28 St. Thomas (cancelled office conversion to condo by &Co)

[androiduk]

Does anybody have any new info on this project? Except for the retail on the ground floor, this building is still empty. Who can afford to let a 10+ storey building in super prime territory sit empty for a year and why would they?

 

[cdr108]

I like it. The original building has some qualities of the TD Tower, Mies inspired?

There are some similarities to X condos, but shorter of course.

 

[Filip]

Does anybody have any new info on this project? Except for the retail on the ground floor, this building is still empty. Who can afford to let a 10+ storey building in super prime territory sit empty for a year and why would they?

As I posted before, this project in its current form is dead...

I'm thinking it'll most likely be turned into a luxury hotel.

 

[maestro]

Does anybody have any new info on this project

Canderel Stoneridge has the for lease sign in the window?
http://www.space4lease.com/main/propertyDetails.asp?uid=&q=896|1

 

[androiduk]

Thanks maestro. I went to the CBRE wesite and sure enough the whole building is for lease except for 12,000 sq. ft, which I assume is the shoe store on the ground floor. Boy, it's amazing that something on this level can turn out so badly.

 

[taal]

Yea wow that doesn't make any sense ...

How long has the building been completely empty?
Have they been trying to lease it the past long while??

I really doubt that much office space would sit vacant in Toronto!!

 

[androiduk]

Scaffolding is up and they're removing windows about half way up the building.

 

[interchange42]

Huh. Je me demande pourquoi? Are they going to re-clad the whole joint? If it ends up resembling Andco's condo remake, it'll be fabutastic!

42

 

[androiduk]

^ Don't get your hopes up, I went by late this afternoon and the windows were back in and it didn't look like they did anything. I only had one beer last night.

 

[maestro]

building application to replace windows

http://app.toronto.ca/ApplicationStatus/details.do?folderRsn=2194396

Can't tell ya if it refers to the defunct condo conversion. In either case, I doubt we'll see anything resembling the Andco design

 

[Solaris]

Based on mapping on City's website (http://map.toronto.ca/imapit/iMapIt.jsp?app=TOMaps), 101 Bloor Street West and 28 St. Thomas Street is the same building, it should be just units facing different directions

 

[The Condo Observer]

Is it a conversion? Or will they demolish and start new construction? I like the look today, but have a feeling it will not age well, and look dated in five to ten....

 

[Solaris]

as described above:

pink = property line
yellow = building footprint

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

101 Bloor West/28 St. Thomas

There's some activity happening here so I thought I'd revive the thread.
I don't know what's happening in the office tower (if anything), but it sure has seen better days. At street level Cole Haan is going in so that will add a bit of activity along that strip before the Colonnade again.

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.

 

[cdr108]

wasn't there a Cole Hann there already before they kicked everyone out ??!!??