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Photos from today's warm and sunny autumn afternoon:

There are three sets of three elevators servicing the entire building, so nine elevators in all. The highest three elevators all go from floors 56 to the top, and from looking at the penthouse floor plan on the builder's website, it appears as though all three of those elevators reach the...

And some photos from today's visit up the hoist elevator to the 67th floor: The Residences Of College Park sure do look tiny when viewed from above!

So it's official: Aura has now divided up the unsold floors, including the penthouse. I was at the agent relaunch today where they mentioned the top floor of the building is still available for sale as one unit, but in the meanwhile, they also released floor plans and pricing for that level as...

Though there are probably other people out there who could answer this better than me, roughly speaking, the hoist units are the units that have the exterior construction elevator attached to them running up the north side of the building. As I understand it, occupancy for these units won't...

That 40th floor person probably now has a revised date in January. I know someone on the 38th floor who was supposed to get occupancy in November, but it was delayed to January after the worker accident. Also, I know someone with a 57th floor hoist unit and I'm positive that it doesn't get...

The floors up to 31 have occupy right now. Then, the next section of occupancy will begin for floors 32-56 when those three elevators are ready. Finally, when the elevators for floors 57-78 are ready the final chunk of people will move in. I'm guessing the second occupancy period will begin in...

FYI, I noticed that Canderel is not done finishing the underground space yet. This evening, I saw that the ceiling at the main junction in the mall was full of holes as if to fulfill the hanging bobbles in the artist's rendering. They've also added some other light fixtures to other parts of the...

I recall having contacted Canada Post before about the commencement of mail delivery in a new building. I was informed by one of the staff that Canada Post must ensure that the building is safe enough for their employees to enter and distribute the mail, prior to any mail service beginning. To...

I know for a fact that the "first roof" where the two-storey mechanical room is on the north east side occupies the 57th and 58th floors. Counting up from that, we're actually on floor 70 right now. Also, in all of the horrible news reports from last week's fatality at the building, many...

From looking at the above video link, it looks like he fell onto the roof of the College Park Suites rental building. Very sad indeed.

Used to live in Mississauga, long ago. There's... ummm... always Mississauga City Hall... ?

The addresses for Aura Condos are 386 & 388 Yonge. 444 Yonge is actually The Carlu. I'm thinking they might want to put illuminated signs on the south/east corner of that building instead. Though, beats me why they would try to add big screens to the facade of a distinguished building like the...

The whole building still seems so rough that I can't imagine people really even moving in yet. The lobby entrance off Gerrard looks unusable, and I don't see a loading dock yet, so I figured (hopefully) that people can at least access the underground garage to move items up the elevator from the...

Thanks for the update on your first day of occupancy! Just wondering what access points the builder is allowing you to use to get to your suite... I'm not really seeing any people going in or out of the building on either the ground floor or the P1 access level.

On another note, back to the underground "Shops at Aura"... They seem to be trying to liven up the space by putting decals all over the walls and doors downstairs. The colour is definitely welcome. I noticed this today when walking around down there. Not sure what else they're working...

I was told by the builder that the first bank of elevators goes to floor 31, which is where the first group of occupants will be able to live, likely all in August. It's the floors above 31 that will have delayed occupancy due to the elevator strike that slowed down the progress for the...

There are already 4 other Starbucks locations within a 3 minute walk from there. I think Starbucks is just being strategic knowing that 2,000+ people will be living in Aura and many of them won't want to walk for more than 30 seconds to get some coffee. Too bad Aura isn't able to encourage...

I can state with certainly for a unit deemed a "hoist unit" on the 57th floor that the occupancy date just confirmed by the builder is May 1, 2014. I'd imagine that whether you're looking at a hoist unit above or below floor 57, they'd all be getting occupancy at that time since the hoist...

For a unit like yours, you're likely looking at an occupancy date in early 2014 - maybe some time between January and May, depending on how things go with construction. The units with the hoist elevator attachments will be ready May 1st, so presumably you'll have your unit before then. I'd be...