Tuscani01
Senior Member
? Its already there according to the pictures above.
? Its already there according to the pictures above.
MadMax
Active Member
Amazing....when the rooms are that big the walk-in closets are called "dressing rooms", the dens are called "librariers", the living rooms are called "great rooms", and the balconies are called "courtyards". If I was filthy rich, I would have bought here too!
yyzer
Senior Member
Interesting shot of 155 Cumberland/130 Bloor from the Four Seasons site - just peeking through........pic by Jasonzed at SSC...
drum118
Superstar
Yossi Kaplan MBA
Realtor
130 Bloor
Fantastic addition to our city, hope there are more projects like it.
BTW I asked a friend of mine who was involved in the engineering for the project why not more floors, the answer was, they build as much as the older structure could support.
Fantastic addition to our city, hope there are more projects like it.
BTW I asked a friend of mine who was involved in the engineering for the project why not more floors, the answer was, they build as much as the older structure could support.
tomms
Active Member
view from north side, 14th floor
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khris
Senior Member
Haha. Pardon my blindness. It appears to be brick. Not sure if all of it is, but I think so.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Oct. 10th
South face
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.
South face
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.
drum118
Superstar
Oct 17-18
Oct 18
More scaffolding coming down today.
Oct 18
More scaffolding coming down today.
urbandreamer
recession proof
This addition would look fantastic if it rose directly out of the ground! A neighbourhood of 7 story buildings like this one would be nice.
College Park
Active Member
adma
Superstar
Ah, the Nightmare On Princess Street...
Tewder
Senior Member
Yes, I always thought that was the most hideous building I'd ever seen. I was young then though and maybe would view it differently through older eyes... then again maybe not. Either way I don't really see a comparison with 155 Cumberland which I think is kind of cool perched as it is over Bloor.
iSlutsky
Chit-Chatter
I am not sure how to embed this into a post (or, if it is possible), but I just found this awesome construction camera for the site..
Check it here: http://oxblue.com/pro/open/kingsett/130bloor
You can do time lapse, morphing from previous dates, and a pretty impressive zoom.
M
Check it here: http://oxblue.com/pro/open/kingsett/130bloor
You can do time lapse, morphing from previous dates, and a pretty impressive zoom.
M
gregv
Active Member
Toronto Life Article
Stealth Wealth
Yorkville’s covert oasis of opulence
The most discreet tower of urban privilege this city has ever seen (or hasn’t seen—it’s almost invisible to passersby) is scheduled for completion at the end of this month. The rich and the well connected will be moving into nine sprawl*ing storeys of luxurious living space perched on top of a nondescript Bloor Street office building.
Plans for the building—so exclusive it doesn’t have a name—were hatched back in 2005 by a real estate investment executive named Jon Love, who was the CEO of Oxford Properties Group until its sale in 2001 for $4 billion. Oxford had acquired the building in 1998; as CEO of KingSett Capital, Love bought it back and set about developing 15 perfect condos—14 to sell and one for him and his Junior Leaguer wife, Nancy.
Then he brought builder-to-the-stars Joe Brennan and Brian Curtner of Quadrangle Architects on board. It was a complicated project: a 10,000-square-foot heritage property on the top two floors of the office building had to be preserved. The penthouse, which belonged to the late Toronto businessman Noah Torno, has a Philip Johnson–inspired design. In this latest incarnation, such signature 1960s details as oak panelling, travertine walls and a bronze staircase—a replica of the stairs at New York’s Four Seasons restaurant—will be integrated with modern luxuries. The stepped terraces will have sweeping views of Queen’s Park and U of T’s green quads.
Though there’s no grand look-at-me lobby (privacy is the whole point), amenities include an at-the-ready houseman to take care of all needs and whims. (Call from the plane and he’ll make sure there’s milk in the fridge and fresh flowers on the table.)
Even as the rest of the market was skipping a beat, more than half of the units sold briskly over the past year, with sale prices upwards of $3.5 million. Love kept the 21st-floor penthouse for himself, and Brennan bought the entire 16th floor. The Torno Suite isn’t for sale yet, but rumour has it the asking price will be $25 million.
http://www.torontolife.com/features/stealth-wealth/
Stealth Wealth
Yorkville’s covert oasis of opulence
The most discreet tower of urban privilege this city has ever seen (or hasn’t seen—it’s almost invisible to passersby) is scheduled for completion at the end of this month. The rich and the well connected will be moving into nine sprawl*ing storeys of luxurious living space perched on top of a nondescript Bloor Street office building.
Plans for the building—so exclusive it doesn’t have a name—were hatched back in 2005 by a real estate investment executive named Jon Love, who was the CEO of Oxford Properties Group until its sale in 2001 for $4 billion. Oxford had acquired the building in 1998; as CEO of KingSett Capital, Love bought it back and set about developing 15 perfect condos—14 to sell and one for him and his Junior Leaguer wife, Nancy.
Then he brought builder-to-the-stars Joe Brennan and Brian Curtner of Quadrangle Architects on board. It was a complicated project: a 10,000-square-foot heritage property on the top two floors of the office building had to be preserved. The penthouse, which belonged to the late Toronto businessman Noah Torno, has a Philip Johnson–inspired design. In this latest incarnation, such signature 1960s details as oak panelling, travertine walls and a bronze staircase—a replica of the stairs at New York’s Four Seasons restaurant—will be integrated with modern luxuries. The stepped terraces will have sweeping views of Queen’s Park and U of T’s green quads.
Though there’s no grand look-at-me lobby (privacy is the whole point), amenities include an at-the-ready houseman to take care of all needs and whims. (Call from the plane and he’ll make sure there’s milk in the fridge and fresh flowers on the table.)
Even as the rest of the market was skipping a beat, more than half of the units sold briskly over the past year, with sale prices upwards of $3.5 million. Love kept the 21st-floor penthouse for himself, and Brennan bought the entire 16th floor. The Torno Suite isn’t for sale yet, but rumour has it the asking price will be $25 million.
http://www.torontolife.com/features/stealth-wealth/