Last week Urban Toronto gave readers a look at a party thrown by Minto Developments and Tesla Motors at the presentation center for The St. Thomas condominium.  Today we present a tour around the scale model of this svelte Hariri Pontarini-designed building.

We start with the view shown in the main rendering, and will work counter-clockwise around the building.

The St. Thomas, image by Nigel Terpstra

While the taller 23-storey luxury condominium tower is the object of the majority of our attention here, the shorter 11-storey portion of the project is worthy of note in that it will contain long-term stay suites.

From the east, image by Nigel Terpstra

The entrance and lobby, image by Nigel Terpstra

Minto confirms that there will be retail in this unit, image by Nigel Terpstra

Heritage building currently housing University of Victoria staff, image by Nigel Terpstra

Heritage building currently housing University of Victoria staff, image by Nigel Terpstra

The St. Thomas from north-east, image by Nigel Terpstra

The St. Thomas from north-west, image by Nigel Terpstra

The St. Thomas from north-west, image by Nigel Terpstra

The rear of The St. Thomas (west), image by Nigel Terpstra

The St. Thomas from south-west, image by Nigel Terpstra

South face of The St. Thomas fronting Charles Street, image by Nigel Terpstra

The model includes a two-floor south-facing unit with a circular stair connecting the upper and lower balconies. This detail is not found in the renderings, and is dependant upon a purchaser buying units on the two floors and combining them.

Detail of upper stories including two-storey unit with exterior stair, image by Nigel Terpstra

Upper stories from south-west, image by Nigel Terpstra

The St. Thomas from south-west, image by Nigel Terpstra

And we conclude with a look at the building as it hits Charles Street, image by Nigel Terpstra

What do you think of The St. Thomas?  Comment below, or join in the discussion in The St. Thomas' forum thread, which you will find a link for in the dataBase box below.