What a total disappointment and a bait-and-switch.
I bought here preconstruction at the very start of launch as my future home but am happy that I later sold it and bought into a much nicer condo development.
The marketing and condo documents mentioned that the window walls will feature bronze-tinted glass and the sculpted faceted panels will be of perforated steel.
What is actually being constructed looks to be a very generic grey framed window wall with grey tinted glass and black spandrel panels which looks nothing like what was depicted in the marketing renderings, but we all know that marketing rendering should be taken as a grain of salt and what is shown as a sleek curtain wall is most likely to be built with crude- and busy-looking window wall. At least the glass is somewhat tinted and won't suffer from the mess of random patterns of white window coverings and residents' furnishings behind the windows after the building is occupied.
I was skeptical about the faceted perforated steel panels that frame the window bays on the tower. They seem overly complicated and expensive to produce, a nightmare to maintain (I could see lots of dirt and debris accumulating inside these panels, and not to mention that the perforated material will never be appreciated or noticed from far away, let alone from the street level. The solid faceted black steel panels make more sense though it's not as cool of a material and oil canning could be an issue. These panels don't seem to have the depth as in the rendering or model so the sculpted facets are not as pronounced and will look fairly flat depending on the light so I anticipate that this design feature will be a huge missed opportunity and the building will look nowhere as distinctive or attractive as proposed. The immediate area is becoming jammed-packed with condo towers, all of similar heights, so much of this building will be obscured and the cheapened details won't be as obvious.
I found that some of Teeple's condo buildings have run through some very bad luck:
Origami Lofts - the developer had financial issues and other difficulties during construction which lots of value engineering was done and the developer eventually went bankrupt and the building was left unfinished and in a very poor state during occupancy. The homeowners had to self-manage the building and get the building finished to an acceptable level (the issues are still ongoing as far as I know).
University Suites (Kingston) - though this development was backed by some strong investors and developers and had much of their approvals in place, this large two-building/phase development was involved in lengthy delays which were caused by another developer of a similar university-marketed condo development just down the street who appealed this project because they couldn't get their own development approved. The delays went on for so long that the developers could no longer move forward and the property was sold.
SIX25BV (Bayview Village) - though the development was almost sold out, the developer, Haven, had some difficulties and the project was eventually cancelled (buyers had their deposits returned after 3 years with no interest or compensation), the property was sold to Canderel who hired G+C to redesign the building to something much more generic and pretty boring.
M5V Condos - while not really a disaster, the execution has a lot to be desired and what was built fell short of what this building should have been. The coloured glass panels do look nice.