[PasticheProtégé]

More grey, because of course!
Baited and switched.

 

[Spooderman]

hopefully they keep the original colour for the street level

 

[AlbertC]

 

[Johnny Au]

April 8, 2026:

 

[AlbertC]

 

[AlbertC]

 

[rdaner]

Thanks. The views from here are going to be crazy!

 

[reia]

really blends and fits in a good way

 

[busybeaver]

Darcy marketed to poor art students at GradX OCADU..

 

[HousingNowTO]

Random Draw for New Affordable Homes Coming to Chinatown
New rental homes are opening at 140 D’Arcy St . in late summer 2026, and 22 affordable rental homes will be available through a random selection process.

Eligible households are invited to complete an application by the deadline: June 19, 2026 at 5 p.m.

The Darcy, located at 140 D’Arcy St. in Toronto’s Chinatown neighbourhood, offers downtown living steps from Kensington Market, Queen West, community services, transit, employment opportunities, and everyday amenities.

The affordable rental homes offered in the random draw include studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom and 3-bedroom apartments with monthly rents ranging from $1,199 to $1,889 depending on unit type. The random selection process will be coordinated by DMS Property Management, with the City of Toronto providing oversight to ensure fairness.

For more information about the affordable rental homes, eligibility requirements, and the random selection process, visit:
https://www.thedarcy.ca/affordable-suites

 

[Mihairokov]

May 20, 2026

 

[CLT]

From today

 

[daptive]

Thanks all for the updates - much appreciated!

Can someone please get a couple close-ups of the light grey cladding on the upper portion, the dark grey cladding in the reveals and maybe a shot of the base, showing the cladding - would be appreciated.

It's really cool to have someone who worked on the project to chime in, but man it must kind of sting to see details you've worked on disappear from the final project. I assume the deep bronze cladding at the lower levels of the 'tower' floors have been scrapped. Shame, I really liked the stone colour and detailed cladding in the render

 

[rdaner]

Thanks! We were on Spadina yesterday for Doors Open and noticed a lot of new businesses that cater to an urban crowd rather than older Chinese. This building will accelerate that trend.

 

[p5connex]

It's really cool to have someone who worked on the project to chime in, but man it must kind of sting to see details you've worked on disappear from the final project. I assume the deep bronze cladding at the lower levels of the 'tower' floors have been scrapped. Shame, I really liked the stone colour and detailed cladding in the render
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Thanks for the comment.
I wouldn't say 'sting,' per se, but its unfortunate to see certain elements removed or changed, after the fact. The detailing on the upper portion has been sloppily executed and now looks stunted unfortunately. The intent was to accentuate the verticality of the top box, broken by the smaller deep-ish reveals at the windows, with boxy elements surrounding them. Instead, it now has a deep horizontal shadow line, which runs along the length of the facade, breaking it up in squat horizontal sections. The colour choice of the metal cladding is also not great and does little to help the situation - it was meant to be more of lighter, almost creamy white/grey.
Lots of things change on a project over the duration of its design, planning and execution, but sadly it is often times not for the better. People paying for the product are ultimately the ones who make the final choices and, I am sure in the end that is what is most important to them, and not necessarily the built project.

While not the most prestigious or noteworthy project, it does have nice urban qualities and suits the context quite well - overall I believe the developers in this case had a positive intent and did go through the proper methods (community meetings, neighbourhood working groups, city planning etc.) to finally get this approved and built. I don't fully disagree with the concept that this building, is at least in part a catalyst for gentrification - these fears are valid and shouldn't be diminished nor ignored. Yet, cities are constantly changing and have been for decades, centuries, millennia and Toronto is no different. Chinatown has not always been Chinatown and will likely change over time into another neighbourhood filled with different demographics, socio-economic dynamics etc.