Gaaaaah.... so disappointing to see this trimmed down to another dull glass box that looks at home in a 905 office park. The original first floor columns and gold wrapping wall were what made this project pop. Such a shame.
 
mjl08 said:
Gaaaaah.... so disappointing to see this trimmed down to another dull glass box that looks at home in a 905 office park. The original first floor columns and gold wrapping wall were what made this project pop. Such a shame.
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That's Toronto, they'd rather have it shorter than design
 
The design changes have nothing to do with the height reduction. The previous design was likely too expensive for the rents they can get in liberty village, so they had to simplify. The GFA remains the same anyway still so they are making just as much money as before, it's not like cutting the floors reduced their profit.
 
I tend to agree, given what typical rents go in LV - mind you there is definitely demand.
 
Update:
Plans for a new office development in Toronto’s Liberty Village area continue to develop, as a rezoning application has been resubmitted by The Fueling Station for a former industrial site at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Liberty Street. New plans for 58 Atlantic were first submitted in September 2015 with a 12-storey, 53-metre high building, and the Sweeny &Co Architects-designed project has been undergoing a series of refinements ever since. By the following September, the plan had been scaled down to 11-storeys and 45.4 metres. The project was submitted for rezoning again at the start of 2017 at 10 storeys, and resubmitted yet again earlier this month with minor revisions including a height of 42.9 metres, with 293 m² more space inside the building, for a total of 25,669 m².
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innsertnamehere said:
updated arch plans are on the development portal, now 10 floors. Looks the same as the renders on the last page.
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It's not completely the same as the renderings on the previous page: as mentioned in the front page story linked in the post above, redesigned splayed columns are back in to hold the new building up and over the heritage building (thank goodness).

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It all looks rather dull at the moment, and while it's still not up to the quality set by the initial architectural concept, once more realistic marketing renderings are created, the building will grab a little more attention again.

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Why the tepid, half-assed attempt to change *part of* the podium structure to 'fit in' (I'm assuming)? Even if one is going to use porcelain, this (admittedly limited) preview isn't confidence-inspiring.
 
Thanks @smuncky. Database file updated (with another 2 renderings not seen above), and height fixed.

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