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The 60-acre Crosstown Community redevelopment has continued to transform the former IBM/Celestica campus at Don Mills Road and Eglinton Avenue since UrbanToronto’s last update in November, 2024. The masterplan layers high-rise towers, mid-rise blocks, townhomes, offices, retail, and community amenities, anchored by the upcoming Don Valley station on Eglinton Line 5 and future Ontario Line 3 interchange.
Looking northeast across the Crosstown Community site at the start of this year, the three high-rise towers of One Crosstown I, II, III are seen at left, their upper floors still showing exposed slab edges and bare concrete mechanical penthouses above partially enclosed facades. In the centre-right, the Generations rental tower had reached into its upper storeys, where light cladding rises more than halfway up. To the far right, the completed Crosstown Place office building stands with its unitized curtain wall and projecting diamond motifs fully in place. Between these major elements, large portions of the site remain unbuilt.
In June, 2025, we get a closer-up drone shot of the 32-, 34- and 39-storey high-rise towers of One Crosstown, designed by Core Architects for Aspen Ridge Homes. The towers stand fully enclosed with dark window wall and glazing articulated by staggered bays and recessed balcony sections. The cranes have been removed from the towers, though the concrete mechanical penthouses of two of them remain exposed and unfinished on their west elevation.
The following month, The Crest, a mid-rise just to the north of the first three towers, is shown in its near-finished form, its curving mid-rise volume stepping back above the sixth floor to create a terraced profile that mediates between the podium and the three towers rising behind. The facade is defined by alternating white frames establishing a rhythmic grid that accentuates the horizontal lines of each step-back that introduce balcony terraces. Atop the structure, the black-clad mechanical penthouse provides a contrasting cap.
This month, we look north to the completed Crosstown Place in the foreground, designed by Core Architects for Metrus Properties, with its nine-storey unitized curtain wall punctuated by angular diamond-shaped projectiing glazing. Copper-toned cladding frames the entrance canopy, while new hardscaping, planters, and lighting elements define the public realm at grade. In the distance to the left is the 27-storey Generations rental tower, designed by architects—Alliance for Aspen Ridge Homes and Larco Investments. It has structurally topped out, with the south elevation still hosting a construction hoist.
Looking southeast, work continues across the podium and tower facades. The tower is now enclosed with dark glazing and light precast panels, utilizing reconstructed limestone panels as a nod to the site’s IBM heritage. The base’s projecting volume shows sections of tan insulation and blue weatherproofing on the west elevation, where additional final cladding is to be installed. A boom lift reaches up to the fourth floor. At grade, the curtain wall is largely in place, with wooden panels marking areas still awaiting installation.
Meanwhile, site preparation is underway for the future Townhomes at Crosstown on Block 8, designed by VA3 Design for Aspen Ridge Homes. Excavation equipment is visible to the right of a newly cut trench running across the centre of the plot.
Beyond the now active townhouse site, several other components of the master plan remain in the pipeline. To the north, Lily (Block 9) is planned as an 8- and 9-storey condominium building designed by Core Architects for Aspen Ridge Homes, along Moriyama Drive. At the eastern edge of the community, Block 6C is set to bring a 39-storey residential tower designed by Core Architects for Aspen Ridge Homes, recently advanced through Site Plan submission in July, 2025. Meanwhile, at the northeast corner of the site, the Don Mills Community Recreation Centre, designed by MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects, is slated as a new City-run facility. Its Site Plan application was submitted in August, 2025.
Upon full build-out, the development will feature buildings ranging from 11.52m to 135.02m in height, delivering 4,921 residential units.
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