[urbandreamer]

Mixed use office and residential building to replace the TD Insurance tower at Yonge and Soudan.

 

[Bayer]

Mixed use office and residential building to replace the TD Insurance tower at Yonge and Soudan.

I used to work there in the early 90s; a perfectly serviceable building. But then again, so is 1 Eglinton East.

 

[AlbertC]

Another mid-rise office building in the area with redevelopment plans. The transformation of Yonge & Eg continues.

 

[GenerationLee]

Man! That's crazy, but nothing terribly surprising I suppose. I like the existing building and bits and pieces of street interaction, along with a statue which I'm certain is there. The office building there is what.....8-12 floors, pretty sizable to try and demo.

 

[jje1000]

Not too much of a loss (hopefully the sculpture can find a new home somewhere else).

Now for the Canadian Tire across the street, crossing my fingers that it'll be kept.

 

[Edward Skira]

Not too much of a loss (hopefully the sculpture can find a new home somewhere else).

A loss if they don't at least replace the same amount of office space.

 

[PMT]

2161 YONGE ST
Ward 22 - Tor & E.York District

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Application to permit the construction of a mixed use building with a maximum building height of 118m (excluding the mechanical penthouse) or 36 storeys, containing 31,305m2 of combined residential and non-residential GFA. The proposal will include a 6 storey podium containing 600m2 of retail at grade, and 8267m2 of office space on floors 2-6 as well a residential tower above containing 288 new dwelling units (22434m2). Parking will be provided in 4 level of underground parking with 155 spaces.

Proposed Use --- # of Storeys --- # of Units ---

Applications:
Type Number Date Submitted Status
Rezoning 17 186503 STE 22 OZ Jun 23, 2017 Application Received

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Looks leaky to me, probably due for a reno anyway, made more sense to tear down and build better.

mixed use building with a maximum building height of 118m (excluding the mechanical penthouse) or 36 storey's

For comparison, directly beside it, Minto Quantam (the shorter one) is 37 storeys, 126m with penthouse.

 

[PMT]

Architect is Graziani + Corazza:

 

[UrbanFervour]

Gross.

Everything G+C produces is absolute sh*t.

 

[cd concept]

This building looks nice! Hope they use dark glass windows!

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

124.6m. This has been added to The 100m List.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

This building looks nice! Hope they use dark glass windows!

Wait until you see the mullions.

AoD

 

[interchange42]

If Tribute wants the building to look sleek like the renderings, then it'll be up to them to pay what it takes to accomplish that. If they're not prepared to pay, then it'll be their fault that G+C will have to deploy the mullions everywhere to frame smaller, cheaper panes of glass.

When you pile in on the architect and do not acknowledge the developer's part in determining the final architectural outcome, that is you own cheapness of spirit.

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[ProjectEnd]

No disagreement that developers need to share in far more blame for aesthetic failures than they currently do.

To take a step back though, you don't hire G+C because you want something spectacular, you hire them because you want a building that stands up and makes you a lot of money. Why bother getting a shitty firm to try and do an excellent building? They have the reputation they do because of the service they offer.