Toronto 55 Eglinton East | 177.7m | 50s | State Building Group | Kirkor Architects

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Another small office bldg. to bite the dust

55 EGLINTON AVE E
Ward 22 - Tor & E.York District

Proposal for a 47 storey condominum building with a retail ground floor and a total of 455 residential units with 6 levels of underground parking
Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---
Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
Rezoning 14 268618 STE 22 OZ Dec 30, 2014 Under Review

 

[taal]

Yep:
http://www.realinsite.com/index.php?page=searchengine&building_name=55+Eglinton&searchbyabldgbtn=Find+Buildings

A little excessive with the purging of office space in this node, I'm hoping the city steps up and forces the developer to re-build ... this is what happens downtown ... notice how many of the entertainment district condos have 2 or 3 stories of office space above the podium !

 

[someMidTowner]

I am in that building on a semi-regular basis, and the interior spaces are in pretty rough condition. Won't be too sad to see it go.

 

[taal]

I am in that building on a semi-regular basis, and the interior spaces are in pretty rough condition. Won't be too sad to see it go.

Right, it's old crappy space, still I'd hope it's replaced with newer modern office space.

 

[ehlow]

I am in that building on a semi-regular basis, and the interior spaces are in pretty rough condition. Won't be too sad to see it go.

I'd much rather see this building go than 1 eglinton

 

[Bayer]

It was old and decrepit when I worked there in the early 90s. No great loss, except for the office space of course.

 

[urbandreamer]

Let's hope it's by Studio JCI--their office is based out of this building. They've got a really good-looking Georgetown project: http://www.jciarchitects.com/georgetown-mixed-use-development/

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Oh crap, another one.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

So I have been keeping the OP of the Midtown Toronto thread updated. This is the 30th site in the Midtown area I have listed. Here is a map:

Yonge and Eglinton won't ever be the same. This is a heck of a lot of density coming to the area.

 

[adma]

I'd much rather see this building go than 1 eglinton

I don't mind 55 Eg. Has an interesting 50s concrete rationalism thing to it.

 

[raptor]

More info:http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-75641.pdf

 

[waterloowarrior]

More info:http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2015/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-75641.pdf

State Building Group / 47s / Kirkor

 

[innsertnamehere]

149 meters

 

[ProjectEnd]

Interesting that both State and Madison, who on Tuesday presented two incredible proposals for sites in the core, feel that the rest of the city is disposable enough to hire the worst firm in the GTA to vomit up dreck like this.

 

[greenleaf]

Is there anything else at Yonge & Eg with a density of 23.8x lot size? Also, this has no replacement office space. What a waste of time. Why does a developer even bother? Do they really think the city will rubber stamp this? Sometimes "the game" just doesn't make any sense to me.