Jarvis Street, on the east side of Downtown Toronto, has been losing its once plentiful stock of hotels with the Hilton Garden Inn and the Primrose two recent casualties, and as demolition gets going on the former Grand Hotel just south of Dundas, the area is actually getting set for its first new hotel in years, just steps south of where the Grand's demise is now unfolding. At the northeast corner of Jarvis and Shuter streets, construction is progressing through the early stages for the Hyatt Place and The 203 Residences on Jarvis complex from Manga Hotels.

Facing east to crane installation at Hyatt Place / The 203 Residences on Jarvis, image by Forum contributor ShonTron

The new mixed-use development, designed by IBI Group, will rise 32 storeys with a 240 suite Hyatt Place in the lower two fifths, while 179 new residential rental units will be built in the upper three fifths of the building. Construction kicked off in November, 2018, with the start of drilling for the site's shoring system. Excavation of the building’s 4 and a half underground levels followed, with the dig having bottomed out this past month. The most recent milestone came when a tower crane was installed on Septemer 12th using a mobile hydraulic crane, operating from street level south of the site. A closure of Shuter Street was required to execute the delicate operation.

Facing east to crane installation at Hyatt Place / The 203 Residences on Jarvis, image by Forum contributor ShonTron

The crane assembly was captured from a nearby high-rise by UrbanToronto Forum contributor evolutionTO, who condensed the hours-long task into a compact >3-minute video.

Forming of the site's underground levels is expected to last several months before the building's ground floor emerges. Above the hotel levels, a double-level amenities section will be sport V-columns transferring the load from the apartment floors above, those levels to be defined by a randomized pattern of projecting balconies. The tower, with copper-coloured accents here and there across its elevations, will rise to an eventual height of 108 metres/354 feet.

Looking north to Hyatt Place / The 203 Residences on Jarvis, image via submission to City of Toronto

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