Canada's 10 Tallest U/C - Page 3

WhipperSnapper · #41 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 5:07 PM**

posted on FEB 25 in the Calgary thread.

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Originally Posted by Bokimon

Starting next week the first of 6 tower cranes will be going up at the SAIT TTC site. All of them are Liebherr Tower cranes, this site will be extremely busy and conjested with both student, teachers and construction traffic once the project really gets rolling.

3 for the Center wing, 2 for West wing and 1 for South Wing.

Oh as for Centennial Place I can confirm the final heights for the West Tower and the taller East Tower.

East Tower: Top of Roof at high point: 165.15 with a limit of 165.9m for shadowing.
Top of Spire: 173.1m and Top of Antenna: 182.6m
West Tower: Top of Roof at high point:100.1m with a limit of 100.3m for shadowing.
Top of Spire: 108.1m and top of antenna: 117.6m.

The spire is the built up structure with the silver aluminum panel and includes the lantern box attached. After that tops off the skinny piece is the antenna.

so it was tenths of a metre

Rico Rommheim · #42 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 5:11 PM**

Wow look at all of 'em scapers!

Go Montreal!

..oh wait. right.

Surrealplaces · #43 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 5:24 PM**

Thanks for posting that WS!. Somehow I totally missed that post.

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

posted on FEB 25 in the Calgary thread.

so it was tenths of a metre

Ramako · #44 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 7:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

I have to double check now but, I'm quite sure it wasn't some random guess . The heights were down to hundredths of a metre. Really reliable forumer too. The post was surprisingly ignored though.

Hey GL/Sac/WS, is the height for the Hilton Niagara addition confirmed? The 177m figure refers to the original 58-floor plan, didn't it? It's 52 floors now, but I can't find the revised height anywhere.

Here's the original drawing:

There's no way that the tower is this high.

Ramako · #45 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 7:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

That's more of a worst case scenario. We'll see some new proposals this spring/summer, some others hit the market, some applications for height increase, and I wouldn't write off the office market completely either.

I guess I'm just more pessimistic than most. I have a feeling that the coming "correction" in the real estate market will torpedo a lot of the kinds of projects that looked vulnerable in the spring of 2009. Here's a more optimistic list:

1. Aura - 252m (+ possible height addition)
2. Signature Tower - ???m
3. Number One Bloor - 219m
4. Ice II - 217m
5. L Tower - 205m
6. Bay-Adelaide Centre East - 196m
7. Ice I - 186m
8. U Condos I - 184m
9. 880 Bay Street - 175m
10. Fairmont proposal - 175m

Herald Square (223m) and Vancouver's Turn (188m) will have no problem making the list. Hell, even Montreal could make a rare cameo with Tour Centre-Ville (217m).

caltrane74 · #46 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 8:09 PM**

SITQ?? might also be there. But like you, I doubt it will get built anytime soon, especially if BAC2 is underway...

Wow!! Montreal in the top 10, that would be amazing, in the 4 years this thread has been here, we've never seen it included. It's beyond rare, it would be a revelation, if it got on the list.

Surrealplaces · #47 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 8:23 PM**

There are a few Calgary projects milling around in the background that could get into the list, but I don't see any of them being built soon. If some of those on the list don't get built Luna (a 33 storey residential tower) might sneak onto the list.

EDit: Actually on second look Luna is only 30 floors, so not too likely. The best chance would be Arriva 42 or the Lacaille on 4th project, or possibly H2O.

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Originally Posted by Ramako

In two years a lot of Toronto's talls will be off the list too (Trump, Shangri-La, Ritz, Four Seasons). Optimistically, I'd imagine a future group from Toronto looking something like this:

1. Aura - 252m
2. Number One Bloor - 219m
3. Ice II - 217m
4. L Tower - 205m
5. Ice I - 186m
6. U Condos I - 184m
7. 880 Bay Street - 175m
8. Hullmark Centre I - 168m
9. 300 Front - 156m
10. U Condos II - 154m

Even given this scenario, it shouldn't be difficult for Calgary to crack the list.

WhipperSnapper · #48 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 8:29 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramako

Hey GL/Sac/WS, is the height for the Hilton Niagara addition confirmed? The 177m figure refers to the original 58-floor plan, didn't it? It's 52 floors now, but I can't find the revised height anywhere.

Here's the original drawing:

There's no way that the tower is this high.

I assume no. I did change the height to an estimate that reflects the 52 as advertised (in fact, there are only 47) but I see it was changed back to the 177 in the meantime.

steveve · #49 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 9:15 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramako

In two years a lot of Toronto's talls will be off the list too (Trump, Shangri-La, Ritz, Four Seasons). Optimistically, I'd imagine a future group from Toronto looking something like this:

1. Aura - 252m
2. Number One Bloor - 219m
3. Ice II - 217m
4. L Tower - 205m
5. Ice I - 186m
6. U Condos I - 184m
7. 880 Bay Street - 175m
8. Hullmark Centre I - 168m
9. 300 Front - 156m
10. U Condos II - 154m

Even given this scenario, it shouldn't be difficult for Calgary to crack the list.

wow... toronto rapes

Nice updates of Trump Caltrane! The corner of the building (Bay and Adelaide) is looking really sick... and when you just look at the base of the tower (the portion that is fully clad).. you can imagine what its gonna be like in a few years... sweet! Trump is at home!

Aura by ethervizon on UT:

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.ph...G-C%29/page152

Photo of the Ritz by OldManKensey on UT:

Ritz looks like a freakin TANK from this angle!

EPIC Toronto Skyline by urbandreameron UT:

http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.ph...P-S%29/page158

Our skyline looks EPIC!

caltrane74 · #50 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 10:18 PM**

updated Four Seasons cladding by me

Coldrsx · #51 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 10:25 PM**

^^ looks good and is improving but if that is EPIC you sir FAIL at statements, observations, and assertions.

caltrane74 · #52 Posted: **Mar 9, 2010, 11:11 PM**

How about Hardcore? Gamechanging, perhaps.., ? This is the next level of residential cladding in Canada, so maybe notso Epic, but at the very, very least, it is stunning..