From the Menkes Planning Rationale, the site plan for the north half containing the six residential towers:

Tower B -- 85 floors, 288.5m
Tower C -- 80 floors, 272.5m
Tower G -- 74 floors, 255.5m
Tower F -- 76 floors, 255.5m
Tower D -- 70 floors, 240.4m
Tower E -- 65 floors, 225.5m

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I'm certain that the City would have explained what they were expecting on this site in order for the bidders to price it accordingly. And the Lower-Yonge plan is freely available. I'm not sure why the developer would propose something that will clearly be contentious. It is certain to be reduced to what was expected anyway, and the developer knew that when bidding on the property.
 
interchange42 said:
Huh.

The residential towers on the north side of Harbour Street are proposed at 65, 70, 74, 76, 80, and 85 storeys tall. That's a range of roof heights between 225.5 metres and 288.5 metres tall. I think that's a little higher than the Lower Yonge Precinct Plan envisioned.

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those floor numbers <3
 
I'm not a city planner or urban planner but they can axe that 65 floors tower and add 7 floors to each remaining tower. in this way we can have a supertall :D and people wont moan about too much density. everyone happy. :)
 
I'm a bit confused by the details surrounding the 6 residential towers; were they barely mentioned in the initial releases around the sale of the land itself just because they're not nearly as far along in the process as the LCBO office tower?
 
Well there's floor plans and elevation drawings in the planning rationale report for the residential towers portion of project. There's no need to issue flashy renders for the residential buildings just yet.
 
There is some information about PATH connections in the Planning Rationale:

Towers D & E, which are 70- and 65-storeys in height, have a minimum separation distance of 25 metres. The ground floor of the 5-storey podium is comprised of retail space along the Harbour Street extension and Cooper Street frontages, and a small area along Freeland Street. Two residential lobbies are provided – one along Freeland Street and the other along Cooper Street – and eight loading spaces are located internally, adjacent to the private lane (1 Type ‘A’, 4 Type ‘B’, 3 Type ‘C’ and 1 Type ‘G’), which will serve both the residents and the retail uses. Level 2 in the podium is retail space, and an internal pedestrian PATH connection, which will provide pedestrian access between the podiums located in Blocks 2 & 4.

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Tower F is located at the southeast corner of the block, and is 76 storeys in height (which includes a 6 storey podium). The ground floor of the 6-storey podium is comprised of retail space along the Cooper, Harbour and New Street frontages, and the lobby for the residential units is located along New Street. Loading for the retail and residential uses are internal to the podium, and accessed by vehicle via the private mews. One Type G and two Type B loading spaces are provided.

Retail space is located on level 2 with a PATH connection providing internal pedestrian access to the southerly podium in Block 4.
 
Looks like they are preserving the Stalinist LCBO building:

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(p, 18 of Planning Rationale Report)

You can see a "void" on the footprint - suggests facadism.

And speaking of the massing context:

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I don't believe there was anything on 178-180 QQ available - until now. And interestingly we have a 13s building right over a laneway - and the little bits and pieces of the building outline vaguely suggest some kind of Holl-ish Linked Hybrid:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Hybrid#/media/File:Linked-hybrid.jpg
(wiki)

AoD
 

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Just these two proposals (1-7 Yonge and LCBO lands) collectively dwarf Southcore to the west in height and density. Then add Daniels, 180 QQ and the inevitable Loblaws redevelopment, and it's no contest. They might even beat the traditional MINT core, at least in density.
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
Looks like they are preserving the Stalinist LCBO building:

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(p, 18 of Planning Rationale Report)

You can see a "void" on the footprint - suggests facadism.

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From the report

The southerly portion of Block 4 is comprised of a 5-storey podium with two towers (Towers D & E) above (also setback 10 metres from the podium edge). Parts of the north and west facades of the existing 3-storey LCBO warehouse will remain (reconstructed), and be integrated into the new 5-storey podium. As well, this podium follows the existing LCBO warehouse footprint and height (with the additional of 2 storeys), and is set back 8 metres.
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Mongo said:
There is some information about PATH connections in the Planning Rationale:

Towers D & E, which are 70- and 65-storeys in height, have a minimum separation distance of 25 metres. The ground floor of the 5-storey podium is comprised of retail space along the Harbour Street extension and Cooper Street frontages, and a small area along Freeland Street. Two residential lobbies are provided – one along Freeland Street and the other along Cooper Street – and eight loading spaces are located internally, adjacent to the private lane (1 Type ‘A’, 4 Type ‘B’, 3 Type ‘C’ and 1 Type ‘G’), which will serve both the residents and the retail uses. Level 2 in the podium is retail space, and an internal pedestrian PATH connection, which will provide pedestrian access between the podiums located in Blocks 2 & 4.

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Tower F is located at the southeast corner of the block, and is 76 storeys in height (which includes a 6 storey podium). The ground floor of the 6-storey podium is comprised of retail space along the Cooper, Harbour and New Street frontages, and the lobby for the residential units is located along New Street. Loading for the retail and residential uses are internal to the podium, and accessed by vehicle via the private mews. One Type G and two Type B loading spaces are provided.

Retail space is located on level 2 with a PATH connection providing internal pedestrian access to the southerly podium in Block 4.
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Very interesting. Doesn't seem like it will be just a residential PATH connection either, it will be lined with retail

Density of the massing aside, if built, this part of the PATH network will be a little out of the way from the rest of the PATH network and it's CBD-Union Station-Eaton Centre triangle of traffic. Could we see this part of the PATH more tailored to community-oriented retail like grocers, pharmacies, etc.?

I hope so, as it reserves retail space at ground-level for cafes and restaurants.
 
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