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Rising in Toronto's vibrant St Lawrence neighbourhood, The Whitfield's podium has firmly established its presence at the northeast corner of Front Street East and Sherbourne Street. This 39-storey mixed-use development, designed by Giannone Petricone Associates for Menkes Developments and Core Development Group, has grown since UrbanToronto’s last update when the project had recently emerged above grade. The nine storeys of the podium are now complete, with forming efforts shifting towards the high-rise portion.
In an early May view from looking northeast from the corner of Front Street East and Sherbourne Street, we see the emerging podium. With seven storeys standing as formwork continues on the eighth, a thicker slab is evident above the second storey. To the left at grade a green steel scaffold is in place to hold up the wall of the heritage Whitfield Building, for which the project is named. Once supported by the new concrete behind it, the scaffold can come down. The facade will serve as an entryway to future retail space. Along Front Street, the heritage facade of the Pearlman and Goldberg Building is also being preserved, poised to become the main residential entrance.
Viewed from above, the concrete boom pump, extends from its blue mast in the middle of freshly placed concrete, its red arm curving to the southeast where crews are guiding the next part of the concrete pour. The areas covered in a mat of rebar and conduits will receive the fresh concrete next.
In this aerial view looking south, we see the U-shaped Time and Space Condos behind The Whitfield, with its recitlinear design contrasting the curvature of the podium. Centred in the image are the tower crane and boom pump. To the left and right of the pump, the most recent concrete slab pour has now cured and is white, and concrete walls stand, waiting for formwork to be placed between them with which to start working no the next floor up.
As of mid-June, the podium's nine storeys were formed, and work is now transitioning to the next two levels — smaller floor plates where amenity spaces will be concentrated — as per the renderings. This will be followed by the standard floor plates of the residential tower, set to contrast the podium with vertical brick fins.
With an anticipated completion set for December, 2025, The Whitfield is rising to a final height of 130m, housing 484 residential units.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on this development, but in the meantime, you can learn more about it from our Database file, 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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