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Construction has surpassed grade level at 1071 King West, a flatiron-shaped building on a triangular parcel at the westernmost point of Toronto's King West area. Designed by BDP Quadrangle (with Kirkor Architects and Planners as Architect of Record) for Hullmark, First Capital, and Woodbourne Canada Management Inc., the 17-storey purpose-built rental building is bounded by King Street West, Douro Street, and Metrolinx's Kitchener Rail Corridor. UrbanToronto's previous update on the project was in November, 2024, when the crane had just been installed.
In this drone image looking east in December, 2024, construction advances on the lowest of the two underground floors. Red and yellow excavators are active near the wooden lagging at the east end of the site. An assembly of wooden formwork surrounds the crane base. At the narrower, wedge-shaped west end of the site, concrete columns are visible, rebar projecting upward in anticipation of future extensions and the P1 slab. Along the southern edge abutting the rail corridor, orange tarps protect the I-beam piles and wooden lagging of the shoring system. It is along this wall where an extension of the West Toronto Rail Path will run.
Looking west in February, 2025, construction crews guide the extended red boom arm of a concrete pump into the excavated work site from its grade-level staging area. Fresh concrete is being placed for the P1 slab in the foreground, where workers rake the mix to ensure even distribution. The flatiron geometry of the site is on full display, with formwork and columns for the P1 level at the back, and decking being readied for the ground floor slab pour. A wooden access ramp descends from grade at the west end, while bundled rebar, form panels, conduit, and staging equipment are organized near the east edge.
By March, 2025, decking was in place for the ground floor slab across much of the site, including fully along the north elevation. Supportive shoring posts visible in the foreground await more decking work.
This month, construction has clearly emerged above grade, with tall concrete columns now visible from across King Street. To the left, formwork is in place near the vehicle access point and the crane. Colourful hoarding and fencing line the sidewalk.
From the elevated vantage point of the pedestrian bridge over the rail corridor, we see the formation of the ramp that will lead into the two-level underground garage along the site’s southern edge. In the foreground, a dense mesh rebar is growing while electrical and mechanical conduit snake within it. Along the north side, the first section of the ground floor slab is already curing.
When complete, the 62.2 m-tall building will deliver 298 rental units, including six affordable rental suites.
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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