mininamib
Active Member
Is the basement of the previous building still there or was it removed and replaced with some soil from elsewhere until a full-scale dig starts?
Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners
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rdaner
Senior Member
I think that this one is going very deep (6+ levels).
khaldoon
Active Member
This one should have only 4 underground levels whereas the second/taller tower has 6.
Red Mars
Senior Member
May 28, 2023
AHK
Senior Member
May 30 - One day after this image by Red Mars, and the shoring machine shown below has left the site - shoring has been completed, and excavation is fully underway, with dump trucks arriving and leaving the site in a steady stream.
sinasdf
New Member
I'm back at the office so I snapped a recent pic. Last time I posted they were drilling deep holes and filling it with cement, now excavating
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Yeah...they got that one shored up pretty quickly.
khaldoon
Active Member
From today. It is getting to the fun/serious part of constructing this thing. With large sites, it would take ~ 4 months to excavate 4 levels so we will see how fast this progresses given the small lot and tight location they have to work with. In any event, we should see a crane popping up before Xmas 
sinasdf
New Member
Here is a 3:30 PM update, almost 8 hours later...lots of progress!
Red Mars
Senior Member
Jun 3, 2023
fanoftoronto
Active Member
It seems this site could rival The One in having the smallest site footprint to work with. I wonder if that's the case.
khaldoon
Active Member
That is true. I wonder if, like the one, they will build a temp staging platform after they finish excavation.
DavidK
New Member
People who bought these units at $2000/sqft must be the warren buffetts of Toronto precon speculation.
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Forma is not at $2K/ft.