Toronto KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

[CWLLer]

Once Sir Elton John is here for the TIFF, he will change the name of the song to I'm Standing Still....lol.

 

[AHK]

September 10 - Cladding components arriving at the King Toronto site. Not the actual block panel themselves - they are due to start arriving in a couple of weeks or so - but mounting assemblies part of the overall cladding system. Today's components are from the same supplier as the overall cladding system according to on-site personnel.

Timeframe is consistent with what I had heard in early August from a contact within Allied - cladding to start arriving in the latter part of September / early October.

 

[karledice]

September 10 - Cladding components arriving at the King Toronto site. Not the actual block panel themselves - they are due to start arriving in a couple of weeks or so - but mounting assemblies part of the overall cladding system. Today's components are from the same supplier as the overall cladding system according to on-site personnel.

Timeframe is consistent with what I had heard in early August from a contact within Allied - cladding to start arriving in the latter part of September / early October.

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Great insights on cladding ETA
Let's see

 

[jackattack]

source

Additional (from Sept 12 - )

 

[karledice]

This stretch of King and Wellington is really beautiful architecturally
Modern designs with brick heritage

 

[officedweller]

Side note: Westbank sold another Vancouver rental tower for about $120M -

The Lauren, Developed By Westbank And Peterson, Sold To Starlight

The Lauren is a 22-storey rental tower located at 1051 Broughton Street in the West End of Vancouver and was completed by Westbank and Peterson in 2014.

storeys.com

 

[AHK]

September 13. A lot of activity at King Toronto over the past few days. Multiple truck loads of either component pieces of the cladding system, temporarily staged ground level to the west of the centre gate access, or shipments of Kone elevator equipment. Photos of some of these shipments, followed by general views of the King Toronto building.

Cladding system mounting components:

Cladding components staging area:

Kone Elevator Equipment:

General King Building Views:

 

[unrealestate]

i am once again begging for them to show us dat glass

 

[karledice]

Apparently it's coming "next month"
It's been "next month" since their Dec 23 newsletter

 

[artemperederii]

What is so special about this cladding? I read someone here said that only one company can deliver it

 

[unrealestate]

What is so special about this cladding? I read someone here said that only one company can deliver it

glass blocks akin to those that were popular in the 80's. should be a pretty unique aesthetic

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

It's becoming the boy who cried "Glass!"... /sigh

 

[AHK]

i am once again begging for them to show us dat glass

September 25 - See dat glass. Ground level west wall beside the driveway ramp to the garage.

Formwork complete except for the East Mountain, which is still rising.

 

[daptive]

Yes! Finally some movement!

Also my eyes might be deceiving me but these three new panels look like a different colour than the original three test panels in the back.

 

[Red Mars]

Sept 26, 2024