Toronto The Britt Condos | 142.03m | 41s | Lanterra | Arcadis

[Midtown Urbanist]

I'm still okay with the podium but the tower is gross.

 

[JasonParis]

I'm still okay with the podium but the tower is gross.

My thoughts too.

 

[Towered]

What a PILE.

 

[Rascacielo]

From the past weekend

 

[ProjectEnd]

Transformation of Sutton Place into The Britt nearly complete

Occupancy has begun at The Britt, a new Lanterra Developments condominium project created by the redevelopment of Toronto’s iconic Sutton Place hotel. Sutton Place was built in 1967 and was known as a prime destination for celebrities visiting Toronto for

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“We thought it would be a very good candidate for a complex building,” Mandelbaum said of IBI. “They’re very good at the kind of architecture we were looking for.”

What is that? Risible garbage?

 

[Rascacielo]

The Britt indeed. Meanwhile, the real ‘Britts’ are building condos like these in London:

 

[isaidso]

Bay Street from Dundas to Bloor has always had astonishingly ugly buildings on it..... and lots of them. Maybe in 50-60 years when they get re-developed or re-worked this street can be salvaged.

 

[TheKingEast]

Bay Street from Dundas to Bloor has always had astonishingly ugly buildings on it..... and lots of them. Maybe in 50-60 years when they get re-developed or re-worked this street can be salvaged.

Don't hold your breath.

 

[Benito]

The lobby looks good.

 

[LUVIT!]

The lobby is pretty.

 

[Amare]

It's too bad we cant say the same for the rest of this hideous monstrosity of a building.

 

[adma]

One thing I noticed about the podium: it looks like its precast was *meant* to relate to Macdonald Block and 56 Wellesley.--if only it were in a neo-modern fashion rather than a hackneyed early 00's PoMo timewarp...

 

[alklay]

A art deco-like lobby in a building with no exterior art deco stylings. What a mess.

 

[ushahid]

i wish it was the opposite, developers spent more money on the exterior and cheaped it from the inside but sadly it is not possible.

 

[TheKingEast]

i wish it was the opposite, developers spent more money on the exterior and cheaped it from the inside but sadly it is not possible.

If you look at the units, I wouldn't say they spent much money on those either. They did spend money on the common areas though which is expected.