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Multiple new rental complexes are in various stages of planning and execution in Toronto's Midtown area, and KG Group's The Hampton at 89 and 101 Roehampton Avenue is one of them, having risen to its final height of 38 storeys a block north Eglinton Avenue East, midway between Yonge Street and Mount Pleasant Road.
A somewhat unique aspect of The Hampton is that it is being added onto the side of, and then being built above an existing 19-storey rental building at 101 Roehampton, as can be seen in the image above. The purchase of a single adjoining lot at 89 Roehampton with a detached house on it led to the rezoning application, a fairly typical densification of land use in the booming area, but executed in an atypical way.
The last time we checked in on the BDP Quadrangle-designed project, was in January of 2020 after the detached home had been torn down, and shoring had just begun at the site. Now, two and a half years later, the rental tower has topped out, the balconies of southwest suites in the existing building have been sealed over, cladding is four fifths of the way up the new tower, and glazing is being applied not far below that.
The new podium is clad in red brick-faced pre-cast panels, while windows that are framed in black aluminum include operable panes to let in fresh air. The tower portion is being clad with off-white pre-cast panels. Contrasted with the dark windows, where the tower juts out above the existing tower, a few floors over where it terminates, the overhang becomes a bold design gesture in the area.
While the rendering below shows the west wall of the tower with irregularly placed strips of darker panels between windows, the execution shows that a simpler, more elegant version of the exterior has been decided upon since that look was the front-runner. The new 255-unit rental tower’s design is ultimately a modern take on the rental accommodation in Toronto, incorporating the mid-century apartment tower but standing out from it.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow updates for this development, but in the meantime, you can learn more from our Database file for the project, linked below. If you'd like, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread, or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.
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| Related Companies: | BDP Quadrangle, Egis, Isotherm Engineering Ltd., Janet Rosenberg & Studio, Live Patrol Inc., Snaile Inc., U31, WND Associates Ltd |
