Soon to tower over Toronto's Deer Park skyline, a Delisle rises on Yonge north of St. Clair. Developed by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects and WZMH Architects of Toronto, this 44-story mixed-use condominium is Gang's first Canadian project. Developed by Slate Asset Management, it is located in the steps from St. Clair Station and will be the tallest building in the area when completed – although other proposed developments nearby will eventually compete for local bragging rights.
Looking south towards a Delisle designed by Studio Gang Architects and WZMH Architects for Slate Asset Management
Urbantoronto last checked in a Delisle in February 2024 during the excavation phase. By May 2024, the building achieved the grade after work on the four underground garage levels was completed. In the grade, layers of dense rebar are placed in the image below to form a net over which concrete is poured while crew members on the right work with a bucket of concrete on one of the cranes and the second crane lifting a beam.
Looking southwest towards the two tower cranes and the construction reaches grade level, image from Urbantoronto Forum Contributor Projects
The structure had risen to three levels by September 2024, with these lower podium floors showing their criminality. As the building rises, the square foot footprint at its base will transform into a cylindrical, ridged geometry for its upper floors. A high vantage point of the eastern and northern elevations provides a clear view of the rising step of the podium. Yellow shoring posts reinforce the upper floors while they heal. Meanwhile, the West Crane was removed earlier this month and no longer needed for the larger volume of the lowest floors. At right, building materials are staged in an area where an adjacent town of Parkette will eventually be expanded through a donation of land from developers.
An aerial view looking southwest towards the remaining tower crane at the south end, image by Urbantoronto Forum Faculty Twinhuey
From the north in November 2024, a platform rises above the central elevator core. The double-height ground floor is framed by a parapet around the podium. Two larger volumes along the north elevation flank the central entrance. On the top level, reinforcement and formwork are laid in preparation for the next slab.
An aerial view of North Heights, Image by Urbantoronto Forum Contributor in downtown Toronto
When I looked to the northwest in early December 2024, approximately eight floors were formed, with a blue concrete boom pump aligned over the elevator core. The emergent balcony pattern is visible in the southern and eastern elevations. White Security Fence Lines The Tower Mirrors.
An aerial view looking northwest of the emerging tower pattern, image by Urbantoronto forum contributor Walkiescorchie
This month we look northwest from Yonge Street to the tower, which is about 11 stories high. At ground level, the southern section of the podium is dressed in the restored Art Deco façade of the previous 1930 two-story building on the site, but above, the building's floor-to-floor evolution begins to take shape as the floor panels begin to take shape as the panel edges become rounded define. The building's signature design is staggered eight-story modules that spiral upward. Each module is characterized by recessed balconies framed by prefabricated panels, while terraces overlay each volume, with the non-exaggerated volume receding slightly and taking on more curve.
Hortenstätte the Art Deco podium along Yonge Street, image from Urbantoronto Forum contributor Christiesplits
Once the tower completes its ascent, a Delisle reaches a final height of 155 m, containing 371 condominiums.
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