been a good thing for them.

 

[interchange42]

They would have considered it I am sure, but they wanted a flagship property in Toronto, so they needed a site where they could work with a blank slate, one not constrained by the current buildings, and one not constrained height-wise by the view corridor behind the Ontario Legislature.

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[ADRM]

Today; from the northeast, you can see they're not actually as close to the old FS as it looks like when you're standing beside it.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today; from the northeast, you can see they're not actually as close to the old FS as it looks like when you're standing beside it.

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They're closer to the height of that L-shaped building on the corner of Bloor / Avenue. Anyone knows if that's an office building or an office/ rentals or office/condos combo?

 

[interchange42]

The lower 2/5 is office, the upper 3/5ths is the Renaissance Plaza Condos.

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[Rascacielo]

The lower 2/5 is office, the upper 3/5ths is the Renaissance Plaza Condos.

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Thanks

 

[ADRM]

And we have cladding. Too early to tell how it'll look until there's more of it, but I'll say it's not as terrible as I'd been expecting.

 

[interchange42]

The texture of the louvre grills is a plus.

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[ADRM]

The texture of the louvre grills is a plus.

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Yes, as is the reflective quality of the glass itself. Here's a few more from yesterday where you can get a sense of that.

Still, there are a few panels that scare me (and the building was definitely rendered with a much higher quality curtain wall, but you know).

 

[interchange42]

I'm glad there's no waist-height mullion; another plus. They destroy building facades.

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