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SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge continues its ascent toward a record-breaking peak in Downtown Toronto. Designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for Pinnacle International, the tower will become Canada’s tallest building once complete. UrbanToronto last provided a construction update in February, 2025. The following month, a Minor Variance application was filed, increasing its storey count from 105 to 106 and its final height from 345.5m to 351.85m.
In this view, looking south from late April, 2025, SkyTower rises to approximately 71 storeys, taller than the completed 65-storey Prestige tower to its west. Curtain wall glazing has now reached the 54th floor at the northeast and northwest corners. Balcony glazing on the central north elevation has advanced to the 52nd floor. The east-side construction hoist’s mast extends to the 59th floor. Above, the crane is captured mid-operation, hoisting materials.
This north-facing view from earlier this month captures the south elevation, with curtain wall glazing now installed up to the 56th level. Behind the crane, which is attached to the building's west side, we see CIBC SQUARE's North Tower also under construction.
This close-up looking southeast highlights a continuous strip of insulation panels marking the preparation for the next white horizontal accent band, mirroring those previously installed at the 30th and 31st levels. To the right and left, balcony areas can be made out where the glazing is installed back from the slab edges.
Two days later, this view from Yonge Street shows SkyTower at approximately 72 storeys, and the newly installed horizontal accent cladding is visible atop the glazing on both the southwest and southeast elevations, the first of two projecting bands above the 56th and 57th floors.
Taken today, we look west to construction progressing to the 73rd floor. The exterior hoist’s mast now extends to within a few levels the current top. Far below, a long-boom mobile crane is engaged with the installation of the vertical white fin elements, which angle inward above the tower's larger lower floors to articulate the building’s sculpted corners.
This detailed close-up captures the installation sequence at the northeast corner, where construction crews are aligning a support assembly for one of the tower’s vertical accent strips. A worker on a lower slab guides the prefabricated metal component into position, while another, visible through an open glazing panel above, assists from inside. The panel, suspended by a crane hoist, is being fitted against a steel connection plate at the slab edge, where it will be welded and secured before the curved white cladding piece is fastened overtop. Beneath it is a previously installed flat base panel, forming part of the layered assembly.
As the tower pushes further into supertall territory, UrbanToronto is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday, May 13 at 1 PM, with Hariri Pontarini Architects’ Jodi Buck and Nadine El-Gazzar, who will discuss the design challenges and innovations behind this project. Architects working on One Bloor West and Forma will also be joining us for the event! You can register for it here.
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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