Don't see a thread for this one; if there is then forgive me. The site is across the street, on the west side, from the old Saphire site.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/HPIM0381.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/HPIM0382.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/HPIM0384.jpg

Richmond-Adelaide Centre?

ooops...I believe that is the thread,:bash:

is the building still a go then?

^^This proposal hasn't even been around a half a year! Ask in another five or so

Can't wait til' then. The density will rival HK!

^^This proposal hasn't even been around a half a year! Ask in another five or so

It's funny how quickly we expect things to happen. It's a symptom of the digital age.

Perhaps

I also think fellow forumers expect commercial developments to be as forecoming with information and as expediant to breaking ground as our residential projects. It's a cheap pile and the city should of never allowed the hoarding to be up as long as it was however 10 years for a commercial/retail project the size of Toronto Life Square is not an insane amount of time as so many discuss.

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2008/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-14219.pdf

Developer is Pinnacle International.

Holy crap!
This AND the Widmer proposal right next to each other!
The development pace is insane.

Hope fully they all get approved, this will give us a price war for the area and make it more affordable.

has potential

Right beside Lightbox. Why not?

August 11

The site is located south and west of Adelaide and John.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2188/2757288657_d8ea1fcecb_b.jpg

The historic building on the corner of Adelaide and John is going to be moved to the south end of the property.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3208/2757288671_50112634ed_b.jpg

The historic building is going to be moved next to the building that is currently the Daniels Festival/Lightbox construction office.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3286/2757288679_d2a7f7db5d_b.jpg

Current - thanks for all the updates!! You really made my day.

Golly! That is one handsome old Georgian style building; I am extremely glad it is being treated respectfully... and hope it survives the move. Does anyone know the history of that building?

nice, i was just there for the open jam session they were having there...good to see the place isn't being shut down, lots of memories there! first date.

http://www.dailycommercialnews.ca/cgi-bin/top10.pl?rm=show_top10_project&id=48ede11479570e99f5dd1cb6edf5e6f6040c45f5&projectid=9092522&region=ontario

CONDOMINIUM BUILDING Proj: 9092522-4
Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON NEGOTIATED/PLANNING
295 Adelaide St W, John St, M5V 1P7
$58,000,000 est
Note: Preliminary design is under review. Owner is seeking City Council rezoning approvals. Schedules for Working drawings, Sub trade tender and construction are undetermined. Further update Summer, 2010.
Project: proposed construction of mixed-use hotel and residential building with retail and amenity space at grade level. The project will consist of an eight storey building that steps up to a 42 storey building. The project will have 443 residential units and 104 hotel units and approximately 20,000 sq ft of retail space. Two levels of below grade parking for 388 spaces is also proposed. The project will also include relocation of an existing heritage building at 104 John St to the most south easterly corner of the property.
Scope: 510,000 square feet; 42 storeys; 2 storeys below grade; 547 units; parking for 388 cars; 9 acres
Development: New
Category: Apartment bldgs; Hotels, motels; Restaurants; Retail, wholesale services
Owner Complete information is available to subscribers. Click HERE to find out how to subscribe.
Gen cont Complete information is available to subscribers. Click HERE to find out how to subscribe.
Architect Complete information is available to subscribers. Click HERE to find out how to subscribe.
First report Wed Nov 19, 2008. Last report Mon Aug 24, 2009.
This report Fri Feb 19, 2010.

Thanks for the update, Jason! Things are picking up steam on the development front.

Is the relocation of the heritage building the Fox?

Yes. It will be very cool to watch it move!

Nice.

I really like the look and feel of that place, only been there a couple times, more of a 'after work Friday pitcher' kinda vibe, a little mish-mash of clientele, with a touch of grittiness - which I like. Definitely deserving of preservation even if it were not designated a heritage building.

With all the recent development around it, I'm sure it'll probably become the local watering hole for a lot of new buyers, I mean, it's that or Hooters.

New renders

From UT-

From hariripontarini.com (http://www.hariripontarini.com/projects/mixed-use/adelaide-joh)

http://www.hariripontarini.com/hpa/wp-content/uploads/joa_01.jpg

http://www.hariripontarini.com/hpa/wp-content/uploads/joa_02.jpg

Wow. I really like this proposal. This area's going to packed with towers in a couple of years.

Staff Report w/ Renders - Jan 15, 2010
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-26822.pdf

Staff Report - Feb 10, 2010
http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/te/bgrd/backgroundfile-27198.pdf


http://www.hariripontarini.com/hpa/wp-content/uploads/joa_01.jpg
hariripontarini.com (http://www.hariripontarini.com/projects/mixed-use/adelaide-joh)

http://www.hariripontarini.com/hpa/wp-content/uploads/joa_02.jpg
hariripontarini.com (http://www.hariripontarini.com/projects/mixed-use/adelaide-joh)

Wow, I really really love the simplicity of this one. The podium looks very promising as well. I want a North facing unit on the 5th floor for a nice view of Hooters rooftop patio, lol.

Here we go again. The Cheapening™ and The Dumbing Down™ strike again. :ohno:

Posted by Ramako on UT.
Here was the rendering on Hariri Pontarini's website:

http://www.hariripontarini.com/hpa/wp-content/uploads/joa_01.jpg


And here's the rendering on the website:

http://pinnacleadelaide.com/images/Pinnacle_2.jpg



It looks like the angled plane at the northeast corner has been removed and spandrel glass has been generously added. It's not clear from this angle, but it looks as though the entire tower may have been boxified. I think my expectations for this tower have just about hit the floor. Though, to be fair, I shouldn't have expected anything particularly interesting from Pinnacle in the first place.

some new renders:
by Interchange42 at UT.
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideRendering.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160917.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160899.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160913.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160924.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160920.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160919.jpg
http://urbantoronto.ca/picoftheday/images/PinAdelaideP1160916.jpg
oh, and here's the original 'vision'.
lol, clearly, unfortunately they've opted not to 'cut corners'.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2625/4137755753_2f14ecdf17_o.jpg

I'm sort of ambivalent towards either design. But I definately don't dislike either of them.

I wish the city and the OMB would say yes to height but stick to your plan. The roof element is terrible and the rest of it has been over done in this city.

I'm just pleased that this corner will be redeveloped. I like it.

From Red Mars over at UT. Looks like this is ready to go...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2246/5741061524_af14520b21_b.jpg

I haven't been following this project so when I saw your post Jasonzed I couldn't believe the city was going to let another historic building bite the dust. Thank goodness I'm wrong.

WHAT?? Don't give me a heart attack.... it was supposed to be relocated, not demolished. Please verify....

No, no, it's just being relocated. But when I saw his photo, I had assumed it was being demolished.

Yoikes!! I nearly choked on my snack!!!

The last thing I want to do is kill you!

It danged well might have if they were going to destroy one of my favourite little mid century Georgian styles downtown!! What a relief!!!

Last week I spoke to the employees at the parking lots on both sides of Peter Street. They said the parking will be closed within the next few days and the construction will begin early this summer.

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110716099.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110724a062.jpg

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http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110724a068.jpg

Now you see it:

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt165/orsonw/Photo0007.jpg

now you don't:

http://i608.photobucket.com/albums/tt165/orsonw/Photo0013.jpg

Dude...where's my house type jokes etc.

They moved it over to the other side of John Street on Friday night.

That used to be the old Fox and Fiddle, or one of those pub chains. I am thrilled that they saved the building! :okay:

That used to be the old Fox and Fiddle, or one of those pub chains. I am thrilled that they saved the building! :okay:

there's a very good pub just up the road from there that I tried out on Saturday (with my wife!) the Town Crier...amazing selection of Beers, including Leffe Brun, my all time favourite. The food was pretty good too.

Where did they take it? I walked by this morning and didn't see the old building anywhere.

They moved it across the street:

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Proof that we don't need to lose old buildings as we grow.

And it only took a few people to push it! They must have used those furniture moving disks that you can buy on TV (with that little lifter thingy).

And it only took a few people to push it! They must have used those furniture moving disks that you can buy on TV (with that little lifter thingy).

Ktel House Movers!!

It appears that ants rushing around in circles waving their little arms created magnetic fields that actually pulled the house across the street!! :yes:

Wow. I'm amazed. I don't get how they are able to move buildings without damaging the whole structure. In this case, there was no basement. I doubt they could've moved it if there was cuz it would've been connected to the foundation.

from sat
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110911a058.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20110911a060.jpg

More great pics, Jason.

How close is this going to be to Cinema condos? The sites are only seperated by a fence, and the cinema building is now above grade.

Must admit, having lived in a downtown suite/condo for two months, I'm quite "over it". Ready for the countryside now.

^^There will be a reasonable distance between the towers, maintained by their respective podiums and a laneway.

delete

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/2011001018.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/2011001021.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20111017011.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20111203089.jpg

can the title for this be changed from proposed?

Good eye! :okay:

In Jasonzed's last photo, is that Cinema tower to the right under construction?

ya, its cinima tower. this whole block will be filled with 3 new towers in a couple years!

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20111231022.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/20111231023.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/DSCF2718.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/DSCF2717.jpg

nice live action shot there ;)

It's hard to believe that entire block was nothing but surface lots and a few old pubs and a restaurant just a few years ago.

this is a great location, i wouldn't mind living there :)

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto-04-21-2012-onward/DSCF3147.jpg

second crane has gone up
http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto/DSCF3544.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto-04-21-2012-onward/DSCF5732.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto-04-21-2012-onward/BeatlesBirth007.jpg

What's the opposite of excited? Because that's what I am about this building. It's like Concord Pacific has found a lot to build on away from city place.

What's the opposite of excited?.

Incited? Uncited? :D

What's the opposite of excited?

I'm pretty sure that it is also the opposite of Pinnacle.

Nadir? :dunno:

It is definitely an excitement-free zone. Perhaps people with high blood pressure should move there! :yes:

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto-04-21-2012-onward/DSCF8437.jpg

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii108/jasonzedd/Toronto-04-21-2012-onward/DSCF9069_zps0f8783a3.jpg

You can really see the sexy angle now,..........oh wait never mind.

Another grey, glass box. :ohno:

My sentiments exactly! It's like being subjected to 200 episodes of 'Front Page Challenge'.

:lol:

That analogy made me laugh out loud!!

Hold the phone folks. We have three stories of a tower...there's almost NOTHING to go off of here...

You saw the rendering right? There is no way that it can be anything other than a grey glass box unless the rendering is completely off.

Hold the phone folks. We have three stories of a tower...there's almost NOTHING to go off of here...

http://pinnacleadelaide.com/images/Pinnacle_2.jpg

^^ That rendering depresses me. I hope one day, this city gets beyond this grey spandrel/glass box syndrome. I want to see some creativity, colour and a bit of flair. I know, that's a lot to ask in grey box city but we are getting the L Tower and 1 Bloor, so there is a tiny bit of hope.