Toronto The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

[Contra]

I'd prefer something now quite as large as the full building light shows haha

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Hopefully when built - this one isn't sinking like that one ^^^^^^^

 

[Contra]

Hopefully when built - this one isn't sinking like that one ^^^^^^^

Salesforce isn't sinking, it's Millennium Tower next door. And I think that's been sorted out now too.

 

[cd concept]

If anything this building needed to be more higher not lower in height. it looks basically the same height as the other 5 highest condo buildings around it. we need more height diversity in this section.

 

[al-z]

I would have to agree. The skyline will look a bit like a table top. It would really stand out in the skyline if the roof height would be 275m to 300m. Maybe go for higher floor to ceiling height to offer something different to prospective tenants. But again, Wishful thinking.

 

[Automation Gallery]

If anything this building needed to be more higher not lower in height. it looks basically the same height as the other 5 highest condo buildings around it. we need more height diversity in this section.

So why is it the same height as pretty well everything around, is it the city that demands that it gets chopped?
... the original 1st version was 20-25 meters from being a supertall, now its come down to this

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

How long have you been on this forum now?

Surely you have picked up how the planning process works in the city.

 

[Lenser]

My best guess is... nope.

 

[Koops65]

I would have to agree. The skyline will look a bit like a table top. It would really stand out in the skyline if the roof height would be 275m to 300m. Maybe go for higher floor to ceiling height to offer something different to prospective tenants. But again, Wishful thinking.

Not true IMO...

 

[cd concept]

Thanks Koops for this illustration ! It would have been nice to see at least one office tower with a rooftop of 300 meters rise in this extended part of this financial district area. It clearly shows that condo heights rules the waterfront area !

 

[travis3000]

The HUB is now 846ft in height, the nearby condo towers are:

ICE 1= 664ft
ICE 2= 768ft
Harbour Plaza 1= 748ft
Harbour Plaza 2= 776ft
Ten York= 734ft
CIBC Square 1= 780ft
CIBC Square 2= 790ft

So to be fair, the HUB is still 56ft+ taller than the highest tower nearby. In a perfect world another 50ft would have been perfect but what can you do.

 

[Automation Gallery]

My best guess is... nope.

Of course not

 

[Mercenary]

The city planners are obsessed with preserving the postcard view of downtown Toronto from the lake and as such reduce the height of any building which alters that view.

Quite frankly, that postcard view has become stale and boring and it's time to update it. Our only hope is when some of these old fossils in city planning committee retire and get replaced by younger people and then we will see taller buildings get approved.

 

[innsertnamehere]

The city planners are obsessed with preserving the postcard view of downtown Toronto from the lake and as such reduce the height of any building which alters that view.

Quite frankly, that postcard view has become stale and boring and it's time to update it. Our only hope is when some of these old fossils in city planning committee retire and get replaced by younger people and then we will see taller buildings get approved.

As always, this is not the city's fault. Oxford has city approval for the previous taller building, they are simply choosing to build something shorter.

 

[smably]

Still amazed that there are members of this forum who sincerely believe the only thing standing between us and and a downtown full of supertalls is the city's planning department. ?