Will Canada get a 400 meter skyscraper in the near future?

scrapin · #1 Posted **May 3, 2015, 4:21 PM**

Best hopes are probably for Toronto.

TorontoDrew · #2 Posted **May 3, 2015, 4:22 PM**

Well we're still waiting on a 300m tower.

SkahHigh · #3 Posted **May 3, 2015, 4:32 PM**

Any fortune tellers on this forum? Maybe they can tell us.

red-paladin · #4 Posted **May 3, 2015, 4:47 PM**

"Will Canada get a 400 meter skyscraper in the near future?"

Unfortunately no.

Vertigo3000 · #5 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Well we're still waiting on a 300m tower.

There are 3 towers proposed exceeding 300m in Toronto

G.S MTL · #6 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:16 PM**

why 400 meters??? I dont get it... is height really important?? I dont want Dubai here thanks.

WhipperSnapper · #7 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:24 PM**

No market to justify the floor heights needed to reach that height. A 50 to 100 metre tall flagpole spire would probably break the bank too.

WhipperSnapper · #8 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vertigo3000

There are 3 towers proposed exceeding 300m in Toronto

Exactly ... still waiting on a 300 metre tower. Of note: not one of these proposals is backed by a major developer in either condo or office world.

caltrane74 · #9 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:35 PM**

Oxford....

WhipperSnapper · #10 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:43 PM**

Oh for pete's sake! Yeah, you better run, my friend.

Innsertnamehere · #11 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:45 PM**

Pinnicle isn't a major developer?

TorontoDrew · #12 Posted **May 3, 2015, 5:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by Vertigo3000

There are 3 towers proposed exceeding 300m in Toronto

Until I see shovels in the ground I can't be too excited about them.

mistercorporate · #13 Posted **May 3, 2015, 6:09 PM**

3 years ago so many were hopeless here that wed ever get a supertall proposal. We didn't get those 300m+ proposals going through approvals process or approved till downtown became dotted with new 200m+ towers. Wait till a couple of these 300m+ towers get built and then the 400m proposal(s) will come.

TorontoDrew · #14 Posted **May 3, 2015, 6:56 PM**

Well we've been waiting 12 years now since our first 300m+ were proposed during this building cycle. We're probably 4-5 years off actually having one completed so I don't think a 400m tower is in the works for a very long time.

Ashok · #15 Posted **May 3, 2015, 6:58 PM**

Yup, I nominate Laval to be the first place to get a 400 m.

caltrane74 · #16 Posted **May 3, 2015, 7:07 PM**

Honestly, we need at least 4 to 5 - 300 meters plus towers before we even get close to getting a 400 meters plus proposal. Its possible we will be there in about 10 to 15 years if EVERYTHING on the table right now for 300 meters plus gets built.

WhipperSnapper · #17 Posted **May 3, 2015, 7:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

Pinnicle isn't a major developer?

Tridel, Daniels, Lanterra/H&R, Menkes? No.

MolsonExport · #18 Posted **May 3, 2015, 7:26 PM**

we have the cn tower at 553 metres. Taller than anything outside of Asia, so Woot Woot for us.

hipster duck · #19 Posted **May 3, 2015, 9:26 PM**

Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa have formal and informal height limits that have been maxed out.

Toronto and Calgary seem to be going for the one-toe-into-the-cold-water-at-a-time approach to height, and build "tallest" buildings that are a few meters higher than the previous one. At this rate, it'll take about 100 years for Toronto to get to 400m, and about 200 years for Calgary.

If there'll be a 400 m building, I'm going to put my bets on the dark horses of Edmonton or Quebec City. Given their recent ambitious proposals, they may not prove me wrong. A 400m building is built because of ego, and not economics, but these two cities sometimes will surprise you. They also did audacious, non-economical things like building the grandest of railroad hotels and mightiest of steel bridges, or the world's largest mall and a downtown subway for a city of 500,000.

BretttheRiderFan · #20 Posted **May 3, 2015, 9:53 PM**

A 400m in Toronto would divert too much attention from the CN Tower, which will remain the focal point of the skyline for as long as it's standing I'd wager.

And outside Toronto, I really can't see such a building anywhere in Canada.