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Pinnacle International is seeking a minor variance for the third phase of Pinnacle One Yonge, a five-tower master plan designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects. The northernmost tower in the complex, and already among Canada’s tallest approved buildings, would jump from 92 to 95 storeys if approved, raising its total height from 309.2m to 320.35m, further above the supertall threshold of 300 metres.
The building follows the now-complete 65-storey Prestige Tower to the south, and the 106-storey SkyTower to the west, which is under construction and recently reached 85 storeys. The 26,996m² site forms the western gateway to the Lower Yonge Precinct at the foot of Yonge Street, just steps from Toronto Harbour.
The Pinnacle One Yonge master plan was first approved by the Ontario Municipal Board in 2017 and brought into force by the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (now Ontario Land Tribunal) in 2019. Subsequent amendments in 2023 refined the plans for Phases 2 through 5, while a prior minor variance was approved earlier in 2025 for Phase 2. Under the current framework, the site permits a total of 2,875 residential units, a new City-owned recreation centre, and affordable housing.
Bousfields has submitted the Minor Variance application to the City of Toronto on behalf of the developer, seeking to increase the permitted height from 289m to 306.4m (measured to the top of occupied floors), and from 309.2m to 320.35m when including mechanical and architectural projections. The storey count would rise from 92 to 95, achieved by inserting two additional residential floors, while changes to the lowest level of the tower’s 13-metre-tall mechanical penthouse, would make parts of it accessible, making it the 95th floor. It would now include 350m² of indoor amenity space plus two 177m² mezzanine levels for penthouse suites from the level below. Despite these changes, the building’s massing, setbacks, podium form, and tower-area ratio remain fully consistent with the existing zoning permissions.
The two new residential floors would accommodate 19 additional residential units, bringing the total unit count in the tower from 995 to 1,014. At the same time, floor-to-floor heights on the uppermost residential levels would be increased from 2.95m to 3.25m, allowing 10-foot ceiling heights in premium units. These revisions respond to market demand without exceeding the maximum 2,875-unit cap permitted across the three towers.
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