You're welcome and our pleasure, everyone! Here's the next installment, text by Doug Convoy, photos by Interchange42:
Urban Toronto’s visit to the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences continues into the amenities podium and hotel levels, which are arranged accordingly:
L1-9 – Amenities;
L4-8 – Hotel suites, Grand Ballroom;
L10-18 – Hotel suites;
L19-20 – Executive and Presidential suites.
The amenities are organized as follows:
L1-2 – Reception, restaurants;
L3 – Main ballroom, meeting rooms;
L6 – Grand Ballroom (which actually is smaller than the ballroom on L3);
L9 – Spa.
Let’s begin.
Approaching the Bay St entry to the Four Seasons on the way to the hoist that will take us up to the amenities and hotel areas.
A view down the double-volume principal passage through the Four Seasons from Bay St to the porte-cochère.
Up the hoist to Level 3.
Arriving on L3 of the amenities podium with a view south down Bay St.
A panorama of the immense, double-storey main ballroom, which stretches along the entire north side of the amenities podium on L3.
Another view over the huge main ballroom.
A close-up shot of the ceiling in the main ballroom.
A view down a corridor under construction on Level 4, which contains hotel suites.
A shot of the future infinity pool under construction in the Four Seasons spa on Level 9, reserved exclusively for hotel guests and residents.
Another view of the infinity pool and expansive spa area, which takes up all of L9.
A shot of the steel frame for the floor-to-ceiling curtain glazing to be installed on the east side of the spa.
A close-up view of the curtain-wall system, in which cladding is suspended over the outer edges of the floor plates. In a window-wall system, cladding rests on the inner edges of the floor plates.
A shot of the future hot tub, for which the politically-correct term is ‘spa.’ In other words, this is the spa in the spa on L9.
Moving up to Levels 10-18 of the Four Seasons, containing hotel suites, and Levels 19-20, housing the Executive and Presidential Suites.
Looking down onto the roof of the amenities podium from an upper hotel level.
HVAC, electrical wiring, plumbing, and studwork are just being installed in the upper floors of the hotel, which are in a less advanced state of completion than hotel levels 4-8.
A worker completing some HVAC ductwork on an upper floor of the hotel.
A view of recently-installed ductwork, plumbing, and partitions in a corner suite on an upper hotel level.
Additional shots of the same hotel suite.
Sheets of drywall and metal wall-studs are stacked on the floor awaiting installation.
That brings us to the end of our tour of the amenities and hotel portions of the Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences. In our next report, Urban Toronto takes you out onto the first level of residential suites currently under construction, with sweeping views of the city beyond. Stay tuned!