isaidso said:
Maybe we will start seeing more of this type of thing. As low hanging fruit becomes scarcer developers will start turning to options like this. It's not even the first building on this street that got additional floors added. Didn't one of those hospitals add some floors later on?
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The Shell Oil Tower, built in 1958, had seven additional floors added in 1966. It's not too hard to spot the additional floors, but they match architecturally.

The Hospital For Sick Children's University Avenue wing had two floors added around the same time the Elm Wing was built in the 1970s. Mount Sinai Hospital had an addition built on top of the original structure, but on the Murray Street side. And of course, there's the 1990s Princess Margaret Hospital which used the facade of old Ontario Hydro buildings for a taller construction as well.
 
There's even more than that, like Tip Top Tailors and Queen's Quay Terminal, but I limited myself to those buildings on University Avenue.
 
@ShonTron, you forgot the 1980s pomo-ification of 375 University at the corner of University and Armoury:

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isaidso said:
Maybe we will start seeing more of this type of thing. As low hanging fruit becomes scarcer developers will start turning to options like this. It's not even the first building on this street that got additional floors added. Didn't one of those hospitals add some floors later on?
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Things like these are very common in places like New York going back decades, where often times developers choose to reclad and expand existing buildings rather than do a complete demolition.
 
jje1000 said:
Things like these are very common in places like New York going back decades, where often times developers choose to reclad and expand existing buildings rather than do a complete demolition.
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Yep, it was inevitable that it became prevalent here.
 
wow.. love the landscape.. looks so lively.. and adds more character to the city.. it's a live..b4 the building was a dead as many still on the avenue..
 
Spectacular! Kudos to Canadian engineering prowess! Much better than tearing down a perfectly usable building (and create more landfill) and rebuild from scratch. Increasing density directly above a subway station is also the way more modern cities are trying to integrate mass transit. The fins mirror the MARS building just up the street, whilst the glass generally reflects the Sun Life Centre down the street, so this building kind of "ties" the N and S parts of University Avenue.
 
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