Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

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khaldoon said:
Not really if you consider that the core contains not only the elevators but all staircases, the plumbing, washrooms, kitchens, electrical rooms. I have worked in a couple of office towers downtown (concrete) and the ‘core’ is about 50% of the floor areas.
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It may not look it, but most office cores are around 15% - 20% of the total floor area.

On a taller building, the range is greater, from about 25% of the floor area at low level due to the elevators passing through, to again about 15% or maybe slightly less at the higher levels. Eyeballing it, that's about where this one seems to sit. You can reduce this if you allow, say, a sky-lobby to transfer elevators halfway up a tower, but for much less than 300m, the extra space gained is rarely judged worth the reduction in the speed of getting to the highest 'premium' levels'.
 
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Off topic, Just curious to know what it is they have been do g there in the foreground at union station side entrance there. It’s been like that for years. What an eye soar and head ache that area is and has been for some time.
 
ptbotmpfn said:
Off topic, Just curious to know what it is they have been do g there in the foreground at union station side entrance there. It’s been like that for years. What an eye soar and head ache that area is and has been for some time.
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Go and read the Union Station thread for info on that.

Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

February 28, 2019 Toronto Fire Services lays Ontario Fire Code Violation charges Charges for a violation of the Ontario Fire Code have been laid against the City of Toronto and Bondfield Construction Company Limited. On or about December 17, 2018, three of four exit doors were blocked in a...
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First March to Spring

Westside Story: The crane lift and core lift are complete for this week

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A set of plastic tarps have begun to be attached to the first completed level of steel beams and metal decking, they have enclosed about half of this floor. These are heavy duty tarps, not just flimsy plastic that has been used in the past. Also of note, an additional floor of steel post and beams are in the process of being added

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Eastside Story: General shot of the work being completed on the bus depot

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A closer look towards the west and midsection of level 03 forming shows some interesting steel assembly with angled sections pointing towards the core and towards the east. The angled sections match up with similar angled sections point down from the steel posts and beams of the main building, towards this new assembly on level 03. It looks like this will be a truss of some sort extending from the main steel structure of the core and extending out towards 18 Yonge Street

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And a closer look towards the east you may notice more work has been completed on the two ramps that will service the bus depot

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The core will top out in July according to internal docs with Substantial completion in May 2020... although those still say December 2018 for glass.
 
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