Toronto Atrium on Bay Expansion | 114m | 34s | KingSett Capital | Hariri Pontarini

[Automation Gallery]

Whats going on with the proposed extra floors to be added on?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Hopefully nothing, given how garbage that proposed addition is.

AoD

 

[Skeezix]

Hopefully nothing, given how garbage that proposed addition is.

AoD

Not to mention that they propose to close off the atriums above from the retail concourses, IIRC - the one interesting feature of an otherwise ordinary and dull building.

 

[mikejb]

I recently heard it was not going forward.

 

[mdrame]

I recently heard it was not going forward.

It is not going forward? Yay!!!

The floor extension would have Blocked the sun at Dundas Square starting at around 8:30pm during the summer.

I hope you are right that it is not going forward

 

[Bayer]

I recently heard it was not going forward.

If this is true, could it be that the construction of the CIBC head office has something to do with it? The bank is a major Atrium tenant.

 

[maestro]

CIBC vacating Atrium on Bay has me worried they will take the opportunity to "modernize" the space and, exterior.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

CIBC vacating Atrium on Bay has me worried they will take the opportunity to "modernize" the space and, exterior.

Would be nice if BMO can pick it up post CIBC move for a nice little campus.

AoD

 

[soundmuseum]

Could this possibly the new TTC entrance/exit for Dundas station from the Atrium, or is it just a new entrance for MUJI?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Could this possibly the new TTC entrance/exit for Dundas station from the Atrium, or is it just a new entrance for MUJI?

I think so - from the Nov 2017 SPA TTC Entrance Plans:

They will be realigning those two doors, and the TTC entrance will be to their right. The stairs will connect to where the bagel shop used to sit across from the LCBO.

AoD

 

[soundmuseum]

The wooden hoarding in my picture above has been removed, and the glass window panel behind has been replaced by drywall, along with what seems to be a temporary wooden door.

 

[innsertnamehere]

I feel like that TTC entrance is a lot cheaper than what was originally proposed when this first surfaced from what I recall. It's hardly an entrance, really just a new staircase down to the concourse level of the Atrium.

 

[soundmuseum]

I feel like that TTC entrance is a lot cheaper than what was originally proposed when this first surfaced from what I recall. It's hardly an entrance, really just a new staircase down to the concourse level of the Atrium.

We'll see what ends up being built - it will probably be like the stairs to Queen Station on the northwest corner of Yonge and Queen. I think things might have been different had they been able to build a new entrance into the subway by using the building that currently houses Forever 21 at 302 Yonge. I don't think it's under H&R's ownership though.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I feel like that TTC entrance is a lot cheaper than what was originally proposed when this first surfaced from what I recall. It's hardly an entrance, really just a new staircase down to the concourse level of the Atrium.

I think so - I believe it was a lot more substantial than what's being proposed.

AoD

 

[Northern Light]

Report to TTC on new (replacement) entrance to Dundas Stn on next agenda.

The new entrance will be within Atrium on Bay.

It will result in the closure of the existing outdoor staircase and a therefore more usable sidewalk width.

http://www.ttc.ca/About_the_TTC/Com.../14_Entrance_Connection_to_Dundas_Station.pdf

Cross-posted to TTC: Other Items thread