Therion
Senior Member
You can see it on the large render above. It actully looks like a twin of the 50 Bloor St. W project. Unless that's the parking garage project on the south side of Cumberland. Hard to tell.
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You can see it on the large render above. It actully looks like a twin of the 50 Bloor St. W project. Unless that's the parking garage project on the south side of Cumberland. Hard to tell.
yyzer
Senior Member
Check out these drawings posted by AndrewJM3D over at SSC....some interesting stuff regarding the application for 50 Bloor W. and surroundings...
He probably got those from the UT dataBase: they've been posted there for several days now.
yyzer
Senior Member
Sorry 42! So much info to digest these days!!
Therion
Senior Member
If all those towers actually get built the Bay-Bloor-Yonge area will be practically a second downtown. Some pretty impressive elevations.
Big Daddy
Senior Member
In height only - there are no proposed office projects - Yonge and Bloor could become a large vertical suburb.
taal
Senior Member
Well there's already a good 10 million square feet in the area.
I'd love for there to be more but personally I think Queen / King east and west, along with the waterfront (East Bayfront / West Donlands) can use the new office development much more.
arvelomcquaig
Active Member
"Vertical suburb"? How can an extremely dense, walkable neighbourhood with a lot of retail at the bottom of each building be likened to a suburb? A lack of abundant office space isn't enough to warrant such a characterization.
caltrane74
Senior Member
vertical suburb?
On one of the most expensive retail streets on earth?
This street is the Ginza of Canada, no chance of it ever becoming a suburb.
On one of the most expensive retail streets on earth?
This street is the Ginza of Canada, no chance of it ever becoming a suburb.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Hmm, 10 million sq.ft. doesnt seems like much for that area, could easily be doubled...all these proposed condo towers are OK, but in the near future lets hope to see a couple large office towers proposed for that Yonge/Bay-Bloor area
Conrad Black
Senior Member
Offices are going closer to Union Station. I wouldn't expect much up here at any point.
figaro
Banned
As to East Bayfront/West Donlands, a CBD with no subway access? I doubt any banks and large firms would want to move there.
I agree the CBD can expand east/west along King/Queen though, between Church and John for examples.
sixrings
Senior Member
I think the union station offices appeal to the western 905 crowd. However if they did build some buildings here it would appeal to alot of Torontonians who would no longer need to go south of bloor during rush hour on the ttc. Really this would make a one seat ttc ride for many torontonians so I cant see why it wouldnt be a great location. PLus you could do some yorkville shopping at lunch. Win WIn. It might also be helpful for the city since it might relieve pressure and the NEED for a DRL ASAP.... Knock down the BAY and build some offices please.
syn
Senior Member
Agreed. I find it a little bizzare.
canarob
Senior Member
Why would this only relate to the western GTA? An office building by union is very accessible to anyone on the 7 GO lines as well as the subway. As much as I like working in the Yonge/Bloor area, it will never be the superior location.