Toronto 540 King West | 50.66m | 15s | Allied | Hariri Pontarini

This is exciting. Hariri does great work (even better than the Pontarini half, IMHO) -- if this is anything like McKinsey or the pharmacy school building in Kitchener, we're in for a treat. Dude really knows how to use his materials. Also, this will look great next to Fashion House.
 
One can't help but imagine what if they ditched the lower 4/5ths of the building and went with a mid-rise based on the design of the undulating form of the penthouse unit. As it stands now the proposal is very contextual and all, but felt busy with too many distinctive elements (I've noticed that issue with HPA projects, notably 234 Simcoe as well, where the tallest tower had to be interrupted by elements that are completely different from the rest of the structure)

AoD
 
This morning - October 12, 2016.

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Still no application submitted for this - too bad!

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Thursday, October 13 - The ground sampling drill is now on the King Street side of 540 King West:

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Some more initial signs of potential activity around this project. Earlier this week, two hard hats were seen walking around the property. Then today, a crew of surveyors was on site, preparing an updated survey of the property on behalf of Great Gulf...
 
It's back:)

544 KING ST W
Ward 20 - Tor & E.York District

Zoning By-law Amendment to facilitate redevelopment of the site with a 12-storey mixed-use building (48.65 metres excluding mechanical penthouse) containing office, residential and retail uses with a total gross floor area of approximately 27,625 square metres. The proposed development includes 77 residential dwelling units, approximately 15,483 square metres of office space and 3,205 square metres of street-related retail uses.
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
Rezoning 18 125163 STE 20 OZ Mar 6, 2018 Under Review
http://app.toronto.ca/DevelopmentAp...4332330&isCofASearch=false&isTlabSearch=false
 
I'd like to see greater separation of it from Fashion House to the west.

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