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  1. Vanalla

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

    From what I understand, anything above 300m is a supertall so this qualifies. Could be wrong though, I almost always am.
  2. Vanalla

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

    Will the windows on the curtainwall portion be openable/operable at all?
  3. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

    "the sky over the port was the colour of television, turned to a dead channel" William Gibson, Neuromancer Fun fact, he wrote that book inspired heavily by his time spent living in Toronto dodging the Vietnam draft in the late '60s.
  4. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | Yonge Street Marine Terminal | ?m | ?s | TPA

    There's a piece of this that no one is discussing as well, which is the business case feasibility study. Why would a cruise company operate out of Toronto? Despite our waterfront, we're horrifically positioned to operate a cruise industry. Getting to any traditional cruise destination...
  5. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    BMO could be a good thought but I'm not familiar with their CRE strategy or financials as of late so can't speak to them. Manulife from what I can tell is consolidating around their campus at Bloor/Yonge. Desjardins is interesting, as they're currently in Telus Tower, but from what I understand...
  6. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | 1928 McCowan Road | 161.5m | 50s | 2827431 Ontario Inc | TAES

    If they don't name this building 'McNugget' I'm not being hyperbolic when I say that's an absolute failing of humanity. I will accept McDonald's on the ground floor as a consolation prize.
  7. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    Rogers (and the other telcos) wouldn't consolidate into trophy space like this - they maintain expensive downtown offices for execs and show, but won't pay for that for the rest of their workforce. Their real estate model relies on having multiple satellite offices. The efficiency is that...
  8. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    Not really. There's four sides to most office buildings, therefore four opportunities to negotiate a signage agreement. Everything gets negotiated in the lease, including position on the building pylon (street level sign at the door). There's also naming rights (TD Tower, CIBC Square, etc) for...
  9. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx

    Exhibition Station is about to be a multi-modal paradise, especially with the airport a stone's throw away. Could be a smaller version of Amsterdam-Schiphol if we execute correctly, allowing intermodal transfer between streetcar, subway, regional rail, buses, cycle roads, short haul air travel...
  10. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    Trophy/AAA space is in a pre-2020 vacancy position right now so an anchor tenant may be as little as months away. I don't think these are the final plans/renders for this building at all though, still plenty they can VE out. Could be pleasantly surprised though.
  11. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    There's no silver bullet to be classified as AAA. What makes something AAA is purely dictated by the market. For example, prior to the development of the GO network, being close to Union was not as important as having a very favourable parking ratio. Nowadays everything @Northern Light said is...
  12. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    What particularly interests me about this graph is that AAA is at pre-pandemic levels, A has a long way to go, B is increasing in vacancy, and C is decreasing. My theory is that the flight to quality conversation is ruling the day with occupiers - the primary lure to get employees back to...
  13. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    Not really. Brick and Beam buildings are what the Toronto market of 2019 called 'Class B', so the spaces surrounding the DT core they're referring to are King West, King East, St Clair, etc. When Colliers refers to the 'downtown fringe' they're usually referring to outside a 1-2km circle...
  14. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | The HUB | 258.46m | 59s | Oxford Properties | Rogers Stirk Harbour

    Office broker sentiment is very optimistic that this one will secure an anchor deal soon. Obv that's a little like asking the Coyote about expected Road Runner traffic, but I haven't seen sentiment like this in 5 years.
  15. Vanalla

    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    Can I create the Twitter account for this one?

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