http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9292/graphicphp.jpg
2012 redesign. Original design below:


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New project by wallman architects and tridel developments!

Ten York will be Toronto's second tallest condo, unless you count Trump and its cheating spire! :ohno:


http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-default/images/articles/2011/11/4127/urbantoronto-4127-12294.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/120HarbourRend1.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-default/images/articles/2011/11/4127/urbantoronto-4127-12296.jpg

http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-default/images/projects/4034/urbantoronto-4034-11908.jpg

note: to avoid confusion, there will be fins on the building, contrary to the final posted render.

in the classic lake view, this will appear to be Toronto's tallest building.

in the classic lake view, this will appear to be Toronto's tallest building.

Imagine people's surprise when they find out it's only 5th tallest despite looking tallest.

article:

TORONTO - City-owned development agency Build Toronto announced Tuesday its first partnership will be with widely known developer Tridel, which will collaborate on a 75-storey, $295-million residential building in the downtown area.

source: canadianbusiness (http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/58378--build-toronto-announces-first-partnership-75-storey-295m-residential-building)

I like it, especially the boxes of light. It'll look good on the skyline and is something different. Plus it looks quite thin so it will look extra tall :)

The title should be changed... the project is officially named "Ten York", not "10 York Street".

:eek: So slender, just another marvelous project for Toronto...

Good height! Interesting that this will appear to be the tallest building from the lake skyline view. Any renderings from that POV?

Toronto will have the 3rd best skyline in North America after New York City and Chicago :)

And by 2020, we will probably top Chicago too :)

^^ I'd say it already is by quite a wide margin.

Good height! Interesting that this will appear to be the tallest building from the lake skyline view. Any renderings from that POV?

http://i1098.photobucket.com/albums/g371/Canadian__National/1201.jpg
Courtesy of Canadian National

It really exemplifies how far from the lake the CBD is. First Canadian Place is 50 m taller than this proposal, but it's many blocks north of the waterfront. Once the waterfront fills out, that traditional image of Toronto will likely disappear forever. I just hope these new towers are as good or better than the ones they'll obscure from view.

Quite a good design. It reminds me of the Toren, except like 4X bigger.

Another site has this at 253 m. Which is correct?

Another site has this at 253 m. Which is correct?

http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/building.php?building_id=13566

249.0 meter / 817 feet
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http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=98543

248.7 m ≈ 249 m

rumor has it that 253m will be with the mechanical penthouse / fins. no idea where this number came from though.


heres some views originally posted by Tridelwebmaster on Urban Toronto (http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/8136-Ten-York-(-120-130-Harbour-Tridel-75s-Wallman)/page10);

Here's some approximate views from the 70th floor of Ten York looking southwest, west and north:

http://bit.ly/uzc0rW

http://bit.ly/uv3BOb

http://bit.ly/sC7N89

http://bit.ly/skCv4C

Important height, nice design.

When will they start digging?

Still waiting on final approval.

I hope it's soon.

i heard sales start in march. i expect a very quick sell out, so i predict construction starting early summer.

This has been increased to 253m, and with a small design change. can a mod change that, as well as changing the title to "Ten York"

http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-default/images/articles/2012/04/5288/urbantoronto-5288-16460.jpg

I like it better with the little spires at the top

They weren't actually spires, rather ribbings from the fins on top. The render was very misleading.

Potential new rendering for Ten York.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7193/7094651939_d47f67e3ac_o.png (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roxxstarr/7094651939/)
TenYork (http://www.flickr.com/photos/roxxstarr/7094651939/) by Traavis007 (http://www.flickr.com/people/roxxstarr/), on Flickr

^^ :ohno: I prefer the old design.


http://urbantoronto.ca/sites/default/files/imagecache/display-default/images/articles/2011/11/4127/urbantoronto-4127-12294.jpg

Most people on the Toronto forums agree with you. They keep altering the design so who knows what they'll end up with.

they are completely redesigning this tower, and all we have so far is this floorplan, and a description of the building posted by deranged on Urban Toronto (http://urbantoronto.ca/forum/showthread.php/8136-Ten-York-(-120-130-Harbour-Tridel-75s-Wallman)/page30):

http://s12.postimage.org/xkaqu5cp7/tridel.jpg

Went in with a person who works for Tridel and saw the floor plans of the re-design work in progress. It's indeed going to be like the marilyn Monroe building where the base is wide, narrows in the middle, and is wider on the top again. Instead it will not be circular, but a rectangle with a thin side and a fat side.
Project will be finalized and VIP sales will be in September after E Condo sales wrap up.

As per above, the main building is no longer a square, it will be a similar shape as the triangular base.
10 units per floor. 8 elevators in total - 4 high rise, 4 low rise.

The largest unit "protrudes out of the building and will have a view of south west and north. It's 900 sw ft.
The smallest unit is a bachelor unit at 488 sq ft.


Each floor will have 5 x 1bdrm units, 1 bachelor, 2 x 3bdrm, 1 x 1+den, and the 2+ den large "protruding" unit on the west side.

Tridel is emphasizing this will be one of the iconic buildings of the Toronto skyline. I'm so exited for it.

^^ :ohno: I prefer the old design.

So do I, but it is still a cool design.

but even it isn't the final design.. lol.

It a great design applause for Toronto

new rendering:

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9292/graphicphp.jpg

Can't really tell much from that rendering, but it looks promising.

New rendering looks good.

Wow! The new rendering is nice! Something new for Toronto. :D

Btw, why is this thread only 2 pages? It's one of the most important buildings in Toronto, I would expect more people talking about it. Guess not.

This one is now 224m and 65 floors, but here are some new renderings:

From Tridel (http://www.tridel.com/communities/tenyork/image-gallery)

http://i.imgur.com/rg9LR.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/TaEVo.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/izn3M.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/u7D9w.jpg

It was so much nicer before. I suppose these NIMBY's think their views are now preserved with a 10 floor reduction? This has accomplished nothing besides an inferior building. :mad:

Looks great, really adds to the skyline. I wonder how loud it gets if you open a window or go out on a balcony.

To me, it looks like a monolithic slab - much like Chicago Trump (which isn't a bad thing).

I don't have any hope in Tridel really. There may be some curtainwall, but at this time it just looks bland for some reason. I can't put my eyes around it.

such a boring design. The original render was a million times better :ohno:

It was so much nicer before. I suppose these NIMBY's think their views are now preserved with a 10 floor reduction? This has accomplished nothing besides an inferior building. :mad:

With the way buildings in Toronto work, they will probably just announce a 'surprise' addition of 10-15 floors when they're midway done as long as they think they can sell more units. They probably voluntarily reduced the height as they see the market winds changing and to temporarily quell the NIMBY protest so that they can strike later.

Perhaps, but its the design I'm disappointed with. This was a proposal that went back to the drawing board because the city wanted something special built here, but what we got is nothing ground breaking or remotely better than what's down the street.

new rendering:

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9292/graphicphp.jpg

It looks like an axe!

I really like both designs. After building this wedge, maybe the developer can find another spot and put up the original tower too. :P

This project is 88% sold!

"anyone pondering the current state of Toronto’s condo market may want to take note of the rip-roaring success of Tridel’s recently launched ten york project.

The 65-storey glass tower — which will rise from a wedge-shaped site at york and harbour sts. — has been regarded as a bellwether, a development whose sales performance this fall would offer an indication of the health of a condo market that some analysts believe has become oversupplied.

Of the 600 units at Ten York released to date, 532 had been sold as of early November. If the Toronto condo market is cooling, “you sure as heck wouldn’t have known that from what was happening at our sales office,” notes Jim Ritchie, Tridel’s senior vice president of sales and marketing."

http://www.thestar.com/living/realestate/condos/article/1288463--looking-up

Some other tidbits:

"glass-enclosed lobby with 30-foot-high ceilings."
"the north and south facades will be glass curtain walls."
" Here it’s going to be very sleek and finished looking; more like a commercial building."

^^ And still no construction? Amazing.

This building has a FAR better design than any of the glass condos built recently in Toronto. Too late to change those ones already built, though.
Still can't beat FCP, though.

^^ And still no construction? Amazing.

this went to sales a week ago. I don't expect construction until spring.

Expect the next major building to begin in Toronto to be the Massey tower, at 205m.

This building has a FAR better design than any of the glass condos built recently in Toronto. Too late to change those ones already built, though.
Still can't beat FCP, though.

I'd put Ten York in the top quintile with the latest crop being substantially better than the ones built at the beginning of the cycle.

word is that this has already sold over 80% of the units, meaning that it has a high chance of happening.

^^ And still no construction? Amazing.

This proposal is less than a year old at this point. There are many, many steps to complete from the original concept to the point of construction.

This one is growing on me.

From Tridel.

http://www.tridel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/HARBOUR_SW_CAM003_landscaped01-1024x853.jpg

http://www.tridel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Suite-3A_cam07_crop-640w.jpg

http://www.tridel.com/communities/tenyork/prices-and-floorplans/media/floorplans/tenyork/3bf_floor.gif

I think they made the model too short in this video. It looks the same height as MLS.
u33m-DVoyOM
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Another updated render from Tridel

http://www.tridel.com/images/galleries/tenyork/day-cam23-landscaped01-640w.jpg

looking good! looks like curtain wall..