I'm amazed that in nearly 17 years of this forum, nobody has created a Toronto thread...


Anyway, the 4 story-deep excavation at King Toronto is nearly complete, and the first tower crane has been erected. Supposedly, they are still on schedule to open in 2023.

As a reminder, there are 4 or 5 heritage buildings or facades being preserved on this site, and they will be incorporated into the new building. The back of the stabilized facades are in the center of this panorama photo. The other two buildings being partially preserved are to the right.



Panoramic view of KING Toronto site, image by Forum contributor Red Mars

More construction photos here:

Urban Toronto: First Crane Installed for Landmark 'KING Toronto' Development


The rendering:

Amazing!

^^ yeah, i posted that bottom image in another thread a while back (forget which one) to emphasize the historic facade inclusion. it's fantastic.

Is Mosha Safdie getting any royalties on that? 

^I was gonna say . . . looks more "inspired" by Habitat than by mountain ranges. 

I just noticed that UrbanToronto site has a whole thread dedicated to the King Toronto project, with something like 40 renderings and 900 photos, here:  KING Toronto

There's to be a huge courtyard, with retail space, running down the middle of the project, with sections of residential units arching over it, and also forming an arched entryway:

urbanitas wrote: ↑

Mar 25, 2021

There's to be a huge courtyard running down the middle with sections of residential units arching over it, and forming an arched entryway.

Looks like a classic 1970s Sci-Fi flic, complete with aerial surveillance drones. 

imran wrote: ↑

Mar 25, 2021

Came across this ?saved facade in a downtown Toronto building. Maybe they have historic ordinances that developers can’t work around...

Toronto loves their façadism.

More examples, some complete, some still under construction. Many of these obviously incorporate more than just the façade, sometimes the whole heritage building. There are a ton of photos, renderings, details, and a backstory for the project on the links under each photo or rendering:

Urban Toronto: Nobu Residences


Urban Toronto: United BLDG


Urban Toronto: Maverick


Urban Toronto: 19 Duncan


Urban Toronto: EQ Bank Tower


Urban Toronto: Mirvish Village


Urban Toronto: 65 King Street East


Urban Toronto: Richmond Adelaide Centre: EY Tower


Archikey: Adelaide West


Urban Toronto: Lake Shore Condos


Urban Toronto: Five St. Joseph


CISC-ICCA: Art Gallery of Ontario


Urban Toronto: Bisha Hotel and Residences


Urban Toronto: Queen Richmond Centre West


Urban Toronto: King Blue Condos



Urban Toronto: Tip Top Lofts


Urban Toronto: King + Condos


Urban Toronto: New Broadview Hotel


Urban Toronto: 1 Yorkville


Urban Toronto: East United Condos


These are still in the planning stage:

Urban Toronto: 418 Church Street


Urban Toronto: 212 King Street West


Urban Toronto: Four Eleven King Street


Urban Toronto: 34-50 King East

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Wow.  That's really cool and to a pedestrian probably still feels kinda granular until you look up.  I take it they hollow out the inside of the original to pound bigger support piers or what not (not a construction junkie, yet), then build up?

bwcrow1s wrote: ↑

Mar 29, 2021

Wow.  That's really cool and to a pedestrian probably still feels kinda granular until you look up.  I take it they hollow out the inside of the original to pound bigger support piers or what not (not a construction junkie, yet), then build up?

Yeah, they build a steel frame next to the outside face of the façade, underpin the façade foundation, and then demolish and excavate the rest of the building, foundations and all. Then they excavate down to an elevation well below the foundations of the heritage facade, and then drill new piers, pour new basement walls, and build new floors behind it.

Like so:



The Globe and Mail: Massive exoskeletons hold up history

This is a closeup view of the excavation behind the façade for the King Toronto project that I posted about earlier. So, you are looking at the inside face of the front of a 4-story building with a basement, now perched on the edge of a nearly 4-story deep pit:

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