Designed by New York-based Weiss/Manfredi Architects and Toronto-based Teeple Architects, the first phase of University of Toronto's Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre continues under construction and is now seeing lots of glazing installation, now reaching nearly halfway up the building's north and west-facing facades. 

Located on the north side of College Street east of Queen's Park Crescent, the western half / first phase of the complex is close to topping out at 12 storeys plus the mechanical penthouse. For a few months now, its white precast cladding has been going up on its canted, somewhat pyramidal exterior. The cladding work is still underway, currently just six floors from reaching the top level. 

Southeast view of the glazing and cladding work, image by UT Forum contributor AlbertC

East facing view of the building, image by UT Forum contributor AlbertC

And as cladding work continues... more is on the way, as seen in this image below of a specially outfitted 18-wheeler transporting some sections of the standout cladding down Bay Street, to the site.

Pieces of cladding on their way to the site, image by UT Forum contributor Benito

Once the first phase of the building (the smaller half in the image below) has been completed, it will be occupied by some of the firms now located where the second half will be built. The adjacent 1930-built Banting Institute building currently remains in use to the east, home to about 50 startups linked to U of T research. It is scheduled to be demolished as the startups are able to move into the first phase building, and it will make way for the taller, larger second phase – a 20-storey, 500,000 ft² tower, home to laboratories and research space for regenerative medicine, genetics, and precision medicine.

Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre, image via submission to City of Toronto

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