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1 Bloor East, DEAD AND BURIED (Bazis, -2s, Varacalli)

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Sounds great - should be good for the street which is a little quiet east of Yonge. I'm sad to lose Roy's Square, especially since it could be so much more than it is. I'm a bit nervous about their Kazakh in-house architecture team. I hope that the city isn't afraid to send them back to the drawing board like they did with the Ritz.
 
I'm a bit nervous about their Kazakh in-house architecture team.
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I'm more worried about the locally based lead architect who so far produced nothing that can be remotely called interesting (and his partnership has had many, many opportunities)
 
I guess when your financing comes from a totalitarian oil-producing state you don't have to meet presale thresholds.
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At least they're not claiming the Arctic for their own - unlike another totalitarian oil-producing state.

If they want to build a half unsold building, go ahead.

So long as its a purdy building.
 
Thanks for the article yyz.

The steel-framed tower’s shaft will be clad in a porcelain enamel and glass curtain wall. Its balconies are framed in translucent blue-white and spandrel glass. “We have created a tension and aesthetic dialogue in the massing between the playful, retail character of Bloor, and the more conservative office and condo buildings of Yonge,†explains Roy Varacalli, a Toronto-based architect who is Bazis’ director of design and construction.
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That sounded really quite interesting - are there any examples of porcelain enamel being used as a cladding in Toronto?

AoD
 
the new Condo Guide came out today....interesting article on 1 Bloor, including a 2-page foldout..."coming soon"

1.) they are advertising 80 storeys

2.) they are advertising 'Canada's tallest residential structure' (what about Trump?) :confused:

3.) demolition of the existing structures on the site begins later this year.
 
It also said 23 floors of retail & hotel, and 58 of residential. After some careful calculations with these huge sums I come up with 81 floors.
 
The article states "rising from the 23rd floor, 58 stories of magnificent urban condominiums." So the residential starts on the 23rd, making for a total of 80.
 
If built, this will be tall. I would assume the market is still hot enough to do so.
 
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The article states "rising from the 23rd floor, 58 stories of magnificent urban condominiums." So the residential starts on the 23rd, making for a total of 80.
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Ya, just re-read it and was coming on to correct myself.
 
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