357 Bay St. Renovations (DREAM, 11s, ?)

[20000LeaguesUnderTheDon]

Is that roof addition happening?

 

[ADRM]

I can confirm that the Partisans plan is not being advanced.

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[mikejb]

We haven't actually seen the renderings of the new proposal, have we?

I believe that there was talk about taking out the odd mezzanine level where the church used to occupy. I don't know for sure if that is happening, but it would open up the southwest corner of the building in a great way.

 

[friendlyfuture]

 

[AlbertC]

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

Would be great on another building.
The space is beautiful, but clashes with the original building in a negative way.

old vs new buildings always frightens people. And yet they always become iconic. It’s at least clean looking. tacky. Perhaps, I prefer “whimsy”.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[AlbertC]

A piece of Bay Street heritage preserved in downtown redevelopment

Dave LeBlanc Toronto
Special to The Globe and Mail

A piece of Bay Street heritage preserved in downtown redevelopment

Developer Dream Unlimited is building a vintage village in the heart of Canadian capitalism

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[smably]

Thanks for the link! A really interesting read. Looking forward to seeing the architectural lighting on this one:

Later this year, promises Mr. Barth, a lighting scheme by Burlington’s Lightstudio that will properly illuminate the restored limestone, brickwork and deep cornices of 357, as well as Dream’s other buildings in the area that they’ve now dubbed “Bay Street Village.”

 

[AlbertC]

Dream continues renos at Toronto boutique office properties

Jul. 7, 2020

The Dream Collection is comprised of 11 boutique luxury office buildings on Bay, Richmond and Temperance Streets totaling about 500,000 square feet. They’re getting a variety of upgrades, including new facades, lobbies, bathrooms, elevators, and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems.

“There’s not a class of buildings like that in Toronto,” said Dream Office REIT COO Gord Wadley in an interview with RENX. “We’re on track to get everything complete by around Q2 of next year.”

Some of the Dream Collection buildings back on to a “h”-shaped alley which Wadley said the REIT will animate into a “kind of European outdoor setting” that will feature stores, licensed restaurants and seating.

Dream continues renos at Toronto boutique office properties | RENX - Real Estate News Exchange

There have been many distractions in recent months as Dream Office REIT (D-UN-T) deals with pandemic-related issues, but one of its core downtown Toronto projects continues to move ahead at almost full speed. The Dream Collection is comprised of 11

renx.ca

 

[deerparker]

350 Bay, across the street from 357 Bay and part of the “Dream Collection” (I couldn’t find a separate thread).

 

[AlbertC]

Nov 21, 2020

 

[deerparker]

360 Bay (also part of the Dream Collection).

 

[AlbertC]