rdaner
Senior Member
Taken 21 May. I keep telling my friend to meet at Varda because soon this will be visible over the other Mirvish buildings but not quite yet.
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khaldoon
Active Member
Today.
travis3000
Active Member
Man this is a slow mover. What are we averaging here, one floor per month?
nightstreak
Active Member
Somehow it's already looking tall. Are the ceiling heights taller than usual? A skinny tower like this at 1000+ ft is going to look dizzyingly tall. If the second one gets built (even taller), these will easily become Toronto's best looking skyscrapers in my opinion — specially after seeing a sample of the molded metal cladding.
Is there a hotel and retail component? Having a residential condo open onto King Street is kind of wasted sidewalk animation potential.
GTAcondo
New Member
I think lower floors in really tall condos have thicker walls which take longer to dry.
Smiffy
New Member
I believe that there will be ground floor retail, no hotel tho...
Only on the podium I believe.
P.S. man quoting messages is a pain in the neck!
GenerationLee
Senior Member
It'll shoot up soon, by the end of summer/this year it'll be rather exciting to see updates of this project from David Pecaut Square.
Koops65
Senior Member
The current tower U/C isn't 1000+ feet tall. It's 862 feet, or 263 metres...
nightstreak
Active Member
I guess I'll leave my fingers crossed for the second tower to go ahead.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
That's still taller than 1 Bloor East. And the footprint looks smaller, so it will look very slender (maybe not quite pencil tower slender, but close).
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...let's not angst over the second tower for now. It will likely get built, just not anytime soon.
In the meantime, let's enjoy what this tower has to offer...gotta feeling we're in for a wild ride and in a good way.
In the meantime, let's enjoy what this tower has to offer...gotta feeling we're in for a wild ride and in a good way.
nightstreak
Active Member
It’s a pretty legitimate concern. This is an expensive tower to build and honestly, Frank Gehry won’t be around for that second tower and to ensure it gets built to his specifications.
If it’s built in 3-5 years, maybe it goes ahead. Longer than that, it gets a redesign.
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
He will hopefully be around for this tower - a tad shorter than 8 Spruce. But none of the less, still a crowning achievement to this person's life's work, IMO.
...not to mention, the market is in no hurry to respect an architect's timeline I'm afraid.
ImmenselyMental
Active Member
Here are three photos I took of Forma before brunch yesterday morning:
rdaner
Senior Member
^Great images! And where is the image of what/where you went to brunch?!