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For over a year and a half, construction has been progressing steadily at 227 Gerrard Street East, where The Georgian, a 7-storey mixed-use condominium designed by RAW for Stafford, is rising at the corner of Gerrard and Seaton in Toronto’s Cabbagetown South. Formerly the site of a Beer Store, demolition began in 2023, followed by excavation and construction through 2024 until now, with the structure currently topping off.
UrbanToronto’s last coverage of the project was in March, 2017, when the mid-rise proposal sparked significant neighbourhood opposition due to its height, just north of low-rise homes. Since then, a Minor Variance approved in April, 2024 granted modest increases to the unit count, from 107 to 124, and bicycle parking, from 117 to 125.
By late November, 2023, a number of steel soldier piles were embedded into the earth near the southwest corner of the site as the initial phase of creating shoring walls was underway, needed to hold back the earth around the excavation pit for the building’s two underground levels. To the right, a rotary drilling rig is boring new caisson holes to anchor additional piles. Earth has been stockpiled in the distance in the northeast corner.
The following summer the shoring walls have tiebacks embedded at regular intervals, and the excavation pit is complete. The crane was erected in July, 2024, seen here mid-installation. The concrete crane pad has been poured at the centre of the pit, with the initial mast sections attached, while additional segments await assembly. We see rebar at the tower base, along with a tracked excavator and materials staged at the southwest corner.
A drone view from October, 2024 captures The Georgian rising on its compact site, with forming work emerging at grade. Cabbagetown South’s low-rise residential scene contrasts with the high-rise towers of Downtown visible to the southwest.
By March, 2025, construction had reached the fourth level. This view from Seaton Street highlights the exposed structural columns and floor slabs along the west and south elevations, with angled wooden formwork shaping the next pour above the third floor. A wrapped parapet section is visible along the southwest corner, while red and grey shoring posts support the freshly poured concrete while it continues to cure, while materials are staged atop the black hoarding.
As of this month, The Georgian has reached its full seven-storey count. The north elevation reveals a row of projecting balcony slabs with cast-in-place parapets along the top floor. Formwork tables and perimeter decking extend across the seventh level, supported by red steel shoring posts and temporary guardrails. To the right, the notched northwest corner adds to the articulation of the building’s stepped massing. A portion of the high roof is still to be formed and poured, with some structural steel installation to come, while some other forming remains unfinished.
Viewed from across Gerrard and Ontario streets later in the month, the rooftop slab has been poured on the east side. The tiered massing is seen in profile at the left, with step-backs at the fifth, sixth, and seventh floors. The concrete frame remains exposed as the site awaits cladding, which will feature red face brick and curtain wall glazing on the lower levels, and lighter grey brick with a window wall system above. Hoarding continues to wrap both streets, with two concrete buckets spotted along Ontario Street.
Upon completion, The Georgian will stand 27.6m tall.
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