greenleaf
Senior Member
Wasn't there a video in this thread describing how they were going to dig?
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cruzin4u
Senior Member
Yep, it was mentioned on the main page of UT - http://urbantoronto.ca/news/2011/07...-bloor-construction-technology-groundbreaking
If you check out BEEM Inc's Youtube, they have a few more videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/BuildingElements?feature=watch
androiduk
Senior Member
Application: Zoning Review Status: Not Started
Location: 1 BLOOR ST E
TORONTO ON M4W 1A9
Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale
Application#: 12 134875 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Mar 9, 2012
Project: Multiple-Use Building New Building
Description: Proposal to construct a 75 storey mixed use building with 6 levels of below grade parking (531parking spaces), commercial on P1, ground and second floor and remaining residential dwellings (789 Units).
Location: 1 BLOOR ST E
TORONTO ON M4W 1A9
Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale
Application#: 12 134875 ZPR 00 ZR Accepted Date: Mar 9, 2012
Project: Multiple-Use Building New Building
Description: Proposal to construct a 75 storey mixed use building with 6 levels of below grade parking (531parking spaces), commercial on P1, ground and second floor and remaining residential dwellings (789 Units).
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Superstar
Right-on, back to 75 storeys....now im excited
Xray_Crystal_Junkie
Senior Member
Not sure how accurate the video is. It shows the ramp against the eastern wall of the pit and the use of steel piles to support the side of it, neither of which seems to be the case.
Ramako
Moderator
Does the Accepted Date indicate when the application was filed? If so that would mean that this application for 75 storeys was filed over a week after the tweet saying that it had gone back to 65.
Big Daddy
Senior Member
That is awesome.
How many cities have a 78, two 75, two 70 story buildings plus a multitude of 50 and sixty story buildings all going on at the same time? - with the inidication of even more to come!
Never thought I'd live to see this.
After waiting decades for some serious buildings downtown, we are now inundated with so many we can't keep track.
Simply awesome.
kris
Senior Member
in 4-6 years i will jizz my pants every time i see the skyline
Big Daddy
Senior Member
This could be taller than Ten York.
arvelomcquaig
Active Member
Ha, my sentiments exactly. I often try to pinpoint a year in the near future when this city will be dramatically transformed into the density/skyline of my dreams. A few years ago it was 2015, but my standards keep changing daily due to how many projects are happening. We'll almost have a mini Manhattan here in twenty years if it keeps up at this rate.
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Superstar
Well SSC has 10 York at 75 storeys/831 feet-253.2888 meters, and this One Bloor at 70 storeys/780 feet-237.74400 meters...
now add the 5 extra storeys and do the math,
Im guessing 5 x 3.5 meters = 17.5.....its going to be close
ahmedyusali
Member
Seems one Bloor East and Aura are competing each other.. you will see Aura applying two more floors to complate 80s
Johnzz
Active Member
Aura is structurally engineered for up to 90 floors, so you never know.
I have confirmed with the City they have received the Zoning Review Application from Great Gulf (which is obvious from Androiduk's post), but that they have not received the Planning Application yet. Until that application is submitted it won't be known exactly what variances are required by the 5 extra floors that are proposed, but it could be things like extra parking spaces, possibly GFA increases. Not height anyway: we know that the building is already approved for up to 80 floors from the old Bazis plan. If the application was asking asking for more floors I would change the '70s' in the title of the thread to 'seeking 75s', but since that's not going to be the crux of this application, no change to the thread title is forthcoming. I am looking forward to changing the title of the thread to include '75s' in the future though, assuming the other changes required to make the upwards extension fly get approved.
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