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interchange42 said:
What's needed, for security reasons, are separate elevator lobbies to access the commercial space, and in the past that would have meant a separate bank of elevators too...

...but with modern destination dispatch technology, elevators serving the top floor restaurant can serve residential floors too on normal runs, as the tech allows for an elevator taking diners to be dispatched to the restaurant only while blocking stops on the condo levels. A separate lobby at ground level can stops diners from getting on an elevator that will serve residents.

I'll be interested to see how they manage this here, but my bet is that they use what was otherwise simply going to be a corridor at ground level between the two banks of elevators (seen below, just south of the MID-BLOCK CONNECTION label), as the restaurant elevator access (just make openings in the concrete walls for whichever ones they want to use). Someone entering from the central corridor would get an elevator that will only open again once it reaches the 106th floor, whereas residents would enter from the east elevator doors off of the high-rise lobby for a regular run to the condo floors. Whether the elevators are serving restaurant guests or residents can vary depending upon demand.

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Depending on the time of day, this will knock out one of the five lifts which will serve floors 57 to 105. Of course, these are the very floors which residents have paid more for, sometimes much more. I can't imagine their consenting to have poorer elevator service than the hoi polloi on the lower decks.
 
They hit floor 100 of 106 six days ago. I believe someone mentioned here that the self-climbing system completes a floor every 4 days, if I remember correctly.

So, they should have completed 101 already and are working on 102 for the next couple of days or is it completed 100 and are now working on 101? 🤔
 
Koops65 said:
Yeah I don't know how many floors, but they were at 310 - 311 metres last week, maybe 314 now, that leaves about 37 metres to go.
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That would make it taller than One Bloor West. And that tower is capped for the ages.
 
hansboyca said:
Depending on the time of day, this will knock out one of the five lifts which will serve floors 57 to 105. Of course, these are the very floors which residents have paid more for, sometimes much more. I can't imagine their consenting to have poorer elevator service than the hoi polloi on the lower decks.
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It will be interesting to see how it's handled. During low-volume hours (outside of commuting periods) it won't likely be noticeable, but only dinner and to some extent lunch are likely to place any noticeable demand on the service, so maybe commutes back up to the suite will take longer while dinner guests are served?

I would be surprised if condo suite purchase deeds had any reference to promised levels of elevator service (if that does form a part of others deeds, please let me know!), so there'd be little anyone could do in that regard. Now, how the condo corp or corps are set up in this building may come into play here. Does the condo corp end up owning the restaurant? Are they responsible for making sure it runs smoothly and is not a drain on condo corp finances? Or is the restaurant owned by whatever entity owns the hotel (to be run by Marriott as a Meridien)? Or is the restaurant owned separately?

Inquiring minds want to know! (I have begun posing more restaurant questions to Pinnacle's PR firm, and got a "no details yet" response).

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interchange42 said:
It will be interesting to see how it's handled. During low-volume hours (outside of commuting periods) it won't likely be noticeable, but only dinner and to some extent lunch are likely to place any noticeable demand on the service, so maybe commutes back up to the suite will take longer while dinner guests are served?

I would be surprised if condo suite purchase deeds had any reference to promised levels of elevator service (if that does form a part of others deeds, please let me know!), so there'd be little anyone could do in that regard. Now, how the condo corp or corps are set up in this building may come into play here. Does the condo corp end up owning the restaurant? Are they responsible for making sure it runs smoothly and is not a drain on condo corp finances? Or is the restaurant owned by whatever entity owns the hotel (to be run by Marriott as a Meridien)? Or is the restaurant owned separately?

Inquiring minds want to know! (I have begun posing more restaurant questions to Pinnacle's PR firm, and got a "no details yet" response).

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Are they confirmed that a restaurant / food service is to be included? They've gone back and forth on this a couple of times now.
 
ProjectEnd said:
Are they confirmed that a restaurant / food service is to be included? They've gone back and forth on this a couple of times now.
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It was part of their press release coinciding with the visit to the 100th level.

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“Residents and guests will live, gather, and dine at Pinnacle One Yonge, and we look forward to inviting the world to experience everything we will be offering, including the restaurant on the 106th floor."
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That's gonna be a pricey overcooked steak
 
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