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A crane has now been installed on the North Block development site at QuadReal Property Group's Bayview Village Shopping Centre in North York. The crane will be used in the erection of a 21-storey residential tower designed by Giannone Petricone Associates with Turner Fleischer as Architect of Record. The tower is part of a larger redevelopment of the north surface parking areas at the Sheppard and Bayview site, and will be joined by a pair of 8-storey mid-rises to the west and a new single-storey retail shopping street component.
Drilling rigs were positioned along the north edge of the site as of this westward looking photo from March, 2025, driving soldier piles into place to start the shoring system. In the foreground, prefabricated cylindrical rebar cages are staged. Mounds of earth line the site from ongoing excavation, with the mall complex and Loblaws signage visible behind.
Looking to the southeast later that month, excavation had advanced with a fleet of heavy equipment staged across the pit floor. Tracked excavators are parked, including one arm fitted with a drill. Shoring rigs remain in place along the mall-facing edge. Behind them, the retail windows are wrapped in protective sheathing, with store signage temporarily covered.
By June, 2025, excavation had exposed the shopping centre’s foundation wall, now covered with weatherproofing. Excavation at the west end of the site is nearing full depth for the three-level underground garage. A row of tiebacks can be seen along the concrete lagging walls, inserted into the groudn behind to secure the walls. Excavators continue to remove soil down to final grade, while stockpiled earth remains on the east side, marking the sections still to be brought down to subgrade.
One month later, excavation is seen advanced to multiple levels, with paths cut into the pit to allow machinery access between grade, mid-level staging, and the current subgrade depth. Excavators are active across tiers, continuing bulk earth removal toward the three-level underground structure. Protective fencing and temporary utilities run at grade.
In August, 2025, the first crane was erected at the east end of the site, seen below early this month, to serve the forthcoming 21-storey tower build. At grade, bundles of reinforcing steel and stacked lumber are staged for use in forming the underground structure, while the waterproofed mall wall and completed shoring system frame the excavation. The crane’s installation marks the transition from excavation to substructure work, enabling vertical construction to begin in the months ahead.
With the first tower underway, attention will soon shift to the neighbouring mid-rises on the North Block, bringing retail-lined frontages and additional housing to the site. The North Block will ultimately deliver mid-rises rising 29.62m and the high-rise at 72.56m, introducing 430 condominium units and 14 affordable rental homes.
Beyond this phase, the South Block proposes twin towers of 30 and 31 storeys alongside Bayview subway station and next to a five-storey parkade, expanding the redevelopment across the Sheppard Avenue frontage.
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| Related Companies: | Bousfields, Giannone Petricone Associates, Janet Rosenberg & Studio, QuadReal Property Group, Turner Fleischer |
