Jackhammer
12-14-2006, 01:22 PM
From Northern Lotus at SSC:
"From some community source that the 2 4-Seasons towers on Bay/Yorkville, the taller one will be adding an extra of about 7 floors and the lower one will be reduced by 7 floors. So the taller one will be jumped from the 6th tallest building in TO to the 2nd at about 67/69 floors. This is a compromise between the builder and the community group as they want to reduce the shadow on the nearby school.
The lower building is on the north and is closer to the residential area and the school. The lower one is 30 storeys and the higher one is 55 storeys, both are sitting on a 6 story podium. The residential community group tried to kill the project but failed. The city planning dept. has already approved this project, it will go to OMB which will rubber stamp it. So the only chance for the residential community group to improve the project is to reduce the height of the lower building and add height to the taller building. The floor space added on will be smaller than the rest of the building, in other words, it is rather pointed, hence casting less shadow.
The developer basically agreed to the suggestion as higher floors can sell for higher prices.
I know someone who sits on the residential community committee. However, the final outcome has yet to be finalized."
Totally goes against what we know, but perhaps ..............
"From some community source that the 2 4-Seasons towers on Bay/Yorkville, the taller one will be adding an extra of about 7 floors and the lower one will be reduced by 7 floors. So the taller one will be jumped from the 6th tallest building in TO to the 2nd at about 67/69 floors. This is a compromise between the builder and the community group as they want to reduce the shadow on the nearby school.
The lower building is on the north and is closer to the residential area and the school. The lower one is 30 storeys and the higher one is 55 storeys, both are sitting on a 6 story podium. The residential community group tried to kill the project but failed. The city planning dept. has already approved this project, it will go to OMB which will rubber stamp it. So the only chance for the residential community group to improve the project is to reduce the height of the lower building and add height to the taller building. The floor space added on will be smaller than the rest of the building, in other words, it is rather pointed, hence casting less shadow.
The developer basically agreed to the suggestion as higher floors can sell for higher prices.
I know someone who sits on the residential community committee. However, the final outcome has yet to be finalized."
Totally goes against what we know, but perhaps ..............
