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Construction at Cielo Condos has now reached the third floor of the podium, rising to nearly match the height of the heritage Bloor Street United Church walls. Designed by KPMB Architects for Collecdev-Markee Developments, the 34-storey residential tower continues to take shape in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood, steps from Spadina and St George subway stations. UrbanToronto’s last update was in March, 2025, when the podium began to emerge behind the church’s stone facade.
Looking east from Madison Avenue, Cielo rises behind Tartu College, with two full floors now formed and a third underway. At the north end, to the left of the luffing-jib crane, are newly poured concrete walls, while formwork panels are in place to the right, with red fencing lining the third-floor slab. A single-storey podium volume projects northward.
Stepping closer for a northeastern view into the site, structural steel installation is well underway for the north end of the podium, where steel beams and columns are now framing a multi-storey volume that will extend from the walls of the George C. Pidgeon House. Bundled beams and rebar are staged nearby, alongside red and blue scissor lifts to the left. At the rear, the gutted Pidgeon House’s interiors remain enveloped in white weatherproofing, with the exterior supported by a scaffold system.
Peering into the west side of the podium, the future retail frontage on Bloor Street is beginning to take shape. A cylindrical cast-in-place concrete column anchors the space, surrounded by shoring posts. To the right, the mast of the tower crane rises beside stacked materials and formwork, while the outline of the podium’s ground-floor slab wraps around the church walls.
Looking northeast from Bloor, we see the church masonry on the left, framed by caution tape and temporary barriers. ERA Architects is guiding preservation of the heritage elements. To the left, concrete walls for the podium rise to the second level. At ground level north of the church wall, bracing posts support what appears to be temporary sheathing. Pallets of materials, bundled rebar, and site tools are staged in the narrow gap between old and new.
Most recently, looking southeast from across Madison Avenue, formwork and concrete walls define the western edge of the third floor, with a concrete column standing left of the crane. A mobile crane is stationed at grade alongside other construction vehicles, while materials are staged behind the fencing. In the foreground, scaffolding and white protective tarp cover the Victorian buildings at the northwest corner, preserving their façades during adjacent work. To the north of the retail area, the McClure Hall shared community space forms part of a through-block connection that will lead to a POPS (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space) functioning as a north garden.
Cielo Condos is approved to rise to a height of 130.35m and house 349 residential suites.
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