Toronto One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

[Totti]

... or even Nintendo Toronto.

After all, there's Nintendo New York and Nintendo San Francisco.

A Lego Store could be feasible but in Downtown Toronto on Bloor St W, the stores there are mostly luxury store so potentially a luxury store may occupy that space.

 

[artemperederii]

Maybe a huge %arabica ?

 

[zang]

I live in the neighbourhood. The last thing we need is another fruit stand.

It should be a hotel lobby and resto-bar that activates the intersection day and night. You won't believe how dead the intersection of two subway lines feels after hours.

There are already numerous bars and restos in the area in Yorkville. Even just within eyeshot, there's Mar'aa and the various Eataly restos at the Manulife Centre, The Ballroom across the street, Living Room/Skylight at the W hotel. I also live in the area and don't find the area even starts to die down until about 11pm-Midnight.

 

[Tormick]

Any news on the hotel component? Is it still considered Andaz or going for more of a luxury brand?

 

[bgobgo]

Any news on the hotel component? Is it still considered Andaz or going for more of a luxury brand?

As noted in the article below, the existing agreement with Hyatt Hotels of Canada Inc. to operate what was going to be known as the Andaz Toronto - Yorkville will be disclaimed and that a new operator will be selected.

Tridel Chosen To Complete Mizrahi's The One, Providing Glimmer Of Hope

Tridel was selected to complete The One after the sales process resulted in no bids to buy the project.

storeys.com

 

[ECLIPSE]

I live in the neighbourhood. The last thing we need is another fruit stand.

It should be a hotel lobby and resto-bar that activates the intersection day and night. You won't believe how dead the intersection of two subway lines feels after hours.

Unless they can resolve the issue of the large number of homeless people causing disruptions every night at the Yonge and Bloor intersection, I doubt that area can develop a proper nightlife atmosphere. I live in the neighborhood as well!

 

[skycandy]

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

I wonder if they will pause work at the top until the core reaches that level as well as the corners

 

[nightstreak]

That's

Unless they can resolve the issue of the large number of homeless people causing disruptions every night at the Yonge and Bloor intersection, I doubt that area can develop a proper nightlife atmosphere. I live in the neighborhood as well!

That's precisely why I'd like a hotel and resto-bar with round the clock activity. A high end hotel would create an incentive to shoe away "undesirables" with eyes on the street day and night. A store of any type will close at 6 or 7PM and cede the intersection to those elements all night. Yonge and Bloor is gentrifying already, pushing the "Yonge Street" feeling south. A high end hotel will strengthen that effect.

 

[officedweller]

^Maybe they are prepping to install that mezzanine there...

Probably for a staircase.

 

[Johnny Au]

July 29, 2025:

Yonge and St. Clair:

 

[JamesMcGrath]

I'm getting bored. I want crown!

 

[HometownPride]

How's the tuned mass damper coming along?

 

[Rascacielo]

Kinda tacky to hoist that beam with the 300m mark with so much fanfare and then not doing any work on the crown for weeks IMO. I suppose they were worried SkyTower would surpass their tower if they'd waited to hold the ceremony until they were ready to work on the crown.

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

I think that they have to wait until the remaining concrete is bored before they can move forward with the tuned mass damper as it is design for the buildings weight and not having those corners complete would be hundreds of pounds of difference between what the damper is designed for and what the current building is also if you look at hawcs pictures You can see that the core is still three levels down so they cannot close the elevator core yet