@@msw7021 nobody can afford downtown city centers anyways i dont see the problem- its not like gentrification of a poor or poc neighberhood its the business/office district 🗿
Finally a youtuber who focuses on Toronto Condos. I've been telling my friends for years that Toronto condo boom hasn't even begun! Subscribed and Liked!
@@Longliverock-qx4hf i highly doubt that cities, especially Toronto, will lose population over the next few decades. This is the top destination for immigrants in north america and that hasnt changed. The people just wont be physically here due to the pandemic in the short term, but that will turn around. You live under a rock if you think that.
I like Condos but having too many condo only buildings become boring over time like Vancouver good to have mixed buildings with commercial the ones TORONTO has are too old newer super tall are needed to balance the skyline.
Great video! It's like a real-life version of Toronto in SimCity. If even some of these developments occur, the Toronto skyline will become even more impressive.
I don't think we'll get to that point in Toronto :( most buildings above 350m are build as a status or ego display, since the effective economic height for a skyscraper lands somewhere around 350m. Lots of (economically responsible, not Gulf) countries will build 1 or 2 above that height MAYBE, with many not doing so. Toronto doesn't exactly need a status/ego display, since we built ours in the 1970s! The CN Tower will forever be Toronto's "built in excess" landmark.
@@edgarsantos2550 Maybe but New York and Chicago both have many buildings 350-400 meters, I think Toronto could pull it off too if the stars align right.
@@edgarsantos2550 the CN Tower was not "built in excess". Not sure where your getting that from. The tower had to be that high so the t.v and radio signals would not be blocked by place like First Canadian Place.
I would be interested to see what goes ahead and of the existing projects how many will remain empty given current and future market conditions....the rental market in Toronto will be saturated given the number of people who are "moving out of central" rentals and commercial which is suffering greatly.
If you look at global historic patterns, core cities always recover first from disasters, pandemics, recessions etc. The temporary shift in demographic preferences due to Covid 19 and have started reversing and upcoming immigration targets + workforce requirements have already bought the tide back to Downtown.
The newer condo market in the 905 ("Downtown Markham" , Richmond Hill, etc) will get hit the hardest and see property values decline 50-60%. A condo in Markham would have never been considered feasible 15 years ago but it's only recently been propped up by the fake bubble economy and cheap money. If a small 1-2 bedroom condo isnt close to a subway line, it's going to see a huge decline
Is this outpacing New York? I realize New York has height on its side but WOW. This is just the CBD of Toronto. Very impressive to say the least. I'm interested to know how long Toronto can keep this up.
In terms of units under construction, yes outpacing NY. It'll continue as long as immigration keeps outpacing housing supply, which based on current projections, it will
As a Montréaler, I am jealous of Toronto's skyline: we're having a skyscraper boom here too, but there's that municipal rule that says that no buildings should be taller than the Mont-Royal, which basically means no skyscraper should be taller than 200m...that's so ridiculous!!!
@@ashleyfaminial964 It still is.. that's why no building can be built higher than 350 or 400m rather. The recent Mirvish condos were 94 and 82 floors and got shaved down to 82 and 72.
Woulda coulda shoulda. At one time Montreal was Canada's largest city and economic capital but Quebecers voted for a separatist party in 1976 and all those corporate headquarters and economic capital left in droves. It's unbelievable how incredibly self destructive a people, province and government can be. Montreal could've been a world class city rivaling Paris, London and New York in economic and cultural status. Sadly Toronto took that spot and we're left with a American wanna be with no culture.
@@randymoyan4754 Yeah Montreal shot themselves in the foot with that move. They were way ahead of any Canadian city at the time. Remember, Montreal is older than Canada. The minute Toronto built the CN tower, it was a wrap fro Montreal as far as trying to be a major city again.
Toronto's rise hurted Detroit way more than it hurted Montreal: Toronto has a large uneducated but well paid labor class due to its automobile industry, which led to Toronto's rise as a financial hub,all of that at the expense of Detroit. If Québec separatism hurted Montréal, it has long recovered from it, and most real Canadien companies are still headquartered in Montréal, such as Air Canada, Bombardier, and of course, CN!!!!! And there's never been a time when Montréal was close to be in the New York-Paris-London-Hong Kong league.......
@@C-mac_in_the_6ix Yeah Chicago has 15 going up with another seven planned, But yeah even if there weren’t any new buildings going up at all in Chicago 30 new buildings in Toronto once completed would make it slightly smaller than Chicago currently, Chicago has about 125 skyscrapers currently, Toronto has about 77, add another 30, still not bigger than Chicago, eventually it will pass Chicago but it’s going to take some time
@@augustusx82 For all it's crime problems, Chicago has an excellent lakefront , park and beach system which many in Toronto envy. The Chicago skyline remains superior to Toronto despite all the growth in the Canadian city in recent years. At some point, I think Toronto will rival and perhaps surpass the Chicago skyline but I don't think it will happen in the next 20 years.
@@jeffneptune2922 Toronto has 30 skyscrapers in construction and also being planned, Chicago has like 15 I believe, this would put Toronto skyline a few buildings ahead of Chicago upon completion
Geez from a practical liveable stand point I don’t want to live in a building where my windows look on to another person’s unit a few metres away. I also despise the trend of merging the kitchen and living space into one where couches face stoves. At what point do developers actually make liveable spaces or is it all for wealthy people to park cash?
That is good, cause honestly, Toronto just had way too many land wasted per one household before, and it’s totally understandable cause it wasn’t really a huge city back in time. But now since Toronto is getting more and more population whether to be immigrants or locals from the country, Toronto is definitely witnessing it’s mage city transformation, and such a city building method just isn’t applying anymore. That’s the reason why properties are getting more and more unaffordable in the city. It probably won’t be long before GTA region hits its 10 million population soon, and getting more high residents can definitely help with the current situation.
Everyone agrees on this, except the people making them. The developers and architects that are make more money off the cheap glass box's that make are skyline all green and blue then nice stone and brick/concrete buildings.
We need a megatall building, that'll respect the CN Tower and other historic downtown buildings, something with a little modernism, and a gothic 1920s-1930s style. Something that'll put Toronto, Ontario, Canada back on to the map. Something that'll dwarf any and all upcoming super/mega tall buildings.
Your spot on, the 1,000 footers are not going to cut it. You need to have a couple of 1,200, 1300, footers, that will complete the transformation. Think Chicago.
@@Acccountable my thoughts exactly! I love old Chicago, but I'm thinking more on the lines of 5200 ft. There's some people saying that the Jeddah tower may be a mile instead of a kilometre
It’s cheap credit by central bankers. To make things affordable we need to stop making credit so cheap. The system is flush with money it inflates things like real estate.
@@Etaoinshrdlu69 Canada is my country and my home. I am Canadian, and its not about being happy or unhappy with real estate, its about my right as a good citizen. I make more than 70k and I find it sad even with a good salary like that I can't buy a home in my hometown yet. And now, I don't want to move anywhere, I love my country... don't sleep... you sound so simplistic.
@@cara1111 I agree with you 100%. Your average Canadian who even makes 150K a year is still going struggle buying a property. I agree with what you mean. As a good citizen, you pay your taxes to the country where you were born and raised in, yet despite doing well , unable to afford a property. It is time the Federal Government needs to evaluate who do they serve? Good citizens who were born and raised here, who built this country.
As implied in your comment, it's going to be dangerous. The snow is going to add extra weight and given how all these high rises are being built within close proximity, damage may be more extensive than we can imagine. The collapse in one of the green roof buildings in Illinois and Hong Kong wasn't as tall as the proposed Toronto condo
Green roofs are mandatory on any new large buildings in Toronto, as a way to reduce storm water run off and lower the urban heat island. There have already been over 500 installed, and no collapses.
I am a commercial electrician and I looking at the Office Towers as this is good news for me as I could make it to retirement on these towers :) Currently I am on the CIBC project but we are in a Lockdown at the moment !! which you didn't mention in the video :)
*He completely missed the fact that Rogers (prior to covid) was/is planning on demolishing the Rogers Center (Skydome), moving the Blue Jays to the site of the now-canceled Google (Sidewalk Labs) smart city location, and sell the Rogers Center property for condos !!!*
@@D.Bunker None of that is certain. While the Blue Jays were tossing around the idea of building a new stadium, there are no concrete plans, certainly none that involved sidewalk labs canceled location.
@@artvandelay3840 "The two companies would build a new stadium half the size on the southern part of the current site and use the remaining land for residential towers, office buildings, stores and public space, the Globe said, citing unnamed sources. Brookfield declined to comment on the matter. The Globe also reported that Rogers and Brookfield were exploring the possibility of building a stadium along the waterfront if the development plan falls through on a slice of land called Quayside, *where Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs* once hoped to construct a tech-savvy neighbourhood." ontarioconstructionnews.com/rogers-centre-owner-pauses-plans-for-toronto-blue-jays-stadium-amid-pandemic/
Have you not seen the area around Yonge and Eglinton recently - ridiculous amount of high rise condos/luxury rentals going up - horrible. I’m in a boutique condo, 8 storeys high completely surrounded by 32 storey buildings now, I can no longer see the shy in any direction!!!
As a planner and urban designer, it's pretty sad to see the dt become an undefined cluster of unimaginable glass condos that do nothing for the skyline backdrop. Massing is also poor in graduating heights. There's no long term vision.
It's already such an urban mess, no character, ugly and massively overpriced. Cities that cost this much need to give something back, Toronto doesn't, it only erodes at the already low quality of life.
You know, I am not an Urban Planner, but I can, as a casual amateur with interest in modern architecture, tell you that you should not be an Urban planner. All cities of success reach skyward. I'll assume that you know why. Look at Manhattan. Wow. The Seagrams building was one clear example of arteeting science. 24 ct Gold flecks are burned into every pane of her window glass. Mies Van Der Rohe designed FCP and also, Chicago's Aon towers. And from a casual pov, they might look like soulless white marble monoliths, but in reality, they were so far ahead of theor time regarding earthbound force-resistance, Eco-frienliness, and artful construction.
Too bad that no one can afford to live in these wonderful developments, well other than the wealthy and well connected... But great to see the compilation!
thanks for all the effort putting this together... amazing that office buildings are still being constructed now that they want everyone working from home. I absolutely hate the Gehry buildings. they are completely out of context in that location and destroy that block of King in my opinion. and not sure what the chances of 1200 Bay actually being built are... I like the height and the slim profile but its just too close to the neighbouring proposal.
Hi Jordon, since these towers are tall and will be very dense, from an investment perspective, I thought you prefer boutique projects targeting end users e.g. Freed AnX project
@@Precondo true. So from an investment thesis on the developments, would you consider any of these towers over the boutique builds or would you still direct your investor clients towards the boutique builds? Thx
I know this video is approx a year old but The Well at Wellington and Spadina was underway then and is almost complete with some occupancy taking place this year and due to be fully completed by next year. I'm very surprised it wasn't mentioned here.
I would love to see a 900metre monster on the opposite side of the dome from the CN Tower. One that is earth friendly with built in turbines and solar panels. Two giants standing tall.. Sadly, I don’t see it happening. The face of Toronto is the CN Tower and city council would never pass it. But I can dream...
@@Longliverock-qx4hf amazon, shopify, google and Netflix all leased more space in the last 12 months in Toronto Moreover McKinsey surveyed 800 executives and found most of them don’t see a contraction in their office space requirements
@@Precondo How come? Official city planning is also done in metric and there is a shift in real estate and architectual journalism in Canada such as urbantoronto.ca in sticking to using metric. Also, if customers buying into Canadian real estate are from abroad, wouldn't they also be more familiar with metric?
@@algonquin91 no idea, but until the avg person switches from using square feet as their indicator for size of a condo, I’ll be sticking to the accepted norm
What’s the time line on this Video as you would have to think Covid might have adjusted some of these projects , personally I like some of the High rise buildings in this town but maybe not for me to live in . I think this so called rush to the country is going to cool off plus Zoom meeting phobia is going to be a new medical condition very soon . Toronto is going to grow hard to argue that point and once Canada gets back the regular immigration numbers big Canadian cities will certainly see the initial input .
@@fcd2020 The Well itself as a destination and community is top tier, a genuinely cool place to go. Especially place right down the street from Stackt Market.
Dude you have no idea!!! The transit investment, especially in the east end is crazy. Welcome to the gr8 reset. We will double our population by 2030.... this is crazy..
Nothing concrete. I believe Covid put the kibosh on the Jays building a new stadium. It's possible something will happen in the future, but for now, nothing is imminent.
No way, it's a beautiful theatre and there aren't too many around the city anymore. Plus it gets frequent use year round, and is used heavily for TIF as well.
San Francisco used to have height restrictions (well gross floor area actually) that limited height but they got rid of those to allow some of their newer tallest buildings. so, when Vancouver runs out of land they could very well change the restrictions.
@@RedroomStudios Vancouver has mountains and ocean. It won't change. What they can do is allow building high-rises in the suburbs - something you don't see in the US cities.
@@ahmedzakikhan7639 I dont get your logic? the fact that Vancouver has mountains and ocean limiting the amount of land should mean they build taller buildings. San Francisco also has mountains and ocean and is built on a peninsula just like Vancouver is. they changed their laws to allow taller buildings.
@@RedroomStudios My logic of mountains was that building skyscrapers ruins the views of mountains. That is why people don't want to build super high skyscrapers. Vancouver's suburbs like Barnaby, Surrey and Richmond have plenty of single-family suburban homes - which the govt can DE-ZONE and allow for high rise constructions there. What SF Bay Area should do to solve its homeless problem is to build tall skyscrapers and high rises in Oakland, San Jose and surrounding suburbs of San Francisco - something that never happens in US. Same story in New York City. Why do they only build skyscrapers in Manhattan. Why can't they build skyscrapers in Bronx Brooklyn Long Island and Queens ?? North Americans needs to move from its downtown obsession. Suburbs should see more urbanization.
@@ahmedzakikhan7639 your logic hurts my brain. you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. you might want to look up some videos on Brooklyn for starters as they have just topped out their first supertall building there. tall buildings are not the only way to live densely. look at Paris for example... hell, loo at Brooklyn! and clearly you have no idea about the homeless problem that is affecting every city in the US. it is a politically created economic problem, not a housing problem. and so we are just going to move the homeless from major urban centers to surrounding areas that already have their own homeless problem and build skyscrapers to house them all? with what money?
I was born here in Toronto in the late 60s, and I’ve watched my city slowly be devoured by ugly glass and steel boxes, with no aesthetic appeal, but most importantly, far too short. City Council, for whatever reason, is absolutely terrified to approve anything over 300 m tall, and given how precious land is, I will never for the life of me, understand why they constantly reject proposal after proposal, simply because they’re over 300 m tall, claiming that it might cast a shadow, of course it’s going to cast a shadow! That’s part of living downtown, if you want to see the sun, then live in the suburbs, this is one of the biggest cities in North America, we cannot allow such a stupid, irrational, and pathetic excuse to stop us from taking full of advantage of what little space is left available to build upon. Yet every single time a beautiful proposal for a super tall building, which is defined as any building over 300 m tall, is submitted, they instantly reject it, terrified it’s going to cast a shadow on a park, or a street...DUH! Of course it is, almost every skyscraper downtown already does just that, it’s an embarrassment on the international stage to have a city that is terrified to build over 300 m tall. They claim that the CN Tower is supposed to be the focal point, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my life, every other city in the world doesn’t hesitate to build taller buildings around iconic structures in their own cities, yet our idiotic, antiquated city Council, remains in the dark ages, it’s time we got rid of the fossils that are holding us back, and bring in someone with vision, who can actually make Toronto a world-class skyline, perhaps even regain our title of having The worlds tallest structure once again. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen anytime soon, because God for bid common sense actually takes president over blind ignorance. Frankly, I’m amazed they actually approved “the one” at Young and Bloor, because it just barely exceeds 300 m, I don’t expect too many more like it. I guarantee you, anytime an incredible proposal is put forth, city Council will, without fail, turn it down, and demand but they shorten the proposed building, and it drives me absolutely nuts! When, if ever, are these people going to realize that this is not a small hicktown, but a major metropolis?! Idiots!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Yeah it's very annoyinh and frustrating how they've gotten this far with cutting down almost every super tall tower in Toronto to just under 300 or 289m. It's absolutely ridiculous that shadowing is the excuse.
seriously - that is your main complaint? there were several towers in this video over 300 metres. the cost of building above that height can not be justified in Toronto - not enough customers could afford the prices.
The growth of this city is amazing
I don't understand why everyone is upset, the skyline is gonna look awesome
@@msw7021 nobody can afford downtown city centers anyways i dont see the problem- its not like gentrification of a poor or poc neighberhood its the business/office district 🗿
@Killer Miser love it or hate it, this will still make Toronto look way better!
Completely agree!
I would like to see a project rendering of the Yonge and St. Clair area.
It is undergoing some positive changes, thanks to Slate and Wittington.
that is my hood, a lot of nice design coming here in the next few years
I want to see skyscrapers in Spadina
Finally a youtuber who focuses on Toronto Condos. I've been telling my friends for years that Toronto condo boom hasn't even begun! Subscribed and Liked!
Don't make your friends lose money.
@@Longliverock-qx4hf i highly doubt that cities, especially Toronto, will lose population over the next few decades. This is the top destination for immigrants in north america and that hasnt changed. The people just wont be physically here due to the pandemic in the short term, but that will turn around. You live under a rock if you think that.
I like Condos but having too many condo only buildings become boring over time like Vancouver good to have mixed buildings with commercial the ones TORONTO has are too old newer super tall are needed to balance the skyline.
@Killer Miser thats not good
@@Rafin889 it depends - if conservatives comes and they elect Canada's Trump - then immigration might get halted .
Looks FANTASTIC on a big screen TV. Great video!
Great video! It's like a real-life version of Toronto in SimCity. If even some of these developments occur, the Toronto skyline will become even more impressive.
I enjoyed that thoroughly! Well done. Subscribed.
So wonderful to see this city grow! I hope there can be a 400-meter building added one day.
I don't think we'll get to that point in Toronto :( most buildings above 350m are build as a status or ego display, since the effective economic height for a skyscraper lands somewhere around 350m. Lots of (economically responsible, not Gulf) countries will build 1 or 2 above that height MAYBE, with many not doing so. Toronto doesn't exactly need a status/ego display, since we built ours in the 1970s! The CN Tower will forever be Toronto's "built in excess" landmark.
Give me your ankles
Taller the building the more problems.
@@edgarsantos2550 Maybe but New York and Chicago both have many buildings 350-400 meters, I think Toronto could pull it off too if the stars align right.
@@edgarsantos2550 the CN Tower was not "built in excess". Not sure where your getting that from. The tower had to be that high so the t.v and radio signals would not be blocked by place like First Canadian Place.
Good! Lots of opportunity to launder money in real estate :)
bruh
@@firstname1317 He's telling the truth, communists are banned from owning stocks or property. If they do they are criminal capitalist scum.
@@altaccout ok bud.
Not my money don’t care all I care about is build a work of art 😁
thank you Chinese immigrants
Great video! Would love more of this content.
Many thanks for your overview of the DT Toronto core precondos:)
I would be interested to see what goes ahead and of the existing projects how many will remain empty given current and future market conditions....the rental market in Toronto will be saturated given the number of people who are "moving out of central" rentals and commercial which is suffering greatly.
If you look at global historic patterns, core cities always recover first from disasters, pandemics, recessions etc. The temporary shift in demographic preferences due to Covid 19 and have started reversing and upcoming immigration targets + workforce requirements have already bought the tide back to Downtown.
The newer condo market in the 905 ("Downtown Markham" , Richmond Hill, etc) will get hit the hardest and see property values decline 50-60%. A condo in Markham would have never been considered feasible 15 years ago but it's only recently been propped up by the fake bubble economy and cheap money. If a small 1-2 bedroom condo isnt close to a subway line, it's going to see a huge decline
Brilliant Video, keep up the amazing work.
You have to think the office towers have to be revised as office space is not in demand.
So far nothing really
Well it's hard to tell right now how long lasting covid impacts like remote working will be
Total myth, office demand is at the same percent is was before the pandemic started.
Hey! Thanks for doing this vid. Well done.
very comprehensive. Great job.
Look at all these boomers in the comments section stuck in the 20th century.
How about before all these building are built, we get better subway lines to service the areas.
Dumb guy this is done with private money NOT public money
@@bozelecter no shit Sherlock.
@@teleguy2650 These developments are all already on the subway lines. As most of Toronto high rise buildings are. That's why they put them there.
Beautiful presentation!
Everyone is so negative in the comments! Tall buildings are the way of the future whether you like it or not! Just admire their beauty if nothing else
Is this outpacing New York? I realize New York has height on its side but WOW. This is just the CBD of Toronto. Very impressive to say the least. I'm interested to know how long Toronto can keep this up.
In terms of units under construction, yes outpacing NY. It'll continue as long as immigration keeps outpacing housing supply, which based on current projections, it will
really nice renderings, kinda jealous of your knowledge on this. Hoping to reach your level one day
Have you heard of urban toronto?
@@InspireApon No but I'm checking it out now, great resource thanks! I'm new to construction/architecture.
As a Montréaler, I am jealous of Toronto's skyline: we're having a skyscraper boom here too, but there's that municipal rule that says that no buildings should be taller than the Mont-Royal, which basically means no skyscraper should be taller than 200m...that's so ridiculous!!!
Toronto used to have that bylaw too, that no building should be taller than the CN tower. But yeah, that's not happening anymore.
@@ashleyfaminial964 It still is.. that's why no building can be built higher than 350 or 400m rather. The recent Mirvish condos were 94 and 82 floors and got shaved down to 82 and 72.
Woulda coulda shoulda. At one time Montreal was Canada's largest city and economic capital but Quebecers voted for a separatist party in 1976 and all those corporate headquarters and economic capital left in droves.
It's unbelievable how incredibly self destructive a people, province and government can be. Montreal could've been a world class city rivaling Paris, London and New York in economic and cultural status. Sadly Toronto took that spot and we're left with a American wanna be with no culture.
@@randymoyan4754 Yeah Montreal shot themselves in the foot with that move. They were way ahead of any Canadian city at the time. Remember, Montreal is older than Canada. The minute Toronto built the CN tower, it was a wrap fro Montreal as far as trying to be a major city again.
Toronto's rise hurted Detroit way more than it hurted Montreal: Toronto has a large uneducated but well paid labor class due to its automobile industry, which led to Toronto's rise as a financial hub,all of that at the expense of Detroit. If Québec separatism hurted Montréal, it has long recovered from it, and most real Canadien companies are still headquartered in Montréal, such as Air Canada, Bombardier, and of course, CN!!!!! And there's never been a time when Montréal was close to be in the New York-Paris-London-Hong Kong league.......
Would love to see what the entertainment district will look like in the future with the new proposals.
When these new buildings are completed this should bring Toronto’s skyline up to the size of Chicago’s
two new buildings??? There's about 30 new buildings going up in DT core right now...lol.
@@C-mac_in_the_6ix Yeah Chicago has 15 going up with another seven planned, But yeah even if there weren’t any new buildings going up at all in Chicago 30 new buildings in Toronto once completed would make it slightly smaller than Chicago currently, Chicago has about 125 skyscrapers currently, Toronto has about 77, add another 30, still not bigger than Chicago, eventually it will pass Chicago but it’s going to take some time
@@augustusx82 For all it's crime problems, Chicago has an excellent lakefront , park and beach system which many in Toronto envy. The Chicago skyline remains superior to Toronto despite all the growth in the Canadian city in recent years. At some point, I think Toronto will rival and perhaps surpass the Chicago skyline but I don't think it will happen in the next 20 years.
@@jeffneptune2922 Toronto has 30 skyscrapers in construction and also being planned, Chicago has like 15 I believe, this would put Toronto skyline a few buildings ahead of Chicago upon completion
that's saying a lot. Two great skylines
Geez from a practical liveable stand point I don’t want to live in a building where my windows look on to another person’s unit a few metres away. I also despise the trend of merging the kitchen and living space into one where couches face stoves. At what point do developers actually make liveable spaces or is it all for wealthy people to park cash?
Preach
How is this different from people living in houses built in tight subdivisions with barely a walkway between them? I hate it, but people do it.
open concept AKA warehouse but at 4 times the price
parking cash is the whole thing and of corse pushing out the poor from N.A. cities is also part of this game being played.
Thanks for this video!
Very good and keep going!
That is good, cause honestly, Toronto just had way too many land wasted per one household before, and it’s totally understandable cause it wasn’t really a huge city back in time. But now since Toronto is getting more and more population whether to be immigrants or locals from the country, Toronto is definitely witnessing it’s mage city transformation, and such a city building method just isn’t applying anymore. That’s the reason why properties are getting more and more unaffordable in the city. It probably won’t be long before GTA region hits its 10 million population soon, and getting more high residents can definitely help with the current situation.
Thanks for the information. Well done.
Toronto needs more stone/concrete buildings. Glass is so boring, stone buildings just look way better and give a city so much character
Everyone agrees on this, except the people making them. The developers and architects that are make more money off the cheap glass box's that make are skyline all green and blue then nice stone and brick/concrete buildings.
Yeah but floor to ceiling windows
We need a megatall building, that'll respect the CN Tower and other historic downtown buildings, something with a little modernism, and a gothic 1920s-1930s style. Something that'll put Toronto, Ontario, Canada back on to the map. Something that'll dwarf any and all upcoming super/mega tall buildings.
Your spot on, the 1,000 footers are not going to cut it. You need to have a couple of 1,200, 1300, footers, that will complete the transformation. Think Chicago.
@@Acccountable my thoughts exactly! I love old Chicago, but I'm thinking more on the lines of 5200 ft. There's some people saying that the Jeddah tower may be a mile instead of a kilometre
Right about now Chair Girl is planning which condo she will pull her next stunt on!!!
Lmaooo
I freakin' think of chair girl driving on the QEW into downtown. I also can't fathom WHY someone would want a balcony feet away from a highway.
This was really well done and hard to do. I hope it brings you lots of business
The legend himself! Thanks for watching
@@Precondo this is awesome. Jordan I would like to join you in selling these condos I am out in Mississauga
Look at all those glass boxes the average citizen won't be able to afford!
or want future housing projects....lol
They are building them because people are buying them
... simple as that
At very least their not hurting the average consumer’s eye when we have to look at them like some of current eyesores in Toronto or around Canada 😁
@@krazyshady902 Yep!
@Killer Miser yeah wth the other people think
I hope they make regulations to really limit foreign purchases of living units and make them more affordable for Canadians.
They already did, 15% foreign buyer tax in Ontario
Foreign ownership is less than 3% of the market
It’s cheap credit by central bankers. To make things affordable we need to stop making credit so cheap. The system is flush with money it inflates things like real estate.
If you have problems with Canadian real estate just move to the US. Cheaper and warmer.
@@Etaoinshrdlu69 Canada is my country and my home. I am Canadian, and its not about being happy or unhappy with real estate, its about my right as a good citizen. I make more than 70k and I find it sad even with a good salary like that I can't buy a home in my hometown yet. And now, I don't want to move anywhere, I love my country... don't sleep... you sound so simplistic.
@@cara1111 I agree with you 100%. Your average Canadian who even makes 150K a year is still going struggle buying a property. I agree with what you mean. As a good citizen, you pay your taxes to the country where you were born and raised in, yet despite doing well , unable to afford a property. It is time the Federal Government needs to evaluate who do they serve? Good citizens who were born and raised here, who built this country.
Green roof eh? Wonder how that would fare in a Canadian winter.
Guess you can build a snowman on the roof in the winter
As implied in your comment, it's going to be dangerous. The snow is going to add extra weight and given how all these high rises are being built within close proximity, damage may be more extensive than we can imagine. The collapse in one of the green roof buildings in Illinois and Hong Kong wasn't as tall as the proposed Toronto condo
Green roofs are mandatory on any new large buildings in Toronto, as a way to reduce storm water run off and lower the urban heat island. There have already been over 500 installed, and no collapses.
Great video. Make a video of Vancouver 2030, man
Really cool video
I am a commercial electrician and I looking at the Office Towers as this is good news for me as I could make it to retirement on these towers :) Currently I am on the CIBC project but we are in a Lockdown at the moment !! which you didn't mention in the video :)
James , how can I become a commercial/residential electrician if starting from scratch ? And what can a commercial electrician approx can make ? Thx
So face on, it looks like Rogers Centre could be getting a mohawk...cool.
I have to wonder how long the Rogers Centre will be there, though.
*He completely missed the fact that Rogers (prior to covid) was/is planning on demolishing the Rogers Center (Skydome), moving the Blue Jays to the site of the now-canceled Google (Sidewalk Labs) smart city location, and sell the Rogers Center property for condos !!!*
@@D.Bunker None of that is certain. While the Blue Jays were tossing around the idea of building a new stadium, there are no concrete plans, certainly none that involved sidewalk labs canceled location.
@@artvandelay3840 "The two companies would build a new stadium half the size on the southern part of the current site and use the remaining land for residential towers, office buildings, stores and public space, the Globe said, citing unnamed sources.
Brookfield declined to comment on the matter.
The Globe also reported that Rogers and Brookfield were exploring the possibility of building a stadium along the waterfront if the development plan falls through on a slice of land called Quayside, *where Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs* once hoped to construct a tech-savvy neighbourhood." ontarioconstructionnews.com/rogers-centre-owner-pauses-plans-for-toronto-blue-jays-stadium-amid-pandemic/
@@artvandelay3840 it really should stay where it is
The Mervish ghreyTowers are my number one!
Excellent video. Any information about development along/near new CROSSTOWN subway line???
Have you not seen the area around Yonge and Eglinton recently - ridiculous amount of high rise condos/luxury rentals going up - horrible. I’m in a boutique condo, 8 storeys high completely surrounded by 32 storey buildings now, I can no longer see the shy in any direction!!!
Very cool, nice work!!!
As a planner and urban designer, it's pretty sad to see the dt become an undefined cluster of unimaginable glass condos that do nothing for the skyline backdrop. Massing is also poor in graduating heights. There's no long term vision.
Exactly what im thinking..plus all the homes and neighborhoods they're gonna destroy
It's already such an urban mess, no character, ugly and massively overpriced. Cities that cost this much need to give something back, Toronto doesn't, it only erodes at the already low quality of life.
really appreciate all these comments and could not agree more! Toronto is a train wreck of a city run by greed. there is no beauty or humanity to it.
@Killer Miser I didnt say I dont like big cities. I said Toronto is an embarrassment.
You know, I am not an Urban Planner, but I can, as a casual amateur with interest in modern architecture, tell you that you should not be an Urban planner. All cities of success reach skyward. I'll assume that you know why. Look at Manhattan. Wow. The Seagrams building was one clear example of arteeting science. 24 ct Gold flecks are burned into every pane of her window glass. Mies Van Der Rohe designed FCP and also, Chicago's Aon towers. And from a casual pov, they might look like soulless white marble monoliths, but in reality, they were so far ahead of theor time regarding earthbound force-resistance, Eco-frienliness, and artful construction.
Amazing content!
definitely need a video like this for other Canadian cities 🙌🏻
Too bad that no one can afford to live in these wonderful developments, well other than the wealthy and well connected... But great to see the compilation!
Gentrification is happening in Toronto
Soon everything will be at least $1M. Unless Tiff n Trudeau find their pair of balls and do something to put a ceiling on Canadian RE casino.
God damn Toronto is on a roll 👏🏽👏🏽
great video
Gonna need a high rise unit in that pinnacle tower
Similar videos on Lakeshore area condos and Square one would be awsome!
Coming up next!
@@Precondo Yeah, square 1 district Mississauga is going to be huge! Please do one!!
Awesome graphics/renderings 👍
Nicely done thanks!
Would be cool to see Vancouver.
Hey I am interested , do you mind mentioning in the chat from where you find all the data about upcoming constructions.
This video was absolutely fantastic 👏
man -- you are wildly good-looking.
he probably bats that way too ;-)
So are you jheez
Do a Kitchener-Waterloo Skyline next:)
you gotta be joking!
Awesome video bro
Love this kinda content
Awesome video.
Thank you for sharing Mr handsome.
Very well done video.
thanks for all the effort putting this together... amazing that office buildings are still being constructed now that they want everyone working from home. I absolutely hate the Gehry buildings. they are completely out of context in that location and destroy that block of King in my opinion. and not sure what the chances of 1200 Bay actually being built are... I like the height and the slim profile but its just too close to the neighbouring proposal.
The new Gehry design looks cheap and clunky
Great video Jordan 👌
Considering most of the path businesses are shut down for good... not sure if it's a selling feature at all.
Hi Jordon, since these towers are tall and will be very dense, from an investment perspective, I thought you prefer boutique projects targeting end users e.g. Freed AnX project
This video isn't about the investment thesis of these devs - just about how the skyline is changing in Toronto
@@Precondo true. So from an investment thesis on the developments, would you consider any of these towers over the boutique builds or would you still direct your investor clients towards the boutique builds? Thx
@@lankanboy5127 Depends on goals, time-line, budget and what's available at both options. Email me if you want to get into it more
@@Precondo great thx Jordon.
I know this video is approx a year old but The Well at Wellington and Spadina was underway then and is almost complete with some occupancy taking place this year and due to be fully completed by next year. I'm very surprised it wasn't mentioned here.
I have a full video on my channel featuring the well
I would love to see a 900metre monster on the opposite side of the dome from the CN Tower. One that is earth friendly with built in turbines and solar panels. Two giants standing tall.. Sadly, I don’t see it happening. The face of Toronto is the CN Tower and city council would never pass it. But I can dream...
Very ambitious
Love this
These look awesome but are any historical structures at risk of demolition in their place?
Is union park going to block the CN tower view of the buildings at bathurst and front st? eg. 576 front w. or 27 bathurst?
Very well done.
Nice bro love from punjab
That's a lot of rentals for a city with a lot of vacancies at the moment
Keyword: at the moment
One of the lowest vacancies in North America prior to covid, and will return there.
Retail vacancies, not so much residential, and these ones are way outta range for the lower middle class.
@@Longliverock-qx4hf Absolutely, covid will accelerate WFH trends, but the truth is most people will inevitably return to the office
@@Longliverock-qx4hf amazon, shopify, google and Netflix all leased more space in the last 12 months in Toronto
Moreover McKinsey surveyed 800 executives and found most of them don’t see a contraction in their office space requirements
@@Longliverock-qx4hf agreed
“This rectangular glass building really stands out from the other rectangular glass buildings”
Glass is so hot right now
I'll make an oval glass building, just for you
LOL
Hi is the One still being built it looked it was stopped all the rebar and structural steel are rusting
honestly the moderator is so handsome i wasn't looking at anything else lol
I really enjoyed your video and although others might give you grief over it I liked the fact that you used imperial measurements for height.
Could you also give heights and sizes in metric? I don’t understand feet and Canada officially uses metric
real estate industry still uses imperial
@@Precondo How come? Official city planning is also done in metric and there is a shift in real estate and architectual journalism in Canada such as urbantoronto.ca in sticking to using metric. Also, if customers buying into Canadian real estate are from abroad, wouldn't they also be more familiar with metric?
@@algonquin91 no idea, but until the avg person switches from using square feet as their indicator for size of a condo, I’ll be sticking to the accepted norm
This is sick🤘
Do Mississauga-Etobicoke please!
Yesssss. They have had extreme growth these last years. Hopefully the Dundas BRT will get approved soon.
What’s the time line on this Video as you would have to think Covid might have adjusted some of these projects , personally I like some of the High rise buildings in this town but maybe not for me to live in . I think this so called rush to the country is going to cool off plus Zoom meeting phobia is going to be a new medical condition very soon . Toronto is going to grow hard to argue that point and once Canada gets back the regular immigration numbers big Canadian cities will certainly see the initial input .
Draw of 27k express entry immigrants last week. A normal week is 5k or 6k.
We’ll hit our 400k immigration target this year with ease at that pace
what about 80 bloor st w? i dont see it here
you should do videos for the other major canadian cities
Which one of the proposals is your favorite development?
The well
@@fcd2020 love the Well
Outside of Toronto core, it has to be Oxfords masterplan for SQ1 and STC areas.
@@fcd2020 The Well itself as a destination and community is top tier, a genuinely cool place to go. Especially place right down the street from Stackt Market.
Would you make this a series? I'd love to see these renders for other regions like Waterloo, Peel, Halton and Hamilton.
Dude you have no idea!!! The transit investment, especially in the east end is crazy. Welcome to the gr8 reset. We will double our population by 2030.... this is crazy..
Aren’t there plans that the Rogers Centre is going to be demolished and a new one is going to be built somewhere else?
Nothing concrete. I believe Covid put the kibosh on the Jays building a new stadium. It's possible something will happen in the future, but for now, nothing is imminent.
Toronto is getting into Chicago territory with this new skyline that could be built …..
What are your thoughts of removing The Royal Alexandra Theatre on King street to build a condo?
No way, it's a beautiful theatre and there aren't too many around the city anymore. Plus it gets frequent use year round, and is used heavily for TIF as well.
Yessir
Montreal is so behind.
Montreal is saving its charm and character much better than Toronto so you should treasure that.
Super interesting! Vancouver has heights restrictions so we will never see buildings as spectacular here 😒
San Francisco used to have height restrictions (well gross floor area actually) that limited height but they got rid of those to allow some of their newer tallest buildings. so, when Vancouver runs out of land they could very well change the restrictions.
@@RedroomStudios Vancouver has mountains and ocean. It won't change. What they can do is allow building high-rises in the suburbs - something you don't see in the US cities.
@@ahmedzakikhan7639 I dont get your logic? the fact that Vancouver has mountains and ocean limiting the amount of land should mean they build taller buildings. San Francisco also has mountains and ocean and is built on a peninsula just like Vancouver is. they changed their laws to allow taller buildings.
@@RedroomStudios My logic of mountains was that building skyscrapers ruins the views of mountains. That is why people don't want to build super high skyscrapers.
Vancouver's suburbs like Barnaby, Surrey and Richmond have plenty of single-family suburban homes - which the govt can DE-ZONE and allow for high rise constructions there.
What SF Bay Area should do to solve its homeless problem is to build tall skyscrapers and high rises in Oakland, San Jose and surrounding suburbs of San Francisco - something that never happens in US.
Same story in New York City. Why do they only build skyscrapers in Manhattan. Why can't they build skyscrapers in Bronx Brooklyn Long Island and Queens ??
North Americans needs to move from its downtown obsession. Suburbs should see more urbanization.
@@ahmedzakikhan7639 your logic hurts my brain. you have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. you might want to look up some videos on Brooklyn for starters as they have just topped out their first supertall building there. tall buildings are not the only way to live densely. look at Paris for example... hell, loo at Brooklyn! and clearly you have no idea about the homeless problem that is affecting every city in the US. it is a politically created economic problem, not a housing problem. and so we are just going to move the homeless from major urban centers to surrounding areas that already have their own homeless problem and build skyscrapers to house them all? with what money?
well done.
Any rendered images for 'Honest Eds' site ?
It's already built
@@IsraelistheJewsland I hadn't the heart to go see the site in the last few years. I'll go take a look.
@@janinewetzler5037 never mind I just drove by it and it's being built. I confused it for another spot
Toronto became very crowded I won't leave there .But is beautiful
wow love to be there
I was born here in Toronto in the late 60s, and I’ve watched my city slowly be devoured by ugly glass and steel boxes, with no aesthetic appeal, but most importantly, far too short. City Council, for whatever reason, is absolutely terrified to approve anything over 300 m tall, and given how precious land is, I will never for the life of me, understand why they constantly reject proposal after proposal, simply because they’re over 300 m tall, claiming that it might cast a shadow, of course it’s going to cast a shadow! That’s part of living downtown, if you want to see the sun, then live in the suburbs, this is one of the biggest cities in North America, we cannot allow such a stupid, irrational, and pathetic excuse to stop us from taking full of advantage of what little space is left available to build upon. Yet every single time a beautiful proposal for a super tall building, which is defined as any building over 300 m tall, is submitted, they instantly reject it, terrified it’s going to cast a shadow on a park, or a street...DUH! Of course it is, almost every skyscraper downtown already does just that, it’s an embarrassment on the international stage to have a city that is terrified to build over 300 m tall. They claim that the CN Tower is supposed to be the focal point, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my life, every other city in the world doesn’t hesitate to build taller buildings around iconic structures in their own cities, yet our idiotic, antiquated city Council, remains in the dark ages, it’s time we got rid of the fossils that are holding us back, and bring in someone with vision, who can actually make Toronto a world-class skyline, perhaps even regain our title of having The worlds tallest structure once again. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen anytime soon, because God for bid common sense actually takes president over blind ignorance. Frankly, I’m amazed they actually approved “the one” at Young and Bloor, because it just barely exceeds 300 m, I don’t expect too many more like it. I guarantee you, anytime an incredible proposal is put forth, city Council will, without fail, turn it down, and demand but they shorten the proposed building, and it drives me absolutely nuts! When, if ever, are these people going to realize that this is not a small hicktown, but a major metropolis?! Idiots!🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Yeah it's very annoyinh and frustrating how they've gotten this far with cutting down almost every super tall tower in Toronto to just under 300 or 289m. It's absolutely ridiculous that shadowing is the excuse.
seriously - that is your main complaint? there were several towers in this video over 300 metres. the cost of building above that height can not be justified in Toronto - not enough customers could afford the prices.