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^^ There's definitely conflicting information when you consider The Star's article and the original committee of adjustment notice. I'm not sure what the Star's source is or why the committee sign had originally read 65 (although I would guess it was done so in error and reflected a previous...

Again the heights reported by DCN reflects a previous proposal. The current heights approved by the OMB would roughly translate to a 39 and 37 storey building depending on floor to ceiling heights - at least those were the heights in storeys given at the hearing. You can find the height in...

The Daily Commercial News report appears to be using out of date information. The heights in the report reflect a previous proposal that would have consisted of two slab style towers as a means of reducing the height. Ultimately the City and Menkes agreed on a height of 127 metres and 133 metres...

The height of the building is public knowledge - the plans, which are for a 70 storey building, were presented at the CoA last week.

Ok I'll rephrase: For what its worth, I can confirm that its 70 stories. Or you can just wait and see.. either way.

Just for the record I can confirm that the height is still 70 storeys.. if there was still any doubt on the issue.

Not saying that I know whether or not there's been an increase - but they could do so without a variance to the zoning. The zoning in the area iirc, is very permissive in terms of height. In fact I think Telus was built under the as-of-right zoning and didn't require any sort of planning...

It's an interesting case because the proposed height of 164 metres would violate one policy while complying with another. City staff have said that building heights within the King-Spadina Secondary plan (which the site is on the edge of) need to tapper from west to east and from south to north...

Just to clear things up here's the status of the OMB hearing: the development hasn't officially been approved but there was a motion brought by Councilor Vaughn (and carried) at the last council meeting to approve the application with a few modifications. The modifications include a small...

Architects Alliance is the architect.

Unfortunately I don't think this is likely an indication of a height increase but rather a reconfiguration of the allocation of total GFA which is also controlled for in the By-law. In order to increase the total GFA (which would be what is required to achieve a height increase), there would...

The City approved a 45 storey tower (44 storeys plus mechanical penthouse) at its meeting in July. All such information is available on the City website (agendas/minutes and by-laws).

No hotel planned.. but stay tuned on this site nonetheless ;)

The design for this one is very un-aA like interestingly enough. From the quick glance at the renders I got, it looks very KPMBish. black brick on lower levels and precast and glass on the upper levels. Not bad, but also not my favourite aA design, but then again I'm a big fan of pretty much...

Speaking as some one who tends to lean centre-right I think Ford would be a disaster. I think we need some one to make tough financial decisions and get the City's budget back in order but Ford may talk a lot about that but his personality would never be able to get it done. Beyond all else he...

Regardless of the the rational provided, I wouldn't sweat it. The most likely outcome is council approves the development despite Planning Staff's recommendation. There's nothing wildly out of character with what's been approved in the immediate area that would suggest Adam Vaughan wouldn't be...

^^agreed. Skyline shots like that are good for context especially for those who don't always get to see the city from that perspective. The fact that the shot shows the entire skyline is a bonus. Thanks for that UD.

This is true in principle but this site is dealing with some limitations that M5V wasn't dealing with at the time. Because of the approvals at both M5V and 56 Blue Jays there will be significant setback issues from the adjacent approved building envelopes. I'm not sure exactly what this will...

This is true. You can also add 56 Blue Jays, 290 Adelaide and a part interest in M5V, Lumiere, 21 Avenue and the new Four Seasons to their list of recent development projects.

Its Lifetime I'm pretty sure.