Queen & Ashbridge Welcomes First Residents as Construction Nears Completion

DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION
May 23, 2025 By Anthony Teles 1.6k

Queen & Ashbridge welcomes the first residents because the construction comes near the completion

After almost three years of construction work, the first residents in Queen & Ashbridge, a mixed community at the East End of the Eastern Avenue. The project was developed by Teple Architects for context development, Riokanleben and Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) and lists three volumes that rise to 10, 16 and 17 floors. Urbantoronto recently delivered an update in August 2024 when the buildings went down.

View west to Queen & Ashbridge, Image of Urbantoronto Forum participating ash_iwn95

With a view of the Queen Street East Frontage at the beginning of this month, there is next to the window glaze, which is excavated with soil trenches for tree planting and street furnishings. Steel anchor plates and curb edge formwork are carried out for installation. Along the facade, the glazes framed in black posts change with red brick cladding, which are restricted by forecast roofing with steel frames. Blue sealing membrane remains exposed along the foundation.

View east to the street landscape and retail at the Queen Street East, Image of Urbantoronto Forum participating Flonicky

This view, which is oriented towards the northeast, captures the mid-block-football corridor near the eastern tower on the left, the home rental and the 10-story TCHC building on the right. Interior concrete paving stones are placed over the common round. On the right side, the TCHC building shows a white white cladding system with black-pulled windows and foreign balconies. In the class we see left and another canopy to the right, whereby Laibit is working.

View to the northeast up to the passage with a medium block and the hard tender between the buildings, image of Urbantoronto Forum Frequent Flonicky

The buildings are dressed in white composite panels with built-in black-frame windows, balcony-loouvres and alternating glass and solid guards. At the moment, only the third floor is open for the occupancy, whereby the landscape courtyard on the podium between the western and East tower is on the two-story retail and coating podium on the two-story retail and equipment podium. The hardscaping is essentially equipped with large -format paving stones, while the edge of the red metal plant container uses floor -filled sections on plantation according to garden beds.

Court on the third floor, picture of Urbantoronto Forum-actor Ash_IWN

This drone view captures the full extent of the central courtyard. Corresponding concrete routes weave through landscaped plant beds. A triangular area on the southeastern corner is under construction, whereby the paving stones are partially installed and the floor preparation is underway. In the area, the resigned back mass of the towers is expressed through terraces and staggered floor slabs. Grundach assemblies are visible on several levels.

A top-down view of the central courtyard and the step mass, image of Urbantoronto Forum-actor Ash_IWN95

This drone view, which is oriented south, records the step mass. The mid-rise frontage has a number of steps that rise from the road to the inner gap towers. On the seventh floor, the exposed blue sealing membrane is visible below the glazing, with the materials on the podium on the podium, while balcony and patio guards were installed over most visible floors.

A drone view south to the high -rise buildings, picture of Urbantoronto Forum participating ash_iWn95

This aviation oriented to the northwest catches all three towers. In the foreground, the 10-story TCHC building puts a more uniform, more straight profile with a different rhythm of projecting balconies. A continuous strip of curtain glazers encourages the ground floor along the Eastern Avenue.

A drone view that looks northwest of the two buildings and the Eastern Avenue Frontage of Urbantoronto Forum.

The full occupancy is expected for the high-rise buildings until August 2025 and for the TCHC building until October 2025. The development reaches a maximum height of 60.15 m and delivers 632 residential units, including 367 condominiums, 95 market rentals, 32 affordable rents and 138 units with rent gear.

Urbantoronto will continue to pursue progress in this development. In the meantime, however, you can find out more about this from our database file linked below. If you want, you can join the conversation in the associated project forum thread or leave a comment in the room provided on this page.

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