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June 24 - Crane Day - Setting up to remove the remaining south tower crane at 88 Bathurst: Awaiting on arrival of the crane - 88 Bathurst construction workers creating a human barricade at the intersection. Crane arriving - coming up the west side of Bathurst in order to make the turn onto...

My understanding (what I gathered from the community notices) is that the Spadina streetcar line works consist of two components: 1. OCS upgrades along the length of the line 2. Platform enhancements at Spadina Station. I believe the ensuing disruptions could be minimized by undertaking the...

June 5, 2024 Update: Arkfield Completes Final Transaction for Land Assembly in Toronto, Ontario TORONTO, June 5, 2024 /CNW/ - Arkfield announced it has acquired the final parcel of land, completing the land assembly for Nipigon Tower, a high-rise residential condominium in Toronto. The...

With the usual caveat - IIRC - the Front Street building was used by the Post Office as a local distribution centre, prior to being reincarnated as a Sobeys.....

Thanks for the update on the L'Amiral tourist train. When I did a Google search on May 27, prior to the post above, the Facebook item by Anthony Bernard Prince had not yet been made, it was timestamped 10 PM on May 28. There are a couple of inaccuracies in the item though - it indicated that...

A report by JLL provides Greater Toronto office insight for Q1 2024: Downtown Toronto began the year with the first positive quarterly net absorption total since Q3 2022, which was predominantly due to three large-block tenants moving into pre-leased spaces at ....... and 375-381 Queen St. W...

May 27 - the project to rehabilitate the SFG railway to Gaspe, funded by the Government of Quebec is continuing. Active construction east of Chandler shown in these pictures. Also, a lot (seven different construction site access points) of work taking place further to the west in New Carlisle...

BTW - it is Jon Love, not John. When ripping someone - should at least get the name right....

Perhaps this may be part of the preparation for the long pending relocation of the Toronto Fire Department Fire Hall 332 on Adelaide Street to the south side of the Metro Hall building, fronting on Wellington Street.

May 18. Rebar can still be seen sticking out at the tops of the two buildings (bottom two photos), so maybe not quite topped off yet - some small roof-top structures still to be added.

May 18 - Taken this evening. The section of cladding at the base of the Tridel Signature condominium building is still incomplete, a long time after the rest of the building envelope where the construction hoist used to be was completed. Otherwise - The Well is looking good in the evening...

May 17 - The Capitol is definitely well above ground. From Yonge Street first - overview and then a focus shot of the north end of the building: From Castlefield Avenue: Lunch break is over - back to the crane cab for this operator:

May 17: The only movement on this site since TwinHuey's photo on April 21 (above) has been the relocation of the two excavators to the bottom of the ramp. Otherwise, a dormant site - all locked up in the middle of the day, nobody round. The two pieces of equipment are still sitting there, as...

May 17: Looks like the lifts done yesterday were green roof materials. And the next load, ready to go up.

May 17: Taken this morning - front and east side views.

May 15: Streetcar tracks installed on York Street between Adelaide and Richmond. Still nothing, nada, a sleeping Blue Norwegian, between Richmond and Queen Streets. More work on refurbishing the Adelaide street curb lanes between York and Yonge Streets, as well as a couple of photos of OCS...

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May 16: The setback on the west side, and the first of the set backs on the east side of 400 King Street are now visible.

May 16: Roof top / mechanical penthouse materials being lifted by a mobile crane this afternoon:

And now for an actual update on King Toronto. Passed by this truck as it had almost finished unloading in front of King Toronto - Kone equipment - either elevator components, or the other option would be podium level escalator components. Also a mid-day photo of workers on the west mountain...