Architect: Foster + Partners, Core Architects
  
Address: 1 Bloor St W, Toronto
Category: Residential (Hotel, Condo), Commercial (Retail)
Status: ConstructionCrane(s): 1
Height: 1,013 ft / 308.60 mStoreys: 85 storeys
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Toronto The One | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

That was a reference to the outside elevator, which was at 71, but they were doing concrete work on the mechanical levels, which are 77 & 78.
We can kinda math this one out. It is currently slightly taller than Number One Bloor, which is around 260 M. We can use that as reference. I say it give or take has 10 meters to 15 meters on One Bloor, so the gap should be around 38 meters.

The One's Final height is 308 meters. There will be 85 floors, and I counted 3 mechanical floors, and they look to be 2 floors worth of height each give or take, prolly a bit more. So i will set my total floor counts at 93 to include the mechanical levels and maybe the crown. That's 3.31 Meters average. If we are at the mechanical floors, then we assume that we are at 77 floors. then we have 7 floors + mechanical floors (assume 2 floors) and Crown (assume 1 floor). So 10 floors, which net us at around 33 meters.

Pretty close, so we prolly are as @UpwithOlives said, at 77 (or 76) floors, and have about 7 floors, plus mechanical level and the crown to complete.

Just watch, in two posts, someone will come in with the real floor numbers and my napkin math will be proved completely wrong and I will go hide in a hole.
 
Part 2 of 2 taken on January 11, 2025:

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Yonge Side:

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Let's play a game:

One of the photos has been retouched using the Clean Up tool in the iOS Photos app courtesy of Apple Intelligence. Spot which photo and where in that photo has this tool been applied.
 
I don’t know Apple’s retail strategies, but seeing as they pretty much built it for them. I could almost see Apple taking a second glance at it upon completion. I guess the thing I didn’t get is- what was Apple losing? It’s not as if they had money in the deal right? Building reputation? Shouldn’t matter. Scheduling? It’s not like they built elsewhere since backing out. So unless they’re still fussy about seamless glass or whatever- maybe they take the space when it’s done?

Nonetheless. Glass walls. Dead wide sidewalks. Feels like a big disappointment for such an important intersection.
 
Given that Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2, I am still hoping Nintendo would use this retail space for a Nintendo Toronto location.


Nintendo Toronto would be similar to that of Nintendo New York. I visited the latter back in 2016.

 

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