650 Bay St Boutique Hotel Redevelopment (Lanterra, ?s, ?)

[Bayer]

I walk by that eyesore on my way to work... They stopped removing the paint off the brick. Then they removed the old windows, and yesterday I noticed that they installed new ones. That's surprising considering the sorry state of the building... not promising at this point.

 

[adma]

Wondering whether "Boutique Hotel" is a euphemism, or whether we're looking for a gross new cladding next...

 

[androiduk]

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[dt_toronto_geek]

It's a cute little building, rundown to be sure but props to whoever is taking this challenging project on. If they manage to get that paint off and restore the roofline that would be quite a feat.

 

[androiduk]

In my dreams they would fix up the exterior and add a mansard roof to this building that could house another floor of rooms. That would be a great looking building.

 

[Jasonzed]

from today

 

[Automation Gallery]

Looks to me like a bunch of hackers are renovating this thing...low budget

 

[Towered]

I think you mean "hacks."

 

[ganjavih]

Look like it's got some potential. That bannister looks nice. A little TLC and it could look like:

Stylistically, it looks similar to the old Empress Hotel. So, upon restoration, it could look something like this:

 

[tgam]

hard to tell if it's making any progress... but it has potential... from today:

 

[Automation Gallery]

Dont get it..not much happening here except instalation of cheap windows and doors.

 

[interchange42]

Agreed... and sandblasting the brick here looks like it would remove the brick... and not necessarily the paint. I expect that paint will be there forever.

42

 

[cdr108]

Agreed... and sandblasting the brick here looks like it would remove the brick... and not necessarily the paint. I expect that paint will be there forever.

42

i dont think the brick would stand a chance with sandblasting.
maybe they have plans to just re-clad or rebrick it, or horror of horrors .... stucco !?!

 

[Bayer]

And the Remax "Available" signs are new.

 

[Automation Gallery]

And the Remax "Available" signs are new.

Available for what..