[rbt]

Update: A soil core sample thingamabob is camped out on the adjacent (west) parking lot when I passed by there today

Indeed there was. Taken on Friday the 3rd:

 

[wkbdyb]

Updated docs do now in fact show Collier closed to thru traffic

 

[dodgeram]

Updated docs do now in fact show Collier closed to thru trafficView attachment 462007

This is a great improvement.

 

[AlexBozikovic]

Does this not seem like a good opportunity to make an exception and make the loading external? Basically the entire ground floor here is a service area, which seems less than ideal.

 

[RickyBobby]

I have heard from a colleague at CD that transportation is actually pushing back against the park connection against the wishes of the RA and Councillor. Good job City of Toronto.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

A few pics of the future site of what some are dubbing a lame project, taken today:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Park Road, coming soon. Evidently behind the reference library is now Yorkville.

Park Road By Capital Developments | Official Website

Park Road Condominiums joins acclaimed Yorkville as its newest architectural triumph. Capital Developments, in partnership with Diamond Schmitt, has designed a progressive take on the flatiron building.

parkroad.ca

 

[Northern Light]

Park Road, coming soon. Evidently behind the reference library is now Yorkville.

Park Road By Capital Developments | Official Website

Park Road Condominiums joins acclaimed Yorkville as its newest architectural triumph. Capital Developments, in partnership with Diamond Schmitt, has designed a progressive take on the flatiron building.

parkroad.ca

They wrote that teaser just to lure in @Towered

 

[TossYourJacket]

Park Road, coming soon. Evidently behind the reference library is now Yorkville.

Park Road By Capital Developments | Official Website

Park Road Condominiums joins acclaimed Yorkville as its newest architectural triumph. Capital Developments, in partnership with Diamond Schmitt, has designed a progressive take on the flatiron building.

parkroad.ca

To be fair, there is the "Bloor-Yorkville" logo on the street signs in the area, including at the Church-Colliers intersection this building will be at.

That said, my favourite attempt to upsell a building as fancy was The Selby marketing itself as "Steps from Yorkville". Obviously "steps" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there

 

[thaivic]

To be fair, there is the "Bloor-Yorkville" logo on the street signs in the area, including at the Church-Colliers intersection this building will be at.

That said, my favourite attempt to upsell a building as fancy was The Selby marketing itself as "Steps from Yorkville". Obviously "steps" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there

Well 5000 steps is still steps away from Yorkville..

 

[dodgeram]

I’m still curious regarding how they will (presumably) market this as a luxury building and not have parking. But what do I know.

It will either be filled with students, elderly people, or hippies who have come to reclaim Yorkville with their bicycles.

 

[yyzer]

Looks like this one will be coming to market as "Park Road, the Yorkville Flatiron."

https://parkroad.ca/

 

[Rascacielo]

To be fair, there is the "Bloor-Yorkville" logo on the street signs in the area, including at the Church-Colliers intersection this building will be at.

That said, my favourite attempt to upsell a building as fancy was The Selby marketing itself as "Steps from Yorkville". Obviously "steps" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there

Or the new Canopy "Yorkville" at Bloor & Sherbourne

 

[AlbertC]

Capital to develop flatiron-style Toronto Park Road condos

Capital Developments will launch sales in mid-September for its distinctly designed Park Road project, a 27-storey flatiron-shaped condominium in Toronto’s exclusive Yorkville neighbourhood.

renx.ca

“In addition to having a triangular shape, it also has a step-back from the east and a fairly substantial cantilever to the west,” Capital president Carlo Timpano told RENX.

“Starting from the ninth floor, there are three substantial cantilevers which pull themselves out and over top of a POPS (privately owned, publicly accessible space) on the west side of the site.

“We’re currently working with the city to connect that POPS to the park on the northwest side of the site through a closure of Collier Street.

"In an ideal world, the park would connect directly to the west side of our property, which should not only improve the conditions of that park and the accessibility, but also address some of the traffic concerns that the local residents have about Collier Street.”

A porte cochère illuminated by a ceiling constellation of lights will be at the base of Park Road and the tower will be surrounded by an expanded public realm of wide sidewalks, roadside trees and seating.

 

[rbt]

Potential window wall.

Yorkville condo features unique flatiron design with a special twist - Daily Commercial News

A new flatiron condo building in Yorkville combines an urban location, unobstructed views, a unique design and proximity to nature. Park Road is located at the intersection of Collier Street and Park Road in Toronto at the edge of the Rosedale Valley Rav

canada.constructconnect.com

The 28th floor rooftop offers two terraces for gatherings.

“We have a west facing sunset terrace and an east facing sunrise terrace with different types of lounge and co-working space,” said Timpano.
...
There is no parking on the site and the building is less than 90 metres walking distance to the subway station.

“This is one of the first buildings that was proposed without parking and we’ll have a car share system on the site as well as an oversupply of bicycles,” Timpano explained.
...

For the western façade of the building, the team is investigating the use of a FSG window wall.

“It’s an exterior gasket system with an interior mullion which gives the building the ability, much like a retail window system, it’s still gravity loaded on the slab edge instead of hung like a curtain wall but from the exterior of the building you end up with a silicon gasket instead of an exterior mullion,” Timpano said. “These types of systems are new in residential construction.”