April 12, 2025:

Dufferin and Bloor:

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Line 2 closed between Jane and Ossington stations for the weekend for track work.
 
I walked by The One and saw a series of crates being rolled into the retail space through the front door. Maybe they've found a tenant after all? Or could be them staging the space for viewings. Anyone know? The use of this space will make or break the sidewalk presence of this building and I dread the wrong choice that kills the corner. The neighbourhood doesn't need another uber exclusive hand bag/clothing/jewellery store. Either a hotel lobby, restaurant or other entertainment which keeps the corner buzzing after hours would be nice.
 
Something is definitely happening in the base. A lot of activity going through the front door today.

Resharing @Johnny Au 's picture which is far better than mine to demonstrate how they've built a path and hoarding around the base with a doorway to haul materials into the space:

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Given that there's been no news of a tenant and Tridel only just finalized taking over the project, I don't think it's a retail tenant outfitting the space, it's likely Tridel finishing it up themselves to stage it to find a tenant.

Question: Is this circled area the intended hotel lobby and event space?

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Now without a retail tenant and a hotel partner, I wonder if they can get creative with the base. Flexibility in the use of the retail space and the hotel block (if that's indeed what it is) could attract better bids for either or both.

A pair of escalators from the vaulted space into that south block like the Sheraton Centre, then a restaurant/bar with live music like Shangri-la and other hotel lobby activities at street level would be a nice use of the space. If the Sheraton and Shangr-la can make it work at prime locations, then why wouldn't The One?
 
nightstreak said:
Something is definitely happening in the base. A lot of activity going through the front door today.

Resharing @Johnny Au 's picture which is far better than mine to demonstrate how they've built a path and hoarding around the base with a doorway to haul materials into the space:

img_5605-jpeg.642947


Given that there's been no news of a tenant and Tridel only just finalized taking over the project, I don't think it's a retail tenant outfitting the space, it's likely Tridel finishing it up themselves to stage it to find a tenant.

Question: Is this circled area the intended hotel lobby and event space?

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Now without a retail tenant and a hotel partner, I wonder if they can get creative with the base. Flexibility in the use of the retail space and the hotel block (if that's indeed what it is) could attract better bids for either or both.

A pair of escalators from the vaulted space into that south block like the Sheraton Centre, then a restaurant/bar with live music like Shangri-la and other hotel lobby activities at street level would be a nice use of the space. If the Sheraton and Shangr-la can make it work at prime locations, then why wouldn't The One?
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Level 5 of the tower is the hotel lobby, level 6 is the residential lobby, with access to the outdoor amenity space.
 
nightstreak said:
Question: Is this circled area the intended hotel lobby and event space?

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I think it's supposed to be (along with the same floors in the tower footprint) conference/event space and restaurants. There's a bit of detail here:
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Hardhat Tour of The One: Inside the Soaring Retail Space and 3rd Floor Event Space | UrbanToronto

For our second report covering UrbanToronto’s hardhat tour of The One, we are sharing everything we learned from our walk-through of the third floor restaurant/event space and the grade level retail space.
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