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Over two-and-a-half years after excavation first began, Television City is now rising above grade in Hamilton’s Durand neighbourhood. Designed by architects—Alliance for Lamb Development Corp, the project will bring two 32-storey towers to the former CHCH television studio site at 163 Jackson Street West, just west of Downtown Hamilton’s commercial core. UrbanToronto first reported on the start of construction in August, 2023.
In November, 2023, the excavation was beginning to grow, supported by a shoring system. Along the north elevation at the left, a concrete shoring wall is reinforced with vertical steel soldier piles, while the first of what would be many horizontal steel walers braces the wall in the foreground. A red excavator sits near the centre, with smaller machines nearby. A sloped earthen ramp rises at the far end, as the site advances toward full excavation for a five-level underground garage.
In December, 2024, first crane was erected along the west edge of the site. A yellow mobile crane operates at grade, lifting and aligning mast sections installed above the concrete base. Below, we see a forest of horizontal steel walers spanning the pit, with diagonal raker braces at the far southeast corner in the background of the image. Walers and rakers are used when it's not possible to hold the shoring walls in place with stell tiebacks, drilled into the ground behind the walls.
A second crane followed in February, 2025. Seen below at the east side of the site in October, 2025, forming of the five-level garage had been completed and the concrete work had reached grade that summer. Ground-floor elements are taking shape, including concrete columns, walls, and perimeter foundation walls, while sections of slab-on-grade are visible beneath temporary scaffolding and shoring. Rebar cages extend vertically from recently cast columns, and formwork with decking is in place for a portion of the second-floor slab. The western crane manoeuvres a concrete bucket.
Seen in January, 2026 from a neighbouring tower to the south, the west end has risen three storeys, with crews finishing the slab for the fourth floor. Two round columns rise through the extra-high ground floor, double-height second floor, and through the third floor slab above, while a concrete parapet wall lines the edge of the second level, with an interruption where a construction hoist may be assembled in the coming months. Red perimeter safety fencing and wood formwork edge the active floor.
Viewed from across Hunter Street West and Caroline Street South this month, the concrete frame of the east tower has climbed to four storeys in the foreground, stepping up to five storeys for the west tower behind it. The work goes on behind hoarding lining the streets, while recently poured slabs are draped in white tarping. Sideforms line the active decks. A hammerhead crane to the east and luffing-jib crane to the west are positioned to help build one each of the two east–west-oriented towers.
A clear view of the north elevation reveals the emerging massing of the twin towers. The west tower, in the foreground, has reached six storeys, while the east tower in the distance still trails by a floor. Between the two, the podium has taken shape, above which a shared outdoor amenity terrace will eventually be landscaped.
Upon completion, the towers will each rise 110.14m and together deliver 618 condominium units.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on this development, but in the meantime, you can learn more about it from our Database file, linked below. If you'd like, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.
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