Toronto Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences Toronto | 203.9m | 52s | Lifetime | a—A

[ADRM]

taking advantage of legal loopholes is not illegal

Nowhere did I say that it is; the purpose of pointing out loopholes is so that they can be corrected by regulation or legislation.

 

[Downtown Toronto]

taking advantage of legal loopholes is not illegal

True but at the same time do want to end up as the next Panama?

 

[jozl]

I’m not surprised. Real estate, when it becomes a significant contributor of gdp, as it has in BC and Ontario, always attracts the kind of low lifes and con men that are outlined in the Star article. A shell game that moves debt and deeds around without contributing anything to society but inflated prices. There is an elderly woman in my neighbourhood who collects bottles and cans that people leave out so she can collect the meger deposit they yield. In my opinion she contributes more to society and has more honour than many of the low life real estate speculators that have infested our city.

 

[TheKingEast]

Meh, nothing wrong with taking advantage of loopholes.

 

[greg_cooke]

From Bay & Bloor

 

[someMidTowner]

Looks like some changes are coming. Minor Variance application to enclose south-facing penthouse terraces:

 

[Kenojuak]

My goodness, that is quite the penthouse.

Ownership:

Layout:

I wonder if this is owned by Peter Gilgan? In the correspondence, the architect is getting answers about ownership from Jim McGill from the Gilgan Family Office, and Greg Wallace from Mattamy.

Smart to enclose the terraces. It is really stupid to have balconies this high in the sky. I just can't imagine them being usable with the wind levels.

 

[NorthshoreCity]

My goodness, that is quite the penthouse.

Ownership:
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Layout:
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I wonder if this is owned by Peter Gilgan? In the correspondence, the architect is getting answers about ownership from Jim McGill from the Gilgan Family Office, and Greg Wallace from Mattamy.

Smart to enclose the terraces. It is really stupid to have balconies this high in the sky. I just can't imagine them being usable with the wind levels.

It is owned by him. There's article related to the sale; he paid $31,000,000 back in 2018!

Peter Gilgan is the new owner of Toronto's most expensive condo

The new owner of downtown's swankiest apartment is a guy who made a fortune selling homes in the suburbs

torontolife.com

 

[AlbertC]

Entrances for the hotel tower have been boarded up or blocked off by barriers.

 

[khris]

The podium looks so dirty. I don't think they should have used that material.

 

[junctionist]

From Bay & Bloor

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aA really got the profile right with this building. The tapering 3-tier skyscraper profile was a staple of the Art Deco era. It elegantly emphasizes a tower's height. Here's aA created a minimalist Modern interpretation. The podium is the first and widest tier. Then, the hotel tower rises in the slightly narrower second tier. Finally, the ever thinner condo tower soars above the middle tier as the third tier.

It concludes with a light and glassy penthouse level that appears thinner because of the lack of corner balconies. I wish we'd see more such massing.

 

[Koops65]

A zoom-in:

 

[Benito]

Something is going on near the top of the Four Seasons Hotel in Yorkville. I’m wondering if anyone knows what is going on?

 

[DavidCapizzano]

I believe they're enclosing one of the upper balconies.

 

[Benito]

Glazing being installed.