[Larissa Doherty]

Novice construction question: What are the orangey-brown tanks going in on the current top floor of YC today? Are they putting a mechanical room here? I always thought this kind of equipment went on the top of the tower, but by my count they are on floor level 58, so there are still plenty more floors to pour. Is it typical to have a mechanical room set up like this about 8 floors under the penthouse?

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

It's not uncommon to have mid-tower mechanical rooms in tall towers.

Typically they will be taller than a standard residential floor height.

This tower has a few of them.

 

[Automation Gallery]

That very well could be the penthouse, remember that 66 storeys doesn't necessarily mean 66 floors

 

[interchange42]

@Larissa Doherty, there's a long post, buried somewhere early in this thread that explains how for this particular building we simply weren't able (bizarrely enough) to figure out how many real floors are in this one. Plans for this were filed before the days when the City starting making them all available online, and what was available publicly was inconclusive. We do ask directly for plans, on occasion, but few companies are willing to take the time to dig up and furnish these things to us.

I created this diagram to try to figure it out:

In any case, now that Canderel has applied for Condominium Approval from the City, there's finally a plan online that proves that there aren't really 66 storeys in this building, despite the "AQUA 66" branding for the upper-most level pool.

What's now online shows that there are actually 62 storeys in this building, including all upper levels as all of them have either units or amenities on at least parts of them. (We don't usually count mechanical floors, but here unlike most buildings, there are no floors that are fully mechanical penthouse. Instead, mechanicals are spread out over the top three floors, and units or amenities are worked in amongst them.)

A note about getting to the top of this building: if you live in the single unit on floor 65 (IRL level 61), then you ride the elevators up to floor 64 (IRL level 60) before switching to another elevator for the final single-level climb. Similarly, anyone living in the upper half of the building heading up to AQUA 66 (IRL AQUA 62) also has to ride to "64", then switch to another elevator for the final double-level climb. Anyone living in the lower half of the building has to ride to—I think—level 35 (IRL) and then transfer to the other bank of elevators, and then take the final elevator up. I suppose there was no other way to arrange the elevators, but it all becomes a case of "getting there is half the 'fun'".

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PS. The database file has been updated to reflect 62 storeys.

 

[Larissa Doherty]

Really, really, interesting. Thanks for the details!

I've definitely seen some towers with mechanical rooms at different floor levels up a building (Aura, for instance, has a mechanical room on floors 57 & 58), but with YC, I never thought to see one so close to the top of a tower, which is why these tanks piqued my curiosity so much today. If this is indeed more or less where the building tops out though, that would make total sense. I didn't realize they were "blacklisting" so many floor levels.

Totally sucks about the elevator planning. I would hate to be the one needing to switch elevators when bringing home big bags of heavy groceries - or even just moving furniture in and out in general!

 

[.dwg]

If Canderel wasn't up to the task of building a "66-storey" tower with functional elevator layouts, they should have stuck to the sweet spot of a 50-storey tower and not caused such an inconvenience to their residents. There's no excuse to have people switching elevators part way up the building to get to their units or amenities - that's ridiculous.

 

[Rascacielo]

Today

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

If Canderel wasn't up to the task of building a "66-storey" tower with functional elevator layouts, they should have stuck to the sweet spot of a 50-storey tower and not caused such an inconvenience to their residents. There's no excuse to have people switching elevators part way up the building to get to their units or amenities - that's ridiculous.

You won't like Maple Leaf Square or 488 University then

 

[PMT]

Yesterday:

 

[interchange42]

Our @Marcanadian went into YC last week for a look at innovative vibration absorption technology that's being built into this building. We've got a story up on the front page here: Innovative Damping Technology Behind the Scenes at YC Condos

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[Amare]

If only the rest of this building and its design could've been as innovative as that vibration absorption technology.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

From early this morning

 

[Contra]

Has there been any rumblings of what's going to occupy the street-level retail?

 

[Marcanadian]

Some additional photos from the tour, including the views!

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

YC Condos by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

 

[Chopper1953]

Has there been any rumblings of what's going to occupy the street-level retail?

I would guess = Bank, Drugstore and Coffee Shop .