Canada's tallest building will soon tower over Toronto's Yonge and Bloor corner Canada RealEstate Toronto
As it stands now, thehas the edge with an approved height of 95 storeys/312 metres and an application to increase that prominence by another ten storeys. If approved, it would be the first in the country to exceed the 100-floor count, holding a staggering height of 345 metres.— is also chasing a height increase from its approved 85 storeys/308 metres, seeking approval to instead build the tower to 94 storeys and a 338-metre peak.
Photos captured in mid-April show dark glazing climbing the tower base, along with the first panels of champagne-coloured caps enclosing the enormous exposed structural columns supporting the tower's loads.This unique form of structural expressionism from renowned architecture firmwas designed to create a vast open retail space on the ground floor free of structural columns and elevator shafts.
Facing southwest across the Yonge and Bloor intersection to the future retail space at the base of The One. Photo by Jeremy Gilbert. This retail space was destined to be Toronto's flagship Apple Store, though rumours have been swirling since last year that the global tech giant may beNew floors are added to the tower roughly every week or so, as the structure now stands at approximately one-third of its approved height.
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