Toronto Pinnacle Lakeside (Phase 1) | 174.86m | 54s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

Interesting plans, I had thought from many years ago discussions that Lower Sherbourne was to be 'straighened' so it lined up better across Queen's Quay East. Of course it is hard to see as these plans only go south to "New Street" but it looks as though Lower Sherbourne will remain narrowed at the north side of Queen's Quay and thus, presumably remain one-way south???

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From the 2017 Functional Road plan this widening May be happening but ......

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It will remain as such until the block to the south redevelops, I believe. Ultimately Pinnacle can only build the road on the part of it that they own. 180 Queens Quay needs to be the one to provide the dedication to actually widen Sherbourne:

180 Queens Quay East | 75.5m | 22s | Rom-Grand Waterfront Ltd | a—A

From the Development Applications page from the city's website, there is a document with some conceptual statistics. Looks like a midrise development is slated to go here, with three masses at 16, 11, and 20 storeys respectively. architectsAlliance could very well have been retained to just...
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ksarkovski said:
Is this really the case? I haven’t passed by in a while but given the history, not sure if I should get my hopes up..
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Someone is paying for a large excavation so construction will happen but I would not call 'excavation' "construction" myself. People around here tend to be over exuberant!
 
SamyChong said:
Thank you so much fir this incredible post. We appreciate your picture as it speaks more than a thousand words lol.
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Agreed! We appreciate the pictures for sure. Thanks for posting!
Although it’s the same few equipment for months now moving dirt around so not sure how much of construction this really is.
 
ksarkovski said:
Agreed! We appreciate the pictures for sure. Thanks for posting!
Although it’s the same few equipment for months now moving dirt around so not sure how much of construction this really is.
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Of course it's the same machines that are digging for the foundation, the dirt has to be taken out for foundations to start.
 
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