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Construction is advancing on Encore at Bravo, part of the second phase at Festival Condominiums in Vaughan. Designed by Turner Fleischer for Menkes Developments and QuadReal Property Group, the phase just south of Festival will feature three towers rising 36, 41, and 45 storeys. Following its ground breaking ceremony held in May, 2024, the 36-storey east tower is to be first, its crane seen rising to the right in mid-April, below.
This phase will also feature retail space, pedestrian mews, and a landscaped POPS (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space).
At the same time, work is progressing at grade on landscaping and public realm work around the central courtyard and pedestrian mews around the adjacent Festival Condominiums towers. Designed by Arcadis, also for Menkes and QuadReal, the four-tower development rises between 41 and 59 storeys as part of the larger 75-acre Assembly Park community in the southwest corner of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre area. UrbanToronto’s last update covering the first resident occupancies at Festival was in November, 2024.
Looking across the courtyard in January, 2026, work was advancing on several low-rise pavilion structures designed by Giannone Petricone Associates, enclosed with exposed white and grey weatherproofing and metal framing, with parked articulated boom lifts in front. To the right, finished cladding wraps a podium structure in alternating horizontal bands of dark grey and bronze-toned panels. In the foreground, hardscaping includes large-format concrete paving and trench drains.
From Highway 7 and Edgeley Boulevard in early April, 2026, the four towers stand fully clad. They are defined by continuous white balcony bands wrapping around dark window wall. Irregular notches carved into the upper portions of the towers break up the massing and expose vertical sections of glazing. At the base, the shared podium features sweeping curved edges, expansive glazing, and white vertical fins. Just popping out to the far left, the ongoing construction of Encore at Bravo is seen, including the construction hoist and a hydraulic mobile crane.
Looking through the central courtyard, hardscape installation now defines the pedestrian spine. Surrounded by nearly 7,900m² of commercial space, it will include shops, cafes, and a grocery store. Large-format unit pavers in varied light grey tones extend across the plaza surface. At the centre, elongated recessed planting beds and future landscape zones remain to be finished, with exposed granular base material and concrete curbs awaiting soil, trees, and softscape installation. Further north, another lowered landscaped section incorporates an access ramp descending into the space.
At the north end, landscape and streetscape work continues beneath the curving overhead bridge element linking the podium levels. Large-format pavers in alternating light and dark tones extend across the courtyard entrance, while newly installed raised wood seating platforms wrap around young trees. The podium elevations are now complete, combining cream-coloured panel cladding, dark metal-framed glazing, and projecting glass canopies. Overhead, the sinuous bridge structure features rounded slab edges and continuous glazing.
Meanwhile, this low-rise pavilion volume is enclosed with curtainwall glazing framed in dark mullions, with sections pending final glass installation. Above, projecting, angular folded edges create a bold, irregular canopy, while bronze-toned vertical fins wrap the upper portions of the structure. Surrounding hardscape work has progressed, with large-format pavers laid across the plaza and recessed planting cutouts left open for future landscaping.
To the north, barrel-vaulted roof forms are clad in ribbed reddish-brown, textured panels that curve continuously down the facades, creating a shell around each structure. Dark-framed curtainwall glazing has largely been installed, although several openings remain temporarily infilled with plywood. In the foreground, accessibility ramps, stainless steel guardrails, and raised planting beds are now in place, while crews continue hardscape installation with wood seating elements.
Festival Condominiums rises to heights of 135.3m to 189.05m. Upon full completion there will be 2,470 condominium units added to the area. Looking ahead, Encore at Bravo's towers will range in height from 123.35m to 148.85m, and house an additional 1,701 condominium units.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: The article was updated to credit the architectural firm for the commercial buildings.
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