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From what I understand, anything above 300m is a supertall so this qualifies. Could be wrong though, I almost always am.

Will the windows on the curtainwall portion be openable/operable at all?

"the sky over the port was the colour of television, turned to a dead channel" William Gibson, Neuromancer Fun fact, he wrote that book inspired heavily by his time spent living in Toronto dodging the Vietnam draft in the late '60s.

There's a piece of this that no one is discussing as well, which is the business case feasibility study. Why would a cruise company operate out of Toronto? Despite our waterfront, we're horrifically positioned to operate a cruise industry. Getting to any traditional cruise destination...

BMO could be a good thought but I'm not familiar with their CRE strategy or financials as of late so can't speak to them. Manulife from what I can tell is consolidating around their campus at Bloor/Yonge. Desjardins is interesting, as they're currently in Telus Tower, but from what I understand...

If they don't name this building 'McNugget' I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that's an absolute failing of humanity. I will accept McDonald's on the ground floor as a consolation prize.

Rogers (and the other telcos) wouldn't consolidate into trophy space like this - they maintain expensive downtown offices for execs and show, but won't pay for that for the rest of their workforce. Their real estate model relies on having multiple satellite offices. The efficiency is that...

Not really. There's four sides to most office buildings, therefore four opportunities to negotiate a signage agreement. Everything gets negotiated in the lease, including position on the building pylon (street level sign at the door). There's also naming rights (TD Tower, CIBC Square, etc) for...

Exhibition Station is about to be a multi-modal paradise, especially with the airport a stone's throw away. Could be a smaller version of Amsterdam-Schiphol if we execute correctly, allowing intermodal transfer between streetcar, subway, regional rail, buses, cycle roads, short haul air travel...

Trophy/AAA space is in a pre-2020 vacancy position right now so an anchor tenant may be as little as months away. I don't think these are the final plans/renders for this building at all though, still plenty they can VE out. Could be pleasantly surprised though.

There's no silver bullet to be classified as AAA. What makes something AAA is purely dictated by the market. For example, prior to the development of the GO network, being close to Union was not as important as having a very favourable parking ratio. Nowadays everything @Northern Light said is...

What particularly interests me about this graph is that AAA is at pre-pandemic levels, A has a long way to go, B is increasing in vacancy, and C is decreasing. My theory is that the flight to quality conversation is ruling the day with occupiers - the primary lure to get employees back to...

Not really. Brick and Beam buildings are what the Toronto market of 2019 called 'Class B', so the spaces surrounding the DT core they're referring to are King West, King East, St Clair, etc. When Colliers refers to the 'downtown fringe' they're usually referring to outside a 1-2km circle...

Office broker sentiment is very optimistic that this one will secure an anchor deal soon. Obv that's a little like asking the Coyote about expected Road Runner traffic, but I haven't seen sentiment like this in 5 years.

Can I create the Twitter account for this one?

FCP, one of Canada's best buildings, catching strays in this thread. That taper is gonna be the showstopper for this IMO - especially with the brilliant cladding and architectural details here. "Details, the devil is in that sh--, yo!" -Mr. Robot

I'm not entirely sure, but it could be that the 15 storeys does not include the crown/mechanical penthouse that will put this well into the 300s.

*policy and market forces - A retailer wants the most possible window frontage to maximize the ability to attract customers into their space, so developers give them just that, or else face having completely vacant retail space while all the other competing window wall-fronted retail spaces fill...

It's giving "Little John worked 25 hours a day to afford this one square meter space. Let's turn it into a space his wife won't leave him in... something about galvanized square steel... something about borrowing screws from his auntie... Is anyone else's doomscroll feed littered with those as...

Confirming this rumour. Major global industry leader. Anchor tenant for the space representing a double digit percentage of the GLA. Good news for the node. They'll be making great use of the property's unique features as well.