Ontario Construction News staff writer
Toronto recorded building permits valued at $921,497,979 in July, a decline from $1.2 million in June and $2.4 million recorded in May.
Here are the five largest July permits:
$90 million – 90 Queen St.
Parallax Investment Corp. submitted a rezoning application in 2018 for this project, a 35-storey mixed-use tower at Queen and Mutual St., Urban Toronto reports. Some buildings on the original site are considered heritage structures, and so are incorporated in the design by IBI Architects. However, the 90 Queen E. Address, formerly a pawn shop, has been demolished.
The new structure will include 356 residential condos, retail, and 96 sq. m. “community space at grade,” the website reports.
284 King St. E. – $79 million
Lamb Development Corp. is building this 32-storey mixed use condo, designed by architectsAlliance, with the name Bauhaus Condos,
1245 Dupont St. – $55 million
This is one of eight buildings on the site of the former Galleria Mall by Almadev. The project’s master plan is by Urban Strategies and Harini Pontarini Architects. The permit describes the structure as a “recreational new building”.
30 Widmer St. – $45 million
The permit is for “interior alterations building additions/alterations in a multi-use building”. Urban Toronto describes the Theatre District Residence as a pair of towers designed by Quadrangle for Plaza, with condos and a hotel/condo combination 48 and 49-storey structures.
2 Sussex Ave. – $38 million.
Montgomery Sisam Architects designed this four-storey Innis College Expansion for the University of Toronto.
See all the July building permit applications and permits issued.
