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Following yesterday’s demolition update on the Toronto Coach Terminal redevelopment and today’s look at two upcoming University of Toronto student residences, another Downtown student housing project is advancing after demolition. At 100 Bond Street — a project designed by Arcadis and developed by Cedar Podium in partnership with Toronto Metropolitan University — early excavation is underway after the Imperial Pub (which closed in 2025 after 81 years) and adjoining low-rise buildings were cleared. The new building will be a 21-storey residence at the northwest corner of Bond and Dundas streets, just east of Sankofa Square.
Looking west from Bond Street in May, 2026, a yellow excavator fitted with a concrete pulverizer was dismantling the former pub’s low-rise masonry structure, generating dust behind the perimeter fencing, while a second excavator operated beside debris bins to the north. The partially demolished building exposed red-brick party walls, plaster finishes, and severed timber roof and floor assemblies.
Seen from Victoria Street Lane, a CAT excavator works behind a pile of brick and mixed debris. Removal of the rear elevation reveals timber floor joists, roof framing, interior partitions, and fractured masonry party walls, illustrating the interconnected construction of the Imperial Pub complex.
Several days later, the southern buildings were reduced to crushed masonry, splintered timber, and mixed debris being sorted by tracked excavators. Demolition reached 98–110 Bond Street to the north, where removal of the upper storey and roof exposes timber joists, partitions, and the irregular edges of load-bearing brick walls.
Later in May, two excavators work across a mound of brick, timber, and steel as the remaining low-rise buildings are razed. A masonry wall fragment retains a gable scar and faded signage marking a vanished adjoining structure, while the gutted basement below contains fractured foundations, residual debris, and standing water.
By June, 2026, the northern end was covered by splintered joists and studs mixed with brick, concrete masonry units, plaster, sheet metal, and severed services. Several excavators occupy the cleared footprint, with one bucket resting in a small graded working area opened amid the rubble.
Along Dundas Street East, the former pub and neighbouring buildings were reduced to red brick, broken masonry, and timber framing. Sections of basement and foundation wall remain visible behind the street-facing hoarding.
In late June, two excavators sit atop a consolidated mound of crushed masonry, timber, and mixed demolition waste at the northern end, while a third occupies the rough-graded southern foreground. A partially dismantled neighbouring elevation remains at right.
This month, two tracked excavators work across the cleared southern end as a crew member monitors the operation. One digs into the former building footprint beside a stockpile of excavated soil, with sections of the old masonry and concrete foundations remaining at right.
Meanwhile, excavators advance bulk excavation across the northern end, cutting into the former building footprints and stockpiling spoil toward the northeast corner. A compact trench roller and small ride-on roller work over the churned soil, while the exposed subgrade marks the transition to earthworks for the residence’s single underground level.
Upon completion, the new TMU student residence will provide 393 suites containing 1,382 beds.
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