Toronto The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

[telefann]

this is probably the first project. where Condos have turned out better than office.

edit= i mean i dont mind the office, but condos look much better.

I'm reminded of the Hullmark Centre in North York, where the office portion of the tower complex facing the Yonge + Sheppard intersection is cleanly executed but the condo portion on the other side is an over-sprandrelized trainwreck.

 

[ProjectEnd]

this is probably the first project. where Condos have turned out better than office.

edit= i mean i dont mind the office, but condos look much better.

Nope.

 

[ushahid]

^i thought you werent a big fan of the office.

 

[ProjectEnd]

I do like the office. It's nuts, however, that you can look at this cheap garbage and tell me it looks good...

Original photos from @Red Mars

 

[ushahid]

im talking about the highrises, not the lowrises.

 

[AHK]

October 4, 2021.

Looks like the structure lying horizontally on top of the roof on the left would be the Building Maintenance Unit in its resting position. Additional notes on the office tower below the photo.

The tower crane has been working very long hours for quite a while. There is often a break in the day's activities (such as today atround 2 PM) when the crane goes into it standard 'at rest' position during the early to mid afternoon timeframe - the assumption being that there is a changeover in the crane operator from the person doing the day shift, to another operator coming in on an overtime basis.

Sealing up the building so fit up of the tenant areas can proceed with finishes that require a dry environment would be a priority at this point. A major piece of work for the Tower Crane at this point would be the disassembly and removal of the external construction hoists on the west side of the building. I am presuming that the remaining work to seal up the building envelope would be done either by working from the interior (the openings on the floors for the construction hoist access) or using the building maintenance unit to reach the locations which cannot be accessed, or work that cannot be done, from inside.

From conversation with one of the contractor staff on site (one of the residential towers, not the office tower itself), it was their understanding that the project was working towards a mid-to-late October timeframe to remove the construction hoists and tower crane.

 

[G.L.17]

Taken on Saturday:

I guess you can say the crane was in "full swing"...I'll see myself out.

 

[concrete_and_light]

Cool that it can be seen from the SkyDome! I always thought it unfortunate that the buildings you can see when the roof is open previously were just some junky condos.

 

[Red Mars]

Oct 5, 2021

 

[cd concept]

I like the way the precast brick columns etc, seen in the first two photos up above . Have that aged two tone brick faded look creating that vintage illusion about it.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Couple more from Will Smith.

 

[Red Mars]

Oct 6, 2021

 

[AHK]

October 7: Installation of concourse overhead components between buildings B and C:

 

[ProjectEnd]

 

[daniel_kryz]

Not sure if this was posted before, but Claude Cormier + Associés has released renderings for the new "Wellington Cat Promenade"! They were commissioned by Diamond Corp, RioCan REIT, and Allied Properties REIT.
The cat theme was inspired by and in memory of Dizzy, a beloved local cat. Also, they came up with a neat idea that Berczy Park, which is dedicated to dogs, should be counterweighted with a park dedicated to cats. Just for fun, they put one statue of a cat in Berczy Park among all the dog statues, and here they'll put one statue of a dog among all the cat statues. The cherry on top is that they would eventually be connected by a "green axis" along Wellington Street (due to the Downtown Parks & Public Realm Plan).

https://www.claudecormier.com/en/projet/the-cats/