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[Northern Light]

Hey @Northern Light can you give the link to the new submission? I can't seem to find it.

Not a submission, a building permit.

The permit site is here:

City of Toronto: Building Application Status

A source for published information on Building Application Status.

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Type in 1 Bloor W into the address field, and you'll see a pink dot highlighted, zoom a bit and click on it (its very sensitive in terms of your landing the cursor correctly).

Once you do that you'll see a list of all the permits, this one is the first 'New Building' you will come across, it has the number 3 in it as its the 3rd revision.

 

[jer1961]

Photos taken today, Friday (Sept. 13). The forms at top have moved up a level, I think we are at level 70 at the core. At 69 for sure. As documented by BloorMan above, the latest set of hangers were installed yesterday linking the corner floors of level 59 to the top of level 64. These are the 10th set of hangers, the first set of three for the fourth mega-section, as I call the sections between the mechanical floors. One section below, the west Rail Climbing System has joined the east and north ones, installing the skin on level 39, the first floor of the third mega-section. How come I never realized until now that there are exactly 20 floors between each mega-section? Meanwhile, at ground level nothing new to report as we wonder if a retail tenant will move in there soon.

Starting with the latest "time-lapse" Flickr album update (I also now include the view from Cumberland by Bay in that album to better see the top of the tower rising), to the view from Yonge and Dundas to the south, a closer view from Yonge and Alexander showing the top half of the tower and tighter shot from below, then to shots looking straight up with the crane prominent. The view from across in front of Holt Renfrew on Bloor to the west, and from Balmuto across the street, views from Cumberland east of Bay, then from Bloor east of Yonge by the old Bay main entrance. And a final set from Bloor west at Bedford, 1 Bloor E now no longer visible behind 1 Bloor W. The view from Devonshire, south of Bloor, and from College and Queen's Park Crescent.

One Bloor West (The One) "time-lapse"

From October, 2020, as above-ground construction started in earnest at The One (1 Bloor W.) in Toronto. More or less a weekly photo usually taken on a Friday, with some gaps during early-on construction hiatuses. The initial photographs are from 2015, during demolition at the site, 2018, during...

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[fanoftoronto]

Apologies if this was previously posted, this is a busy thread so I might have missed it.......

But there was a move to amend the building permit here in August:

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@Paclo I think this settles the height question given the timing.

So I found this in the previous revision the new building permit dated 19-Sep-2023 that also mentions the 86 storeys with 4 underground levels.

I'm about 85% sure the height was still 91 storeys, 328m height, and Mizrahi was still at the helm at that time. Any chance they never updated the generic verbiage for this proposal?

Time to dive into the historical posts in this thread! Wish me luck!

 

[fanoftoronto]

Ok , I'm back after a couple hours of digging.

First things first, the height increase was approved in June-2023 at 328.4m tall:

Hmm, the submission:

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https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-236983.pdf

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Ahhh, here was the interesting bit.................I was looking for:

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The above was part of the Councillor's motion, which can be read in full, here:

Agenda Item History 2023.CC7.10

Agenda Item History 2023.CC7.10

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That's right, everyone's invited inside 'The One'.......to enjoy art; AND, the view.

The project went into receivership in Oct-2023 the receiver applied for continued construction works from 29-Nov-2023 to 29-Nov-2024:

I think we (well, most of us) knew this............but the receiver here has now given clear indication that they are still very much in building mode.... (into the future)....

Strategy Corp is now working on their behalf (lobbying) for expeditious permits:

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A similar question to my previous post was discussed at that time stating that the latest "New Building" permit still shows the height as 86 storeys.

I'd be guessing, but...... the current 'New Building' permits still show the height as 86 storeys. I would guess that revisions have been or about to be applied for, and that those are pending.

There may also be revisions for other spaces (such as ground floor retail tenant).

This permit was issued on 19-Sep-2023 which is before the receivership date of 19-Oct-2023 which means the building was still under Mizrahi at the 328m height but yet listed as 86 storeys. This leads me to believe that it's only an oversight when authoring that short blurb.

I might also be completely wrong and just hoping for the height to remain at 328m and am holding on to whatever hope I can find!

 

[Johnny Au]

Photos taken today, Friday (Sept. 13). The forms at top have moved up a level, I think we are at level 70 at the core. At 69 for sure. As documented by BloorMan above, the latest set of hangers were installed yesterday linking the corner floors of level 59 to the top of level 64. These are the 10th set of hangers, the first set of three for the third mega-section, as I call the sections between the mechanical floors. One section below, the west Rail Climbing System has joined the east and north ones, installing the skin on level 39, the first floor of the second mega-section. How come I never realized until now that there are exactly 20 floors between each mega-section? Meanwhile, at ground level nothing new to report as we wonder if a retail tenant will move in there soon.

Starting with the latest "time-lapse" Flickr album update (I also now include the view from Cumberland by Bay in that album to better see the top of the tower rising), to the view from Yonge and Dundas to the south, a closer view from Yonge and Alexander showing the top half of the tower and tighter shot from below, then to shots looking straight up with the crane prominent. The view from across in front of Holt Renfrew on Bloor to the west, and from Balmuto across the street, views from Cumberland east of Bay, then from Bloor east of Yonge by the old Bay main entrance. And a final set from Bloor west at Bedford, 1 Bloor E now no longer visible behind 1 Bloor W. The view from Devonshire, south of Bloor, and from College and Queen's Park Crescent.

Nice!

 

[Johnny Au]

September 11, 2024:

 

[C-mac]

Ok , I'm back after a couple hours of digging.

First things first, the height increase was approved in June-2023 at 328.4m tall:


The project went into receivership in Oct-2023 the receiver applied for continued construction works from 29-Nov-2023 to 29-Nov-2024:


A similar question to my previous post was discussed at that time stating that the latest "New Building" permit still shows the height as 86 storeys.


This permit was issued on 19-Sep-2023 which is before the receivership date of 19-Oct-2023 which means the building was still under Mizrahi at the 328m height but yet listed as 86 storeys. This leads me to believe that it's only an oversight when authoring that short blurb.

I might also be completely wrong and just hoping for the height to remain at 328m and am holding on to whatever hope I can find!

Nice work bro. I don't know about any of this kind of stuff, but your posts makes at of sense that at least this is a possibility.

 

[Northern Light]

Ok , I'm back after a couple hours of digging.

First things first, the height increase was approved in June-2023 at 328.4m tall:


The project went into receivership in Oct-2023 the receiver applied for continued construction works from 29-Nov-2023 to 29-Nov-2024:


A similar question to my previous post was discussed at that time stating that the latest "New Building" permit still shows the height as 86 storeys.


This permit was issued on 19-Sep-2023 which is before the receivership date of 19-Oct-2023 which means the building was still under Mizrahi at the 328m height but yet listed as 86 storeys. This leads me to believe that it's only an oversight when authoring that short blurb.

I might also be completely wrong and just hoping for the height to remain at 328m and am holding on to whatever hope I can find!

Have a look at these for info.

Reports of the Receiver.

https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/theone-receivers-reports

 

[ImmenselyMental]

September 14, 2024

From this morning:

I *just* realized my photos taken from Robarts Library on September 8 were from the 12th floor, rather than the 13th floor. Here are a couple of photos I took today from the actual 13th floor:

 

[fanoftoronto]

Have a look at these for info.

Reports of the Receiver.

https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/theone-receivers-reports

So here's what I've found in the first review of the files from Alvarez and Marsal. The first report from A&M was authored in Feb-2024 outlining the status and next steps for The One. Interestingly, the report lists The One with the following information:

1. Introduction and all following sections state the project as 85 storeys.
2. Appendix E for Developer Agreements:

84 storey mixed-use building with 720,000 gross square feet and 416 condo units.

But all of these point to the 85-storey version of the building to be in consideration. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. It looks like Mizrahi got the approval for the taller building too late to incorporate it into the actual project.

I will continue to dig and see if there is any hope left for the taller building to see the light of day.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

"Proposal to construct an 86 storey mixed use apartment building with 4 levels of below grade commercial parking and one level of below grade commercial space."

...so that includes retail, hotel and residential from ground up, I presume.

So any guess what the height will be here when all this is said and done?

 

[fanoftoronto]

...so that includes retail, hotel and residential from ground up, I presume.

So any guess what the height will be here when all this is said and done?

It should be the original 308.6m height.

 

[Richtea]

From today:

 

[Johnny Au]

From Yonge and College/Carlton on September 14, 2024:

 

[Downtown Toronto]

So what happened to the bid date and the sale of the building?