Set along the wooded edge of the East Don River ravine in North York, construction at The Residences at Central Park is continuing to expand as Phase 2 has now begun to emerge above grade. Designed by Core Architects for Amexon Development Corporation, the 12-acre masterplanned community at Leslie Street and Sheppard Avenue East will introduce five residential towers ranging from 12 to 31 storeys at the east end of Bayview Village. Since UrbanToronto’s last update covering the first residents moving into the completed 31-storey Phase 1 in April, 2026, activity is now concentrated across the southern portion of the site, where structural work is advancing on Phase 2, just north of Leslie station on Sheppard Line 4.
Looking northeast this month, we see three cranes for Phase 2’s 19-storey and pair of 31-storey towers, with the former on the left and the latter two on the right. Steel-reinforced concrete forming has advanced to grade level for portions of the shared podium and tower bases. Near the centre of the site, formwork panels surround the crane mast at grade, while newly poured concrete columns are seen to the right. Along the eastern edge, closer to the road, rounded concrete columns are also emerging at grade. To the right, slab forming is progressing along the sloped site, where shoring posts and decking are assembled for an upcoming concrete pour above the street-facing frontage. Below, portions of the P1 garage level remain exposed.
Rising behind the active construction (above) is the completed 31-storey Phase 1 tower. The tower’s glazed facade contrasts against the exposed concrete and forming activity in the foreground. Below the tower, portions of the finished six-storey podium are visible behind the cranes, including completed glazing and cladding installed during the first phase. The Phase 2 towers will be connected through a shared podium containing approximately 35,000 ft² of retail space, additional amenity areas, and an extension of the continuous underground garage serving the full community, equipped with EV charging infrastructure at every parking stall.
Phase 1 introduced many of the architectural and public realm elements that will define the broader community, including continuous balcony bands fitted with the project’s willow leaf-motif glass guards inspired by the adjacent ravine landscape. Inside the podium, amenity spaces include a double-height fitness area with floor-to-ceiling glazing, indoor lounges, and shared social areas overlooking the future Central Park Common. Supporting infrastructure delivered alongside the tower includes the completed Green Trail Road and portions of the internal pedestrian network connecting residents rheough Central Park Common to the Don Valley ravine park system.
The wider masterplanned community is organized around that planned three-acre landscaped open space: Central Park Common will tie the five buildings through pedestrian promenades, retail frontages, and amenity terraces. Planned features include a central lawn, timber seating platforms, shaded café-style areas, and a curved trellis pavilion integrated within the public realm. The site’s relationship to the East Don River ravine remains central to the design, with a completed stair connection now descending from the community into the trail system below. Along the valley edge, slope stabilization and riprap reinforcement have been completed to support long-term erosion control, while upper-level suites and amenity terraces will overlook the surrounding treed ravine corridor.
At full build-out, The Residences at Central Park will deliver 1,478 residential suites across five buildings ranging from 46.5m to 105.9m in height. Leslie station is just across Sheppard Avenue to the south. In the future, Metrolinx has plans to relocate Oriole GO station there too.
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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| Related Companies: | Core Architects, II BY IV DESIGN, Kramer Design Associates Limited, Parcel One, Peter McCann Architectural Models Inc., Platinum Condo Deals, Sigmund Soudack & Associates |
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