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Toronto Western Hospital's new Patient Care Tower is growing taller on Bathurst Street just north of Dundas, with cladding now appearing on the lower floors. Designed by DIALOG for University Health Network, the 15-storey addition will expand the hospital with 82 patient beds, a new intensive care unit, and a state-of-the-art Medical Device Reprocessing Department, alongside publicly accessible landscaping and community space.
Construction has been underway since June, 2024. In the September, 2025 shot below, construction is seen at grade, with two cranes having been installed at the beginning of that year in January. Rebar mats surround the base of the north crane at right, while a red concrete boom pump stands before the south crane near the centre. A concrete bucket, formwork components, and other materials are staged across the site, as extensive scaffold and shoring assemblies rise along the west side in preparation for the first floor.
From across Bathurst Street in late December, 2025, the reinforced-concrete frame rose two storeys above grade. Translucent tarp wraps the second level, while exposed concrete columns and projecting reinforcing bars to the right of the south crane mark preparations for the third-floor slab. Below, rows of red shoring posts and scaffold support the forming work across the ground floor, with UHN-branded hoarding defining the Bathurst Street edge.
Looking southwest across Nassau Street in April, 2026, the structure stood four storeys above grade, with its substantial shear-wall core defining the north end of the rising frame. Rectangular openings punctuate the core’s north elevation, while projecting rebar signals its next vertical lift. At ground level, large cylindrical concrete columns, wrapped in dark protective material, support the slab overhead, as timber edge forms and slab formwork trace the perimeter of the future fifth floor.
This month, from Bathurst and Nassau streets, the first sections of the building envelope — installed beginning in June — now wrap the second and third floors. Along Bathurst, two rows of punched windows are set within pale metal panels, with the palette gradually deepening through shades of cream, peach, and terracotta as the elevation approaches Nassau. The Nassau frontage introduces taller curtain-wall glazing strips framed by salmon and terracotta-toned panels. Subtly projecting vertical fins add depth across the facade, while white weatherproofing remains exposed on part of the north elevation and scaffolding, shoring posts and cantilevered work platforms crowd the unfinished concrete floors above.
In this view, envelope installation is advancing south of the construction hoist at the northeast corner, beside the exposed concrete core, the east elevation showing two rows of predominantly white metal curtain wall cladding, interspersed with pale peach accent panels. Above, shoring poles and projecting slab-formwork tables mark continued work on the upper floor plates.
In a distant view from College Street, the approximately eight-storey concrete frame rises above Bathurst Street. The north elevation along Nassau now displays a livelier section of the envelope, where slender vertical bands of coloured cladding alternate with narrow glazed openings. At the roofline, wall formwork extends the north-end concrete core, while timber decking, shoring, and perimeter forms prepare the next floor plate for its concrete pour.
Upon completion, the15-storey Patient Care Tower will reach a final height of 84.14m.
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