Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

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FYI LeftCoster over at SSP shot the rumor down stating:
Nothing big is happening.
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He's in the industry and generally I find is in the know for things like this.

Though to be fair I42 really didn't indicate anything so we can't be too upset ; - ) ... maybe the site is being sold (which isn't really exciting at all for us .. at least in the short term).



I'm most excited ( though not any more ) for this project and the one on Front, the Union tower development is good but isn't really replacing a large / visible parking space and won't really add much to the public realm (less the skyline) ... same goes for most of the other proposals by Allied i.e. mainly converting / expanding existing buildings.
 
taal said:
FYI LeftCoster over at SSP shot the rumor down stating:


He's in the industry and generally I find is in the know for things like this.

Though to be fair I42 really didn't indicate anything so we can't be too upset ; - ) ... maybe the site is being sold (which isn't really exciting at all for us .. at least in the short term).



I'm most excited ( though not any more ) for this project and the one on Front, the Union tower development is good but isn't really replacing a large / visible parking space and won't really add much to the public realm (less the skyline) ... same goes for most of the other proposals by Allied i.e. mainly converting / expanding existing buildings.
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Unless something has changed something very very big is coming to this site... can't say anything more but it's being kept very hush hush , but its going to be a massive proposal and commercial
 
TOfan696 said:
Unless something has changed something very very big is coming to this site... can't say anything more but it's being kept very hush hush , but its going to be a massive proposal and commercial
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We've heard hype like this only to be let down when we see what the actual design is. We were told that 10 York was being re-designed to provide Toronto with something iconic only to get a design that won't be anything of the sort. It's nice, but no show stopper. 'Very very big' to some would mean 350-450m, to others it means 200m+.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if it does end up being something 'massive', but we'll likely not get anything bigger than already exists in this city.
 
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isaidso said:
We've heard hype like this only to be let down when we see what the actual design is. We were told that 10 York was being re-designed to provide Toronto with something iconic only to get a design that won't be anything of the sort. It's nice, but no show stopper. 'Very very big' to some would mean 350-450m, to others it means 200m+.

I'll be pleasantly surprised if it does end up being something 'massive', but we'll likely not get anything bigger than already exists in this city.
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Massive doesn't necessarily mean super tall in this case ... its large surface parking lot with an opportunity for a huge floor plate , never said iconic design either - just the only way it has been described is massive
 
TOfan696 said:
Massive doesn't necessarily mean super tall in this case ... its large surface parking lot with an opportunity for a huge floor plate , never said iconic design either - just the only way it has been described is massive
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Floor plate not big enough for a new nfl or mlb stadium. So other then a supertall I don't know what else would be considered "massive" for this Site.
 
It's not 398 - it's +300.

And the ground level is +77
 
Ivanhoe had a design competition for this project. Wilkinson Eyre were the winners. The renderings looked very promising.
 
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