Toronto Union Centre | 298m | 54s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group
No, this was already answered by @Undead on page 57: Amazon has designs on 11 Bay,Cool. If it's not The Hub, that pretty much means it's CC3.
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kthing
New Member
We'll be keeping some of that real estate, they just won't be the an "office" where you're going in, sitting at a desk, working, etc. They'll instead be re-purposed for other uses.
Northern Light
Superstar
As per the norm on this subject, pending what officialdom has to say...............
I will stick this link here again...........
How to scope out the scoops (A guide on how to know what's in the development pipeline)
So..... Over at the Union Centre thread for Toronto............. @ProjectEnd and I have been having too much fun. LOL At the risk there will be more people who know more things and post them first here at UT........... I'm going to provide a manual for those who want to be more 'in the know'...
I will note, casually, that Amazon's largest landlord in Vancouver is the mover behind 11 Bay, and CC3.
That's just something to note in passing.
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Undead
Senior Member
What are the other uses? Curious.
I don't want to drag this out in this thread any longer as this is the wrong thread… suffice it to say that it's 11 Bay that Amazon is planning on. Sorry to say but it doesn't matter which one you think it is, it matters which one they are interested in.
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daptive
Active Member
Generally speaking, do lead tenants have any power in moving projects along or do they have minimal power in that regard?
Northern Light
Superstar
Power with whom?
With government..........maybe, if you represent enough new jobs/added-value to the local economy then a Mayor can lean on planning a bit.
With the developer/proponent? Lots.
Leases have terms, tenants need space by a certain time. There can be some flexibility (you have to allow for construction and other delays) but if a tenant needs space by (just to pick a date) January 2025, the terms of any lease
will state that, and there could be serious financial penalties for not meeting that date; as well as an 'out clause' in a contract.
Northern Light
Superstar
The settlement offer on this one has been revised and.it's back at Council on Oct 1st, 2021, this time with an extra 500k in S. 37 benefits.
Report here: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-171100.pdf
Here's what's new:
Report here: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-171100.pdf
Here's what's new:
innsertnamehere
Superstar
300 metres? what's the intent of that? Are we getting another height increase here?
ushahid
Senior Member
another 299m building?
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Yup..
New plans here:
Now 298 metres, 57 floors. Wonder why - they must have a tenant who wants more space or something.
I believe this would make this the tallest office building in the city.
Also, does the city have some reason they don't want downtown office buildings to be more than 300m? At first I thought CC3 was just because of shadowing, but here we have another office block just straddling the limit..
New plans here:
Now 298 metres, 57 floors. Wonder why - they must have a tenant who wants more space or something.
I believe this would make this the tallest office building in the city.
Also, does the city have some reason they don't want downtown office buildings to be more than 300m? At first I thought CC3 was just because of shadowing, but here we have another office block just straddling the limit..
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I've adjusted the height to 298 metres, but the floor count stays the same; the highest public floor is the 54th.
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smably
Senior Member
I'm concerned that this design has undergone some blandification. June 2020 plans on the left, most recent plans on the right:
The vertical lines are gone. Now it's a generic glassy box with a stepped crown?
The vertical lines are gone. Now it's a generic glassy box with a stepped crown?