Toronto King East Centre | 140m | 39s | First Gulf | WZMH

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Automation Gallery said:
Yup, expect something lower, more simple and boxy come out of this
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pman said:
Because Toronto.
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More 'simple and boxy' than what was presented? This is utter bargain basement stuff. Outside of the columns at the base (which were themselves rightly-criticized), what do you think this has going for it?
 
Automation Gallery said:
Geeo_O ....7 years later and still consultations?
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Phase 1, the Globe & Mail building is already finished; at that time they got permission for Phase 2 but it was to be built in the No Frills parking area. Now they want to move it east and put it over Dollerama and LCBO. It's a new project (with certain improvements but lots of problems); of course it needs consultation.
 
New docs posted May 28. The proposal now includes a 37-storey residential building:

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Zoning By-law Amendment application to permit two new buildings on the block containing the Globe and Mail Centre (to be retained). On the west side of the block is a 37-storey residential building (134.1 metres) containing 314 dwelling units with a residential gross floor area of 21,378 square metres. The existing Coca-Cola/George Brown building would remain in place. In the middle of the block is a 25-storey office building (111 metres) with a gross floor area of 54,317 square metres. The footprint of the new office building would replace some of the existing retail uses fronting on Front Street East. The existing buildings fronting on King Street East would remain in place. A 1,200 square metre POPS space is proposed fronting onto Front Street East. A total of 259 new parking spaces and 562 new bicycle parking spaces are proposed to support the new development.
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The East Side:

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A close-up:

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Very interesting looking lobby for the residential. It looks like it's just a small glass enclosed area with elevators going up to the residential floors. Unless the lobby will be inside the existing building where the No Frills currently is.
 
Truly a frankenstein complex, but I do appreciate what the incremental additions bring to the area.
 
You can see how the form shifts back so they can maintain the view from the event space in the Globe building.
 
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