Toronto 625 Church | 184m | 56s | Manulife Real Estate | RAW Design

[urbandreamer]

There's a condo tower proposed for 625 Church Street, as mentioned by me 6 March 2012 here:

http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/18584-Future-Downtown-Projects

http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2012.TE13.96

The developer is active in the area, so I would expect 40s+ here. Given market conditions though, it's possibly not moving forward for some time.

 

[WiddleBittyKitty]

(I should add: I know who the architect is (or was)--just left it out for now.)

No, you shouldn't add that. It just makes you look desperate for attention.

 

[urbandreamer]

Ha! Well the architect has been used by GG before. So it's not a G+C monster.

 

[someMidTowner]

If you know, why wouldn't you just tell us instead of making us play guessing games. It really is ridiculous

 

[khris]

He is ridiculous. Use the ignore feature.

 

[urbandreamer]

Quadrangle.

Cheers.

 

[taal]

Isn't this a historic building ?? One would think ! What is it used for today ?

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=625+Church+Street,+Toronto,+ON&hl=en&ll=43.669895,-79.382667&spn=0.001216,0.00284&sll=43.656877,-79.32085&sspn=0.6468,1.454315&oq=625+Chur&hnear=625+Church+St,+Toronto,+Ontario+M4Y+2G1&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.669895,-79.382667&panoid=EzxcfINiEVN6jNE-ysQnjw&cbp=12,89.17,,0,-18.78

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Grade C office building (~85K square foot), over 90% leased ... not sure what or if there is a main tenant.

I can't imagine this building could be demolished !

 

[greenleaf]

Isn't this a historic building ?? One would think ! What is it used for today ?

http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=625+Church+Street,+Toronto,+ON&hl=en&ll=43.669895,-79.382667&spn=0.001216,0.00284&sll=43.656877,-79.32085&sspn=0.6468,1.454315&oq=625+Chur&hnear=625+Church+St,+Toronto,+Ontario+M4Y+2G1&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=43.669895,-79.382667&panoid=EzxcfINiEVN6jNE-ysQnjw&cbp=12,89.17,,0,-18.78

edit:

Grade C office building (~85K square foot), over 90% leased ... not sure what or if there is a main tenant.

I can't imagine this building could be demolished !

I recall Clr Wong-Tam adding a motion to a city council meeting to designate this as a heritage building. I'm not sure where it ended up. See: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2012/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-45225.pdf

 

[canarob]

Tenants include the Metro (newspaper) offices, ACTRA and the provincial government.

I wonder if the project would be on the surface parking lot behind the office building? It's not huge, but you could cram something in there.

 

[Jonny5]

Grade C office building (~85K square foot), over 90% leased ... not sure what or if there is a main tenant.

The City leases the entire 5th floor per this document.

 

[taal]

The City leases the entire 5th floor per this document.

Thanks for both replies regarding the tenants ! It's always interesting to know.

I really can't imagine the city letting this one go (well I can ... but it would be a loss in my books).

 

[adma]

I don't think it's been listed/designated. And y'know, back in the day, these post-WWII Insurance Alley hulks were deemed pretty stodgy and constipated by the Modernist tastemakers--so keep that in mind if you're wondering why bla bla bla. (Today is different, of course.)

All the more so for Traders being "sidestreet" rather than fronting on Bloor proper.

 

[urbandreamer]

Manulife ... rentals or a new office tower?

 

[interchange42]

It's not that simple: they're planning a bit of a twist here.

42

 

[jje1000]

It's a decent building- would look quite good if it was retained as a podium and the ground floor opened up for additional retail frontage.