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SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge has officially become the first building in Canada to reach 100 storeys, a milestone marked on Friday with a construction tour that UrbanToronto attended as part of the celebration. Rising within the 4.4-million ft² mixed-use Pinnacle One Yonge community at the foot of Yonge Street, the 106-storey tower is designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for Pinnacle International. The tower surpassed 300m to reach 'supertall' status earlier this month.
A north-facing drone view captures SkyTower pushing past the 100-storey mark, now standing roughly 311.35m and overtaking One Bloor West (also visible below, piercing the horizon, in the centre, back). Curtainwall installation has climbed to about the 79th floor, with balcony glazing visible one level below. The construction hoist, recently extended to the floors in the mid-80s, remains fixed to the tower’s east face.
At grade, the tour began with the construction hoist that took attendees to the 84th floor. In behind, crew members are working on a boom lift under the steel-frame canopy that spans between the podium volumes. In front, we see debris bins and bundled components on a flatbed waiting for distribution up the tower.
After climbing concrete stairs to the 100th floor, and then temporary steel stairs to the top of the elevator core form, (roughly the 101st floor), we see the construction deck above the floor in progress. Prefabricated rebar cages are staged along the timber decking. The red concrete boom pump arcs overhead. Surrounding the platform, temporary fencing and work staging enclose materials and protect crews.
Looking south from the top of the elevator core form, the tower’s twelve-sided geometry becomes clearer in the curvature of the perimeter formwork, where red safety screens trace the chamfered edges. The slab below is being prepared for the next concrete pour, with rebar and conduit is laid across temporary plywood decking. More rebar extends upwards where columns and walls will be formed to take the building several more storeys higher.
A westward view captures the slab pour underway as the concrete boom pump feeds fresh concrete directly onto the rebar mat for the next floor-plate. Crews guide the hose across the surface to place the mix.
Crews on the uppermost working deck guide a crane-hoisted concrete bucket into position, coordinating through hand signals as the rigging assembly swings above the forming tables. Below, we see the recently poured concrete just beginning to cure.
From the north end of the upper deck, the forming system for SkyTower’s post-tensioned shear walls is visible, with red steel beams and brackets tying the wall forms into the freshly poured slab. Vertical rebar cages rise at each wall line, waiting for the next lift of concrete that will continue the tower’s high-density, wind-resistant core. In the centre of the image, a crew member guides a power trowel across freshly placed concrete, smoothing out the mix for an even surface as the concrete firms up during the curing process.
As crew members worked a floor below, Pinnacle International team members from across Canada gathered to celebrate the 100th storey milestone, the first time any building in the country has claimed triple digits.
In the gold helmet, below, Michael De Cotiis, President and CEO of Vancouver-based Pinnacle International, led the celebrations of the accomplishment.
Over the remaining levels of the building, there are five more residential floors to form, including the 105th level penthouse, a whole-floor unit which is now on the market for $30 million. Above it, Pinnacle has just announced a 106th floor destination restaurant, with no further details yet, other than it will one of the highest dining experiences in the country along with 360 in the CN Tower. The restaurant will sit just below the mechanical penthouse and tuned mass damper levels that will bring the building to over 351m in height.
Back at grade, a Le Méridien Hotel by Marriott with its lobby, meeting, and ballroom spaces will occupy much of the ground and second floors. There will also be retail at grade. Glazing installation has started on the ground level, with the podium levels otherwise sealed in above. Amenities and the 223 hotel suites will generally continue on the dozen floors above, before the condo suites take over.
Topping off is targeted for early 2026, at which time SkyTower will stand 351.85m tall. The hotel is expected to open before Spring next year. Occupancy of the first of the 958 residential suites is expected in May, 2026.
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