Pinnacle International Celebrates as SkyTower Crosses 100 Storey Threshold

DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION
November 24, 2025 by Anthony Teles, Craig White 234

Pinnacle International celebrates SkyTower crossing the 100-story threshold

The SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge is officially the first building in Canada to reach 100 stories. The milestone was marked Friday with a construction tour attended by UrbanToronto as part of the celebration. The 106-story tower rises within the 4.4 million-square-foot Pinnacle One Yonge mixed-use community at the foot of Yonge Street and was designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for Pinnacle International. The tower surpassed 300 meters in height earlier this month and achieved supertall status.

A north-facing drone view shows the SkyTower passing the 100-story mark, now standing at about 1,000 feet (311.35 m) tall and overtaking One Bloor West (also seen below, piercing the horizon, center, back). The curtain wall installation has climbed to about the 79th floor, with the balcony glazing visible one level below. The construction elevator, which was only expanded to the floors in the mid-1980s, is still attached to the east wall of the tower.

A drone view looking north at the glazing progress, image by UrbanToronto Forum contributor Kotsy

The tour began on the ground floor with the construction elevator, which took the participants to the 84th floor. Behind it, crew members work on a boom lift beneath the steel-framed canopy that extends between the podium volumes. At the front we see waste containers and bundled components on a cot waiting to be distributed up the tower.

Ground level activity near the construction elevator, image by Craig White

After climbing concrete stairs to the 100th floor and then temporary steel stairs to the top of the elevator core form (approximately the 101st floor), we see the construction platform above the floor under construction. Prefabricated reinforcement cages are arranged along the wooden terrace. The red concrete boom pump hovers above us. Temporary fencing and work platforms are installed around the platform to contain materials and protect crews.

Upper deck stage, rebar cages and concrete boom pump viewed from top of elevator core form, image by Craig White

Looking south from the top of the elevator core form, the tower's dodecagonal geometry becomes more apparent in the curvature of the perimeter formwork, where red safety screens trace the beveled edges. The underlying slab is being prepared for the next concrete pour, with rebar and pipe being laid over temporary plywood decks. More rebar extends upwards where columns and walls are formed to make the building several stories taller.

South elevation with edge formwork, image by Craig White

A look to the west shows the concrete pouring in progress, while the concrete boom pump delivers fresh concrete directly onto the reinforcement mesh for the next floor slab. Teams run the hose over the surface to distribute the mixture.

Concrete slab is being poured on the upper floors, image by Craig White

Crews on the top working deck guide a crane-raised concrete bucket into position, coordinating with hand signals as the rigging swings over the forming tables. Below we see the freshly poured concrete just beginning to harden.

Crews carry a concrete bucket hoisted by crane, image by Craig White

Visible from the north end of the upper deck is the formwork system for SkyTower's prestressed shear walls, with red steel beams and brackets securing the wall formwork into the freshly poured ceiling. Vertical rebar cages rise along each wall line, awaiting the next concrete lift that will continue the tower's high-density, wind-resistant core. In the center of the picture, a crew member runs a trowel over freshly placed concrete, smoothing the mix for an even surface as the concrete strengthens during the curing process.

Prestressed shear wall formwork and vertical reinforcement at north end of upper deck, image by Craig White

As crew members worked one floor below, Pinnacle International team members from across Canada gathered to celebrate the 100th floor milestone, the first time a building in the country reached triple digits.

Pinnacle International team members from across Canada joined the celebrations, image by Craig White

In the golden helmet below, Michael De Cotiis, president and CEO of Vancouver-based Pinnacle International, led the celebration of this achievement.

Michael De Cotiis, President and CEO of Pinnacle International, waves to the crowd gathered to celebrate the milestone, image by Craig White

Five more residential floors are planned to be built on the building's remaining levels, including the 105th-floor penthouse, a full-floor unit now on the market for $30 million. Additionally, Pinnacle just announced a destination restaurant on the 106th floor, with no further details yet other than it will be one of the highest dining experiences in the country along with 360 in the CN Tower. The restaurant will be located directly below the mechanical penthouse and tuned mass damper levels that bring the building to a height of over 1,100 feet (351 m).

Installation of ground-level glazing along the western facade of the podium is underway, image by ImmenselyMental, UrbanToronto Forum contributor

Back on the ground floor, a Le Méridien Hotel by Marriott, with its lobby, meeting and ballroom spaces, will occupy much of the ground and second floors. There will also be phased retail. Installation of glazing began on the ground floor; the podium levels were otherwise sealed at the top. The amenities and 223 hotel suites generally continue on the dozen floors above before the condominium suites take over.

Completion is scheduled for early 2026. The SkyTower will then be 351.85 m high. The hotel is expected to open before spring next year. The first of the 958 residential suites are expected to move into May 2026.

Approved design of Pinnacle One Yonge designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects for Pinnacle International

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