You've really cornered the market on simpering smugly... Cut Steve a bit of slack...

Anything about this little "infill" project at all strike you as quasi-promising?

A big thumbs up... This "under the radar" project just keeps on impressing...

No one is advocating for, or expecting a "Vegas North" to spring up in the GTA... I'm simply asking if you and others have been inside specific resorts like Aria... A 6 Billion dollar Aria-esque resort in Toronto would be an amazing addition IMO...

Just curious... How many of this proposed project's opponents have been to Vegas and seen the various MGM properties in person? Better yet, how many have been to Vegas in the last few years and walked through newer (and quite stunning) complexes like Aria and the new Wynn Resort? This is not a...

You know, based on your take on that building, I'm gonna give it a chance and check it out later this week!

No disrespect (taste is a very personal thing) but that brown building with the duct work on top (along with the mish-mash of curtains, blinds and retrofitted wall-shaker AC units) is something you'd see in the run down areas of Sao Paulo or Bucharest... In reply to Taal #450...

God, those are some butt-ugly buildings in and in back of the way... Thank you (religious figure, perhaps?) for these two new projects... Looking great...

Calling a 6 billion dollar MGM mega-resort a "casino" is really misleading... Been to the MGM Grand in Vegas many times... Resorts like these are amazing... The restaurants are world-class ( Tom Colicchio's chop house was superb) and the year round Cirque de Soleil shows that play in MGM...

I second that... Look forward to them always...

If we used words like "elegant" and "graceful" to describe Aura, would it make you feel better, even though they absolutely don't apply to the structure as it sits today?

"Monster" is not a pejorative in this instance... It simply denotes size... This really is the building that ate Yonge St., and I'm loving it!

Gorgeous pics Caltrane... I think when finished this building will really pop on this type of sunny day... I personally like the slender side showing on University...

Strip that last building of its shoulders, and it looks amazingly like 4 Seasons!

Nice pics Androiduk and Drum 118... It's a breath of fresh air on Bay, IMO...

Nice pics... Of all the new projects going up in TO, I have the biggest expectations of this one... It could be an amazing addition with the right attention to detail...

Count me firmly in the "like" column... I think it's quite comfortable in its surroundings...

I hate to jump into the fray with my first ever UT post, but I think Homer's add-on might have been tongue-in-cheek...