Toronto Scotiabank North Tower at Bay Adelaide Centre | 140.2m | 32s | Brookfield | KPMB

Second (exterior) crane is now complete:

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Assembly crane heading out.
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Crew working on crane support bracing.
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New I-beams and stairs on site.
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Plenty of new steel. No pouring this week.
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I only noticed now that that crane is sitting on top of a beam. Rationally I know that's not really all that different from a tower crane being held up by a floor slab, but I'm still impressed by it
 
GTA office building spree to spur major tenant shuffle

May. 26, 2020

The third and final tower of Brookfield’s Bay Adelaide Centre, at 40 Temperance St., is scheduled for completion in early 2022. Scotiabank will be the lead tenant, with 420,000 square feet in the 32-storey, 820,000-square-foot building. It will also continue tenancy in Dream Office REIT, KingSett Capital and Alberta Investment Management Corporation’s 68-storey, two-million-square-foot Scotia Plaza and several adjacent buildings.

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GTA office building spree to spur major tenant shuffle

Toronto has 8.7 million square feet of office space under construction and 27.5 million more in the development pipeline. While the COVID-19 pandemic will undoubtedly create some fallout within the sector – a rethinking of office space usage, perhaps some
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Is there some sort of by-law keeping them from fixing that crane to the ground? Too close to the curb? Seems like an impressive feet of engineering to keep the crane a few metres above ground.
 
Contra said:
Is there some sort of by-law keeping them from fixing that crane to the ground? Too close to the curb? Seems like an impressive feet of engineering to keep the crane a few metres above ground.
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I suspect its related to the parking structure underneath and transferring the load to the bearing columns underground.
 
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