Toronto 4800 Yonge Street | 168.24m | 49s | Menkes | Arquitectonica

maestro said:
An executed box would be an amazing turnabout to this. The massing is boorish. There's nothing positive about it. It should never ever be used. We as a group obsess too much over boxes and not boxes. Tacky is tacky in all shapes.
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From a couple pages ago:
ProjectEnd said:
There's so much late-stage Arquitectonica in that. Very MarinaBlue, Blue on the Bay or SIS Lux.

Take it back to Atlantis, Imperial and The Palace for their defining works. In fact, a Toronto version of The Palace would scale quite well here.
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Core samples being taken.

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Finally :cool:

innsertnamehere said:
4800 YONGE ST
Ward 23 - North York District

Construct a 49 storey mixed use building 37,411.42 square metres of residential and 536 dwelling units and 5 storeys of commercial and 6 storeys of below grade parking.
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
OPA 15 250774 NNY 23 OZ Nov 12, 2015 Under Review
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Towered said:
Now just the McDonald's corner and this major urban intersection will be done.
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In an ideal world they'd redevelop the TTC bus terminal at the same time. Put it all underground.
 
Edward Skira said:
Actually now finally. Another one bites the dust.
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Errr,.... not so fast,... Menkes still having issues getting City building permits to start - they’ll be lucky to start by year end.

This is only temporary closure of parking lot - which will open up again in early July.
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So the shoring rig is just for show? Seems like an odd move for a professional developer.

Examiner’s Notice
The Application has been accepted, and the Review has resulted in a Notice that has been sent.

Perhaps part of the lot will be accessible while most of it will be shored? Doesn't sound like the permit was revoked or rejected. Any planners care to weigh in?
Examiner’s Notice
The Application has been accepted, and the Review has resulted in a Notice that has been sent.

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I'm not a planner - just a nosey busy-body local! I do know this 4800 Yonge site would be a pain to build on and would likely require additional shoring prior to construction because:
- eastbound Sheppard to southbound Yonge subway turning tunnel run under this site - around P2 level and below! Image show looking north on Yonge with Sheppard on top, eastbound red car following black car on Bogert Ave (this site is westside of Yonge between Sheppard and Bogert)
- adjacent to Nestle Canada building which was designed with break-away wall on ground level and underground parking levels
- underground creek/river nearby - likely eastbound under Bogert Ave, hitting northern underground side of Emerald Park, hence their underground water collection and reservoir under their Yonge frontage - remember when Emerald Park opened but didn't finish their water filtration system - so couldn't dump filtered water into City storm sewage system and had a constant stream of red water tankers filling up to transport the water to Hamilton for filtration then dumping! Emerald Park construction started in 2011, so it likely altered underground water condition/direction. 4800 Yonge site also did numerous prior core-drilling and have these 6" diameter access caps throughout the site to help monitor underground water level.

In the next few weeks, we should see which of the above - if any - are correct based on where they do the shoring.
 
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