tpm
New Member
Maybe someone has noted this, but wasn't part of the land deal to Bazis the option for them to provide McDonalds with a first right to the ground floor retail space. As McDonalds was the vendor?
Toronto Exhibit Residences | 99.97m | 32s | Bazis | Rosario Varacalli
- Thread starter AlvinofDiaspar
- Start date
androiduk
Senior Member
Starting work on the sales office.
UrbanOptic
Active Member
The Exhibit Residences development will actually be comprised of five blocks, two connected within the podium itself and blocks 2-4 will be considered the tower portion of the condominium. The podium floor-plans have been designed for South exposure only and the Northern portion will be dedicated for above grade parking (Levels 1-8).
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Unobstructed views on display at Exhibit
Architect Rosario Varacalli didn’t need to look very far for inspiration when he was designing Exhibit Residences, a 32-storey condo soon to be built directly across from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Daniel Libeskind’s Crystal, the striking 2007 addition to the ROM, was an obvious muse.
Varacalli, director of design and construction for Exhibit builder Bazis International, felt that the north side of Bloor St. should not merely serve as a “background of architecture†for Libeskind’s iconic work. (The Exhibit site is currently home to a McDonald’s and several other businesses).
Instead, Varacalli wanted his tower to have what he describes as an “understated dialogue†with the ROM adjunct.
Accordingly, the Exhibit highrise will comprise four stacked cubes that are offset from one another and jut out in different directions — Crystal-like — making the building seem slightly off-kilter as it climbs into the sky.
The four cubes are covered in frittered glass, which Varacalli says will give the tower an “ethereal sort of quality.â€
Exhibit will include 200 residences, ranging from 650 square feet to over 2,000 square feet. Prices start at around $500,000 and go to over $2 million for the penthouses (which are located in a penthouse cube that takes up the building’s top nine floors).
More...http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/reales...466--unobstructed-views-on-display-at-exhibit
Architect Rosario Varacalli didn’t need to look very far for inspiration when he was designing Exhibit Residences, a 32-storey condo soon to be built directly across from the Royal Ontario Museum.
Daniel Libeskind’s Crystal, the striking 2007 addition to the ROM, was an obvious muse.
Varacalli, director of design and construction for Exhibit builder Bazis International, felt that the north side of Bloor St. should not merely serve as a “background of architecture†for Libeskind’s iconic work. (The Exhibit site is currently home to a McDonald’s and several other businesses).
Instead, Varacalli wanted his tower to have what he describes as an “understated dialogue†with the ROM adjunct.
Accordingly, the Exhibit highrise will comprise four stacked cubes that are offset from one another and jut out in different directions — Crystal-like — making the building seem slightly off-kilter as it climbs into the sky.
The four cubes are covered in frittered glass, which Varacalli says will give the tower an “ethereal sort of quality.â€
Exhibit will include 200 residences, ranging from 650 square feet to over 2,000 square feet. Prices start at around $500,000 and go to over $2 million for the penthouses (which are located in a penthouse cube that takes up the building’s top nine floors).
More...http://www.yourhome.ca/homes/reales...466--unobstructed-views-on-display-at-exhibit
Mongo
Senior Member
I assume the author meant "fritted glass". Shame to see a reporter's knowledge of English being frittered away like this.
androiduk
Senior Member
.
Xray_Crystal_Junkie
Senior Member
Granted they may not be finished, but that is one sad looking sales center. Yes I know it's an existing building and not purpose built but the facade looks terrible. Certainly doesn't hold a candle to the dozen others littered throughout the city.
Maybe they'll pass the savings onto the condo buyers... hahahaha
Maybe they'll pass the savings onto the condo buyers... hahahaha
shyne07
New Member
it says the presentation center is 162 cumberland st.
androiduk
Senior Member
^ I went over to 162 Cumberland today and it's still under construction. That should tick off a few people.
yyzer
Senior Member
from today's press release, the VIP broker event is this Wednesday.....
VIP Broker Event: Launch of the New Exhibit Condos
Bloor Street is about to see a transformation. Exhibit, the new condominium on Bloor just west of Avenue Road, artfully blends breathtaking design set against the urban landscape in the heart of the Yorkville area. Located across from the Royal Ontario Museum and steps to the Gardiner Museum and Royal Conservatory of Music, the building takes its rightful place along Toronto's "cultural avenue".
Designed by Roy Varacalli, one of the city's leading architects, the building is art itself. A unique above ground parking garage and a peaceful outdoor rooftop garden are just two examples of artful elements the building showcases.
You are invited on Wednesday March 30th to attend the VIP Launch Event and see for yourself Bloor Street's most elegant condominium. For more information, visit the website www.exhibitresidences.com.
Details
Date: Wednesday, March 30th 12-4pm
Location: 162 Cumberland Street
Toronto, Ontario
Complimentary parking available at Citipark 148 Cumberland.
Bring Ticket for validation
VIP Broker Event: Launch of the New Exhibit Condos
Bloor Street is about to see a transformation. Exhibit, the new condominium on Bloor just west of Avenue Road, artfully blends breathtaking design set against the urban landscape in the heart of the Yorkville area. Located across from the Royal Ontario Museum and steps to the Gardiner Museum and Royal Conservatory of Music, the building takes its rightful place along Toronto's "cultural avenue".
Designed by Roy Varacalli, one of the city's leading architects, the building is art itself. A unique above ground parking garage and a peaceful outdoor rooftop garden are just two examples of artful elements the building showcases.
You are invited on Wednesday March 30th to attend the VIP Launch Event and see for yourself Bloor Street's most elegant condominium. For more information, visit the website www.exhibitresidences.com.
Details
Date: Wednesday, March 30th 12-4pm
Location: 162 Cumberland Street
Toronto, Ontario
Complimentary parking available at Citipark 148 Cumberland.
Bring Ticket for validation
SP!RE
°°°°°°
Really? Because I'm not sure if that's artful so much as an ambivalent fact about the building.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Considering the location and design i think this condo building will sell well.
gristle
Senior Member
He was probably thinking about the food in McDonalds.
We're just back from the Exhibit preview opening, and the building looks hot. More renderings coming shortly - here's one to get it going!
The Condo Observer
Active Member
Clearly this render is not accurate, as it appears to be a building outside of an urban context. Did they transplant it from an Etobicoke re-development? What is currently on the site?
Edit: this is the view from Philospher's Walk. Still a bit of an idealization. Interesting they would choose to frame it as such, and not in its true urban environment.
Edit: this is the view from Philospher's Walk. Still a bit of an idealization. Interesting they would choose to frame it as such, and not in its true urban environment.
Last edited: