Toronto 400 King West | 157.37m | 48s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle

[Tuscani01]

Walked by yesterday and noticed a "Kitchen Plus" store coming soon sign up.

Just saw that on Facebook. Guess there won't be development here in the near future?

 

[ProjectEnd]

This still has a year plus before construction. Smart to get a retail tenant on a short term lease to at least get some cash flow on the property prior to redevelopment.

 

[argus]

Yeah, those windows are neat - and look ready to fill with spandrel.

Because it's Plaza.

 

[AlbertC]

Resubmission Updates Design for 48-Storey Tower at 400 King West | UrbanToronto

A number of refinements have been integrated into the re-imagined design for 400 King West, a 48-storey primarily residential condo tower by Plaza. The Quadrangle design includes retail and office space on the lower floors.

urbantoronto.ca

 

[Lachlan Holmes]

Stumbled upon an alternate podium design on the Main and Main website. No idea if these are a replacement of the current 'capsule' concept or whether this was a rejected design:

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[ferusian]

According to First Capital's 2020 Q1 Investor Presentation

• They have acquired a 35% Ownership Interest in the project
• Announce construction is slated to begin in 2021
• Show new renderings of the podium indicating the project has been redesigned

Podium close-up:

 

[Northern Light]

Stumbled upon an alternate podium design on the Main and Main website. No idea if these are a replacement of the current 'capsule' concept or whether this was a rejected design:

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I like the podium in this iteration.

Too bad it doesn't seem to be going forward.

The use of brick, and the styling gives sort of a warm, warehouse feel which fits w/that district.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Can I say "Boo!" for boring?

 

[bjrkz]

Just another cookie cutter condo for the entertainment district with walls of glass at street level, cheap looking precast cladding, and units with views into the neighbouring tower's units 25 meters away. It's disappointing to see the city continuing with developments like this.

 

[ProjectEnd]

'GLA' in the presentation above suggests this has been switched to a rental offering.

 

[smably]

How many versions of this have we seen now? I think this is the 4th podium design I've seen. There was the initial one from HPA, then it switched to Quadrangle and we got the brick arch/capsule thing, then there was the squared-off brick version, now there's this brick-less iteration.

 

[concrete_and_light]

Could still end up okayish but what a downgrade. The capsule design was very interesting and the angular brick design nice too. And what's the thinking from all these developments with anonymous glass at streetlevel. It's so cold and also limits what can be done with the internal space. That spiral staircase is neat though, hope that happens.

 

[messenger390]

Boring. . . hope Plaza goes same way as Cresford

 

[karledice]

Just another cookie cutter condo for the entertainment district with walls of glass at street level, cheap looking precast cladding, and units with views into the neighbouring tower's units 25 meters away. It's disappointing to see the city continuing with developments like this.

Agreed, what a disappointment!
From a red brick with interesting curves and arches design to a bland, boring cheap glass and precast
Disappointing and sad these are getting approved in the Entertainment District
What a gem PJ condos is

 

[cd concept]

We need to have more brick incorporated into some of these new developments. To balance the wave of new blue green black and white towers that all ready exist !