Canada's Tallest U/C #11 - #30

[steveve]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

The city and province split the block to the west. The province's piece is currently up for sale. The southwest lot behind Waterpark Place is owned by Oxford Properties who are planning Waterpark 3. I don't know 100% who owns 1 Yonge.

What is the proposal for waterpark place 3?

I'd love to see the area around this strip of the gardiner filled up with highrises over the next few years... Cause right now it really sucks to have such a downtown-core waterfront filled with vacant parking lots.... for me, this are is one of the weakest parts of our downtown

If the area gets filled with some nice highrise condos, i hope they don't destroy the gardiner. it's going to be a one-of-a-kind experience seeing all those condos lining up with the freeway.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by jasonzed

Thx Steveve. I hope to get a shot at sunrise - very nice!

Balcony Glass is going up on Absoluteworld in Mississauga

by Jasonzed in the main construction thread.

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Mo-tage

Taken this morning. Some new equipment being put together.

300 Front Street from Mo-tage at UT

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by jasonzed

from today...

from jasonzed at UT

www.urbantoronto.ca

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by steveve

What is the proposal for waterpark place 3?

I'd love to see the area around this strip of the gardiner filled up with highrises over the next few years... Cause right now it really sucks to have such a downtown-core waterfront filled with vacant parking lots.... for me, this are is one of the weakest parts of our downtown

If the area gets filled with some nice highrise condos, i hope they don't destroy the gardiner. it's going to be a one-of-a-kind experience seeing all those condos lining up with the freeway.

Waterpark III is a roughly 500,000 square foot, 24 storey office tower. The last design was quite conservative.... conservatively boring that is.

[steveve]

In Jasonzed's photo:

What are those buildings in the far background (left)... is it downtown toronto or NYCC???

[vegeta_skyline]

NYCC.
Man what a shot. Mississauga's got herself a pretty nice landmark there, almost the best in the GTA, almost...

[caltrane74]

Originally Posted by Jasonzed

Tower 5 moved up a level...

from jasonzed at UT

[Some guy]

I think Capitol Residences can be removed from this list. It's pretty much done.

[vanman]

^They need to knock the fugly bastard down and start again.


Anyway here is an awesome update of Hotel Georgia by Locked In:

Originally Posted by Locked In

my photos from this morning:


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[caltrane74]

The cladding on that tower is exquisite.

I don't even know what exquisite is or how to spell it...

But damn, that towers glass "est tres exquisite!!!"

[WhipperSnapper]

The aluminum cornices (?) ruin it a little bit for me.

[WhipperSnapper]

FIRST PAGE UPDATE!!!!!!!

11. Absolute World Tower 1 - 178 metres ( Mississauga)
12. Burano - 163 metres (Toronto)
13. Absolute World Tower 2 - 160 metres (Mississauga)
14. Uptown - 160 metres (Toronto-Yorkville)
15. Hotel Georgia - 158 metres (Vancouver)
16. 300 Front Street West - 156 metres (Toronto)
16. Pinnacle Centre/33 Bay - 156 metres* (Toronto)
18. Star Tower - 152 metres (Toronto-Etobicoke)
19. Epcor Tower - 150 metres (Edmonton)
20. Cinema Condos - 142.8 metres (Toronto)
21. Grand Residences - 139 metres (Mississauga)
22. Clear Spirits - 136 metres (Toronto)
23. Nautilus - 130 metres (Toronto)
24. Parade - 128 metres (Toronto)
25. Solaris I - 127 metres (Toronto)
25. Solaris II - 127 metres (Toronto)
27. Patina - 126 metres (Vancouver)
27. The Mark - 126 metres (Vancouver)**
29. 510 Bremner - 125 metres (Toronto)
30. Charlie - 123 metres (Toronto)

* estimated
** new

Recently Occupied

Festival Tower - 157 metres (Toronto)
X Condominiums - 138 metres (Toronto)
Crystal Blu - 129 Meters (Toronto-Yorkville)
Capitol Residences - 126 metres (Vancouver)

[dleung]

I don't get the louvers on the Georgia either. Seems like an awful waste to cover up those big panes of glass. On the other hand, it'll provide some textural variety, because the rest of the tower has the same curtainwall anyway. I really think copper would have been a better match for the context.

[caltrane74]

First page updated.

[steveve]

Funny how i haven't even heard of half of these projects on that list ^^^

And what is this "510 bremner" project? i googled it and it's right near the rogers centre... i know its a condo but i can't think of the name right now

[WhipperSnapper]

It's not a condo and has no name. It's community housing on the next block to the west of Parade.

Edited the list - Nautilus was spelt wrong

[agrant]

Originally Posted by dleung

I don't get the louvers on the Georgia either. Seems like an awful waste to cover up those big panes of glass. On the other hand, it'll provide some textural variety, because the rest of the tower has the same curtainwall anyway. I really think copper would have been a better match for the context.

Yea, but then the copper would oxidize and turn black after a month. There wouldn't be much texture to be noticed.

[isaidso]

I thought copper turned light green?

[Dwils01]

Does anyone have information on the Grand Residences in Mississauga like where it's located and its construction progress. This is the only tower in the 11-30 thread that I don't know anything about.