Tower Floors Beginning to Rise at Toronto Condo Project

The tower floors of Toronto's 2221 Yonge Street are taking shape. Image via Tower Hill Development.

24 May 2019 | Toronto, Canada

Midtown Toronto’s Yonge and Eglinton area is growing to become one of the densest neighborhoods in the region, and the changing skyline is set to gain yet another peak as work progresses on Tower Hill Development’s 2221 Yonge Condos. Designed by Pei Partnership Architects, a firm run by the sons of the recently deceased legendary architect I.M. Pei, working with Toronto-based Quadrangle, the construction site of the 58-story condominium tower has been active since 2015, when demolition of the previous six-story office building on the site began.

Following the forming of a large transfer slab atop the podium floors, work recently began on the tower floor plates. Two of these tower floors are now in place, and forming of the tower can now increase in speed, as crews get into the rhythm of constructing the repeating layouts.

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Meanwhile, as the tower’s shape begins to materialize above, work has begun on installing cladding on the podium floors. These levels are now being finished with a window wall system consisting of glazing, opaque grey spandrels, and louvers framed in grey mullions.

Upon completion, the project will add 623 condominium units to the area, as well as 1,994 square meters of retail and 3,314 square meters of office space that will further reanimate the block.

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