Toronto The Residences of 488 University Avenue | 206.95m | 55s | Amexon | Core Architects

This is one great vantage point seeing Queen St. West and the growing Yonge St. highrise corridor north to Bloor St. Nice one , agoraflaneur .
 
Thanks - it was taken from the top of The Morgan condos, which has incredible views. From today:

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In the busy months since the Fall 2015 start of construction at Amexon Development Corporation's Residences of 488 University Avenue, we have witnessed significant progress for the impressive engineering project, which is set to add 37 floors to an existing 18-storey office building. Now poised to begin rising above the existing tower, work on the dramatic addition follows over 18 months of labour-intensive construction, which has aesthetically transformed the northwest corner of University and Dundas.

Work on the Core Architects-designed project kicked off with the installation of a tower crane atop the existing office building, followed by the removal of its former concrete grille facade, all of which was carried out while office workers continued to occupy the building.
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Ever since this super-ambitious intensification project has started, which speaks to enormous demand for subway-connected offices and residences, I've been curious if Campbell House would get moved once again so that the area around Osgoode Station -way underutilized in comparison with the Opera House and Osgoode Hall holding the other corners- can see some density too.
 
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Yikes, hopefully never. While the City doesn't own the land the Campbell House is on (it's owned by the Great West Life Assurance Co. and leased to the City—no idea how long the lease is for), the City does own the house and operate it as a museum, and do maintain the grounds as a park. Not sure of the zoning. You'd never want to hide the south side of the Canada Life Building from view. GWL would be out of their minds to propose turfing the house.

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