goodcitywhenfinished
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Shoutout to the GC and all the subs on this one - they seem to be absolutely crushing it
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skycandy
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tstormers
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AlexBozikovic
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Developer proposes demolition of former Toronto Star office building at 1 Yonge St.
Vancouver-based Pinnacle International Realty Group’s plan would involve the demolition of the 25-storey tower and construction of two towers of 90 and 95 storeys
www.theglobeandmail.com
Northern Light
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Developer proposes demolition of former Toronto Star office building at 1 Yonge St.
Vancouver-based Pinnacle International Realty Group’s plan would involve the demolition of the 25-storey tower and construction of two towers of 90 and 95 storeys
From the link above, the key bits:
The docs that The Globe have obtained come were circulated at a confidential, in-camera, meeting of both the Waterfront Design Review Panel and the City of Toronto Design Review panels.
The meetings were pre-application. So there are no new docs in the AIC, and outside of the height, everyone is being tight lipped about the details.
To be clear, this would remove the majority of the office space.
* I have edited this post to reflect changes in attribution made by the Globe and Mail; and to clarify wording used in the article.
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UtakataNoAnnex
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...is HP Sauce still on the books to design this block?
Edit: I'll take ProjectEnd-sans /upvote as a yes to that then.
Edit: I'll take ProjectEnd-sans /upvote as a yes to that then.
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jackattack
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one more to add to the many (better) pics -
Natika33
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Apparently, the idea it would be demolished is not an entirely new one. Here's a screenshot from someone's review of the building on Google Maps from 5 years back:
AlexBozikovic
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Corrections: that’s not how the sourcing in the story is worded, and it is written by Shane Dingman.
Northern Light
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The story has been updated since I first read it.
Your name and Shane's and someone else's appeared in the byline previously.
I will, however, correct my post to reflect that change.
As to the sourcing, I will copy the text:
C-mac
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I like your pic the most...lol.
torontologist
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Got a new vantage point NE of this project. It is absolutely flying…. looks to be 8-9 new floors since April 1. Excited to watch it go up.
mburrrrr
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Like clockwork now. 1week per floor.
What’s for lunch last Wednesday.
Yesterday morning June 11.
Today.
Yonge St update.
It looks like it could be open fully tomorrow.
What N/S street can we close next week?
What’s for lunch last Wednesday.
Yesterday morning June 11.
Today.
Yonge St update.
It looks like it could be open fully tomorrow.
What N/S street can we close next week?
wmedia
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Podium curtain wall now reaching the transfer slab.
Amare
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Wow now this somewhat surprising (although not completely shocking) Pinnacle wants to go this route. The occupancy rate here is....well not good and considering that there are more modern builds in and around in the area, it's probably a bit of a money pit for Pinnacle as it currently stands.Developer proposes demolition of former Toronto Star office building at 1 Yonge St.
Vancouver-based Pinnacle International Realty Group’s plan would involve the demolition of the 25-storey tower and construction of two towers of 90 and 95 storeys
Which leads me to the question of: if Pinnacle wants to go this dense on the southern front of this site, whats the city's plan here? The city has had the policy of having heights of buildings fronting Queens Quay taper down, and this plan would go directly against that.