Toronto's Mega-Boom (No 56K)

[Copper]

Toronto is currently going through a boom, primarily condos but office buildings are now on the rise also. It is estimated that a new condo is sold every 4 minutes in Toronto, which if you do the math is quite staggering.

These are buildings approved/proposed/underconstruction

Trump Tower Toronto - 324m / 1066ft

College Park 3 - 75 floors

1 Bloor East - 219m / 718ft

Bay-Adelaide Centre - 218m / 715ft

Signature - 218m / 715ft

Shangri-La - 214m / 702ft

Ritz-Carlton - 213m / 699 ft

Four Seasons - 193m / 633ft

Hummingbird Centre - 189m / 620ft

Maple Leafs Sqaure - 186m / 610ft

RBC Centre - 185m / 607ft

Quantum North - 160m / 525ft

Telus Tower - 160m / 525ft

The Uptown Residence - 158m / 518ft

Festival Tower - 157m / 515ft

Residence of College Park 1 - 154m / 505ft

Spire - 145m / 476ft

Casa - 138m / 453ft

Pinnacle Centre 3 - 137m / 450ft

X - 137m / 450ft

West One - 136m / 446ft

Montage - 131m / 430ft

The Met - 127m / 417ft

Crystal Blu - 126m / 413ft

Verve - 120m / 393ft

Quantum South - 118m / 387ft

18 Yonge - 117m / 384ft

M5VLife - 116m / 381ft

N1 - 114m / 374ft

Murano North - 113m / 370ft

London on the Esplanade - 109m / 358ft

Accolade

Platinum XO

500 Sherbourne 107m / 350ft

One Saint Thomas - 106m / 347ft

Infinity East Tower

One Bedford - 100m / 328ft

Pure Spirit

The Victory - 94m / 308ft

Eq2

Malibu

Breeze

Grand Triomphe

Canada Life

Rosewood

22 Condominiums

The Forest Hill

Hudson

Element

Quay at West Tip Top

Panache Condominiums

Rosewood 2

CCBR

The Rockefeller on Bay

Minto Gardens

Boutique Condos

88 on Broadway

764 Yonge

900 Mount Pleasant

The Avenue

Dia

Saint Gabriels Village 1 & 2

MaRS Discovery District

The Pointe

2077 LakeShore West

The Lotus

One City Hall

Promenade Park

Neo

W Hotel

Morrison Hall

Honestly I could keep on going but we'll stop right there. There is a whole list of buildings without renderings also.

[tamias6]

This is flat out insane!

Where's my tickets to Toronto?

[rusthebuss]

That is crazy! WOW is all that I can say. Are all of those projects approved?

[Copper]

Its about 1/3 proposed, 1/3 approved, 1/3 already under construction.

[dtown]

wow, thats insane!

[richyb83]

Talk about a mega-boom; Toronto has to be among the worlds busiest cities with all those projects. Dubai UAE is the only I can think of with more?

[dimebag1980]

Wow, no doubt... ditto all of the above. This is amazing, and I had NO idea Toronto was this busy right now.

Any ideas what's fueling this boom? Is the economy in Toronto just excellent all-around, or is there any one major industry playing into this?

[Copper]

It's a combination of a good economy and immigration. The metro grows by about 110,000 every year so you have to find a place to put all these people, many choose your typical sprawl and many choose downtown condos.

[dan326]

Hummingbird Centre - 189m / 620ft

My goodness, it's almost like a mini-Dubia up there. ^I really like this on though.

[Rardy]

My goodness, it's almost like a mini-Dubia up there. ^I really like this on though.

To say that's quite a bit of construction would be an understatement.

I did the math...one condo every four minutes is 131,400 in a single year. I really think that qualifies as a boom. (and I thought Atlanta was booming...)

You like this Hummingbird thing? Honestly, my first thought was, "There was an old lady who lived in a shoe"...

[nowensone]

With one glaring exception (in my humble opinion of course), nearly all of those buildings are very very cool, modern and stylish, I too can't wait to go to Toronto in a couple of years. Thankfully I was beat to the punch though, what is that monstrosity called the Hummingbird Center??? Please say that is only proposed and soon to be nixed. I find it hard to believe that design won out over some other competitive submittal. Maybe it's just that particular rendering, a bad angle, something...

[Copper]

The Hummingbird Centre was actually designed by Daniel Libeskind.

[nowensone]

Thought his name sounded familiar, been a while since I've come across his work other than Freedom Tower which has become a perversion of sorts.. Anyway, explains a lot, to me anyway. I am all for moderism, post-moderism, neo-classsical, abstract architecture, etc., though I'm not sure what you call some of his projects, cubist/minimalist/Salvador Dali meets a good drug trip? I personally do not find his works to be good architecture. Perhaps as abstract symbols, but I wouldn't say they blend into the landscape or relate to the environs around them, or make one feel comfortable using them, living in them, being in them, or to me, look at them. That's a personal opinion of course, but am I the only one who is reminded of all the negative things out of the Clockwork Orange or the Gulag described by Alexander Denysovich?

[dan326]

You like this Hummingbird thing? Honestly, my first thought was, "There was an old lady who lived in a shoe"...

Thankfully I was beat to the punch though, what is that monstrosity called the Hummingbird Center??? Please say that is only proposed and soon to be nixed. I find it hard to believe that design won out over some other competitive submittal. Maybe it's just that particular rendering, a bad angle, something...

My goodness, you make one opinion and you get jumped all over. Well anyway, I like it mainly because of the bottom part. I think it look very innovative.

[Jerseyman4]

This must explain why the 401 freeway goes from a 4 lane divided freeway to 350924093 lane divided freeway after one exit