Toronto 10 St Mary | 197.73m | 60s | Mattamy Homes | a—A

[ChesterCopperpot]

According to Realnet - Castlepoint have purchased 720 Yonge as part of this land assembly - but isn't that part of the Shoppers redevelopment to the north?

 

[Automation Gallery]

- but isn't that part of the Shoppers redevelopment to the north?

That may explain why years later it still sits below ground level??

 

[.dwg]

And thus they now have an assembly large enough to build a real tower on. Looking forward to seeing what they come up with.

I think a super-slim tower like the one proposed here was preferable to a tower with a larger floorplate. Just my opinion - it was shockingly narrow and made for an interesting effect.

 

[androiduk]

Talked to the owner of the Shoppers at 718 Yonge today and he said he has already receuved notice that the developer bought 718 Yonge but has heard nothing about 720 Yonge. He also said the actual address of the new Shoppers is 722 Yonge. And all tenants of 10 St. Mary are supposed to be out by the end of this month.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Talked to the owner of the Shoppers at 718 Yonge today and he said he has already receuved notice that the developer bought 718 Yonge but has heard nothing about 720 Yonge. He also said the actual address of the new Shoppers is 722 Yonge. And all tenants of 10 St. Mary are supposed to be out by the end of this month.

If I'm interpreting things correctly, 720-728 + 3 Charles seem to be part of the same parcel of land, again as per the city's mapping.

 

[innsertnamehere]

they would have been merged to construct the shoppers, though prior to that project they were probably different properties.

 

[Skeezix]

All the building permits for the Shoppers construction are issued under the 720 Yonge address.

 

[androiduk]

Looks like this building has finally emptied out.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

And there is a ERA moving notice with some excellent photos of the building back then:

http://www.eraarch.ca/2018/era-is-moving-to-625-church-street/

AoD

 

[androiduk]

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Interesting ERA moved to a similar bulding from the same time period only a few blocks away. Which by the way also is being proposed for redevelopment. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...-625-church-street-hayden-great-gulf-s.19105/

From Google;

 

[androiduk]

Priestly Demolition is in the building. Guy said they will start gutting the interior next week.

 

[Koops65]

 

[Benito]

Some action this morning.

 

[.dwg]

This is such a tidy and nicely scaled modernist office block. Really looking forward to seeing the restored and updated version of it!

 

[Rascacielo]

Young Steve Martin played banjo to an enthusiastic crowd in front of this building in his 1974 comedy special (starting around 2:09):