Toronto Forma | 308m | 84s | Great Gulf | Gehry Partners

[khaldoon]

Are both buildings being built at the same time?

No. The west building is not even on sale yet - at least not publicly. However the link above gives an estimate for the construction value for both buildings.

 

[mferna]

New front page story featuring Forma is up, and checkout UrbanToronto's Instagram for this project's full live ceremony event featuring Frank Gehry himself! https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2023/06/forma-landmark-development-11-years-so-far-making.52778

 

[mferna]

Are both buildings being built at the same time?

The smaller tower is being constructed first, not sure when construction will start on the taller one.

 

[steveve]

Some images from today's groundbreaking ceremony.
51 weeks since launch, $1B of real estate has been sold here (Phase 1)

 

[Northern Light]

Front Page Story on the ground breaking above
:

Frank Gehry and Development Team Celebrate the Ground Breaking of A Future Landmark, Forma | UrbanToronto

After over a decade of dreaming and planning, the ceremonial start of construction of Forma was celebrated today at what was likely one of the most anticipated ground breaking events in recent memory. The event was highlighted by a speech from Frank Gehry himself, before the shovels hit the...

urbantoronto.ca

 

[FNTS]

Dude looks like he is a 70 years old.


Edit: i know he is 95

Before coming to the podium somebody mentioned his age, so when Gehry got to the mic the first thing he said was "Where am I?"
95 and still a wisecracker.

 

[khaldoon]

There aren’t many spots to observe the progress of the excavation work.

 

[3Dementia]

^ since you're already a drone pilot... these are only $85 bucks. I'll see if I can crowd-fund UT.

Link

 

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[UtakataNoAnnex]

^ since you're already a drone pilot... these are only $85 bucks. I'll see if I can crowd-fund UT.

Link

Off-topically: I thought hunter-seekers where only used to deliver poisons to unwanted royal figure heads though...

 

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[mininamib]

Will the old advert on the neighbouring building be preserved or incorporated in any way?

 

[Red Mars]

July 1, 2023

 

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[Bjays92]

My girlfriend went on a weekend trip to Toronto and I gave her a list of buildings to look out for lol. She was kinda enough to take a bunch of photos for a whole lot of different sites.

From June 25:

I am fairly confident this is the Forma site but I've actually never been by it in person.