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Work continues on the application of the signature glass block cladding at KING Toronto, the multi-use, primarily residential project designed by Bjarke Ingels Group and developed as a joint venture between Westbank Corp and Allied Properties REIT. UrbanToronto last provided a construction update on the project in May, 2025, with a focus on the heritage wall restoration at the complex's east end.
Late in June, 2025, a view looking northwest from the CN Tower showcases KING Toronto's undulating, 16-storey sculptural massing across its block, with two cranes still in place, one each over its two tallest peaks.
Cladding installation for the complex building has been slow, with the delivery of the specially constructed glass block and window panels arriving onsite at a measured pace. With more delivered now, crews have been steadily enclosing the terraced massing floor by floor, with the first two floors largely complete and the third now partially fitted.
Below, a panel is manoeuvred into position on the third level along the south elevation by crew members, two positioned at the slab edge and one assisting from the fourth floor above. Suspended from a hoisting system, workers guide the exterior wall section into its mounting position, aligning it with pre-installed mounting brackets embedded in the slab edge.
On KING Toronto's west elevation above the garage entry ramp, cladding has now advanced across the first three floors. Prefabricated panels wrap the projecting volumes, with aluminum-framed glazing and grilles in places, conforming to the angular slab projections. Mounting brackets and electrical rough-ins are partially visible, eventually to be hidden behind soffit cladding. Along the ground and second floors, temporary wooden sheathing covers window apertures that await glazing installation.
This month, at the site's northwest corner along King Street, cladding application has progressed to sections of the third and fourth levels.
On the south elevation, the central breezeway is a three-level opening in the massing that will allow pedestrian acress from King Street through to the building's courtyard, and south through a new park space to Wellington Street opposite The Well. A scissor lift is positioned beneath the cantilevered upper storeys to support facade installation work. Below, glazing and aluminum panelling have been installed across most ground-floor bays.
This close-up of the east courtyard entrance highlights the completed installation of cladding on several of the projecting bays. Window glazing is installed flush within the glass block framework.
Once complete, KING Toronto will reach a height of 57.6m and deliver 440 condominium units.
EDITOR's NOTE: This story has been revised to remove references to a change in orwnership of the project.
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