Lumiere Condos - Bay College

[urban 2.0]

http://www.lumierecondos.com/intro_flash.html

New condo's to be built right across the street from the street from RofCollege Park. The sign is up and it looks like the sales centre is being built next door.

(it's located just a a 100 m south of College on Bay on the West side.

Should be interesting - I guess that means that RoCP Phase III will be located at Gerrard and Yonge?!

[Taller, Better]

Is there a picture of the concept yet? Aside from levitating people, that is?
I love how Bay is becoming a condo canyon! Adds tremendously to the streetlife on Yonge St. They live on Bay, and walk one street over to Yonge.
Perfect!

[Pozerifik]

Bay Street is gonna be one deep and endless highrise cannon in a few years. RoCP and RoCP II, Murano, Lumiere, and that new Sick Kids Office Tower, plus the potential of the Addison car dealership on the west side of Bay to be developed!

[CrazyCanuck]

Bay and College is one of my favourite intersections, I love that canyon feeling. I'm still curious about this project. Where exactly is there any room for a condo across the street from ROCP?

[Pozerifik]

^^There's currently a parking lot across the street from RoCP, just north of those ugly slab 90's apartments.

EDIT, the lot beside these towers: http://www.emporis.com/en/il/im/?id=354177

And Bay and College is okay I guess but it has a sort of sterile feel to it, I much prefer College/Yonge. It feels like a big city intersection with streetwall cannons on all sides.

[valantino]

I wonder about this one - will it emulate the ugly 90s condos or the new Toronto style

[Pozerifik]

I wonder about this one - will it emulate the ugly 90s condos or the new Toronto style

The 90s are long dead so hopefully they go for something more modern with fine lines like Murano. Also, it will be quite a decent height because it was stated on UT that it's 30 storeys.

[valantino]

^not in NYCC where this developer rules the roost

[Hogtown]

travelling up yonge is like going back in time...

[Pozerifik]

^^Yup, it's like the urban spectrum of Toronto: Yonge/Sheppard < Yonge/Eglinton < Yonge/Bloor < Yonge/Dundas, etc.

[CLP1]

These condos are in a good location. I think I'll consider purchasing a home there myself...walk to work, accross from drug store (PharmaPLUS),, short walk to Dominion, new Superstore and 24-hour Shoppers Drug Mart. Short walk to College or Queen's Park Subway.

I'm glad area is being developed. Downtown toronto is an excellent place to live, in my opinion.




CLP1

[g2fl]

Walked by the site today - looks like they are constructing a sales office/model suite. Hopefully they should provide a rendering soon. I wonder how it will look standing across from the two ROCP towers

[Travis007]

Incoming!! Fresh and hot new pics of the Lumiere sales centre and model/rendering!!

Here's the pics I took today outside the sales centre. I think it just opened up today and the sales centre seems to be pretty busy when I was there, looks like the marketing campaign about floating yuppies seemed to have worked. lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Switzer/DSC01559.jpg

The model inside the busy sales centre

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Switzer/DSC01561.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Switzer/DSC01565.jpg

Looks like a nice tower, a more evolved version of the repetitive "Toronto style" condo tower

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Switzer/DSC01566.jpg

Stay tuned for updates on MInto Midtown, BA Centre, SPIRE, One City Hall, RoCP, Metropolis and more!! I'll post'em when I upload them later on.

[valantino]

^impressive sales centre and a tower a hundred billion trillion gazillion times better than I was expecting

[Taller, Better]

Thanks Travis! I rode by the other day and they were scurrying to complete the centre. Wish we could see a rendering, or a close up of the maquette. Valantino, why were you expecting something horrible? Are they bad developers?

[Dino Domingo]

Thanks Travis for the update.

[Waterloo_Guy]

Looks a lot like Radio City.

[spasongs]

Banwith exceeded?

[thryve]

The photos aren't working...

[Travis007]

We'll try again:

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/7927/dsc01559ih5.jpg

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/9767/dsc01561cc6.jpg

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/1209/dsc01565ga0.jpg

[Taller, Better]

I zoomed some pix from the sidewalk, of the rendering. I was going to do it right at the window, but the people inside kept giving me the Evil Eye and looked like they would call a SWAT team on me. So, pix from the sidewalk:

http://img474.imageshack.us/img474/5924/oct2306lumierehs3.jpg

These women kept waving their arms and covering the maquette:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4783/oct2306lumiereibf9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[DrT]

Thanks T,B. First clear view of the project.
The model alot more squat than the rendering, but not bad overall. A bit reminiscent of One City Hall.
The block of College Park and immediate environs is going to be one of the densest residential areas in TO.

[Taller, Better]

Yes, they have cleverly done the rendering from an angle which makes it look
very tall and slim.

[Canadian Chocho]

I like!

[PORTRUSH1998]

Pictures look good. Any idea how sales are going?

[urban 2.0]

Pictures look good. Any idea how sales are going?

... I saw a clipboard of a sales agent, and I would say 60% of units were blacked out.

Every unit is tiny - great if you like cooking from your chesterfield.

Won't see too many families there - more like the Met crowd.

[rbt]

great if you like cooking from your chesterfield.
Korean Barbecue every night!

You really think there is space for a chesterfield?

[Taller, Better]

Korean Barbecue every night!

You really think there is space for a chesterfield?

Try Bi-Bim-Bop on Yonge just south of Gloucester St, on the East side.
They have the BEST Korean barbecued chicken in the world. I am over
those all you can eat Korean barbecues.... I seriously wonder where they
get all that cheap meat.

[p5archit]

^^I hear you- shitty meat and dirty burners..at least that is my opinion. I will have to check that out- thanks TB-

The difference between the rendering and the model, is like looking at two different buildings.

p5

[Canadian Chocho]

... I saw a clipboard of a sales agent, and I would say 60% of units were blacked out.

Every unit is tiny - great if you like cooking from your chesterfield.

Won't see too many families there - more like the Met crowd.

Square footage please.

[urban 2.0]

^^I hear you- shitty meat and dirty burners..at least that is my opinion. I will have to check that out- thanks TB-

The difference between the rendering and the model, is like looking at two different buildings.

p5

... I agree... the model looks very fat, and the render looks extremely slender... I think the fat look will win.

[urban 2.0]

Square footage please.

Units range from 450 to 850 sq feet!

[Taller, Better]

... I agree... the model looks very fat, and the render looks extremely slender... I think the fat look will win.


I am pretty sure the model would be the more accurate assessment.

[yin_yang]

not a matter of what look will win, the slender look is just marketing...slender = sexy, taller, better views

[Taller, Better]

Yes... most maquette makers who are worth their salt stick pretty closely to the actual dimensions. There was a blurb in yesterday's Star condo section about this project, and it looks nice enough. I'd not say no to a unit in that building if someone is kind enough to buy it for me! ;)

[Marcanadian]

Very nice tower. Especially the glass, hopefully they won't cheap out on it.

[current]

http://www.lumierecondos.com/

According to the Lumiere web site the Sales Centre closed on July 15 to make way for construction. The new Sales Centre will be re-opening this month at 879 Bay St.

This is from New DreamHomes and Condos Magazine:

"On Friday, June 15th, Ward 27 Toronto Centre – Rosedale Councillor Kyle Rae pitched in to help Alan Menkes, president of the High-Rise Residential Division of Menkes Developments Ltd., remove greenery from the front of the Sales Centre for Lumiere Condominiums on Bay. Soon the Sales Centre will close to make way for construction on this successful project by Menkes Developments and Lifetime Urban Development. The developers have donated the plant material to the City in keeping with their commitment to help beautify Toronto’s urban landscape..."

http://www.newdreamhomes.ca/feature_stories/article.aspx?id=1416

[urban 2.0]

http://www.lumierecondos.com/

According to the Lumiere web site the Sales Centre closed on July 15 to make way for construction. The new Sales Centre will be re-opening this month at 879 Bay St.

This is from New DreamHomes and Condos Magazine:

"On Friday, June 15th, Ward 27 Toronto Centre – Rosedale Councillor Kyle Rae pitched in to help Alan Menkes, president of the High-Rise Residential Division of Menkes Developments Ltd., remove greenery from the front of the Sales Centre for Lumiere Condominiums on Bay. Soon the Sales Centre will close to make way for construction on this successful project by Menkes Developments and Lifetime Urban Development. The developers have donated the plant material to the City in keeping with their commitment to help beautify Toronto’s urban landscape..."

http://www.newdreamhomes.ca/feature_stories/article.aspx?id=1416



FYI - the sales centre is now torn down, and a fence surrounds the empty lot.

[current]

Information is from the Toronto Star:

LUMIERE CONDOMINIUMS: West side of Bay St., south of College St. Builder: Menkes Developments and Lifetime Urban Development. A 30-storey building with about 330 units. Prices: from $340,990 for a penthouse with 612 sq. ft. to $685,990 for 1,262 sq. ft. Fees: 43 cents per sq. ft., plus hydro. Sales: 90 per cent sold. Status: under construction. Occupancy: November 2009. Sales centre: by appointment, 416-591-7700; www.lumierecondos.com.

http://www.thestar.com/living/article/253221

[Taller, Better]

Well, they have begun to dig. There were two small cranes in the lot last night when I biked by.

[current]

Photos taken today January 9 from Bay St looking west. The hoarding is up and they are digging deeper.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2022/2181672303_fd3cabbde7_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2169/2181672317_4401d171aa_b.jpg

[CollsGuy]

Whats our height on that pig?

[DrT]

Whats our height on that pig?

114m as far as I know, 30 or 31 stories above ground.

[CrazyCanuck]

It should be roughly the same size as the condos next door.

[vancouverite/to'er]

Wow, it started!

[current]

March 28

From LaPlante Ave looking east towards Bay and the two ROCP towers.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3098/2370427294_9e76e2c089_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2369616955_a505402a2c_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2369616957_b990051c01_b.jpg

[urban 2.0]

Shouldn't Bay and College be getting close to the population ratio of Jamestown?

[DrT]

Two months with no updates.
Can anyone walking through there report?

[urban 2.0]

I believe it's still below ground. Not much movement.

[current]

June 12

From LaPlante Ave looking east towards Bay. They have been doing a lot of digging.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3142/2578662576_c8b7c734ef_b.jpg

Looking southeast at the ramp.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2578662580_745e3ae783_b.jpg

The base of the ramp.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3041/2578662592_8c10b700e3_b.jpg

[DrT]

June 12
Looking southeast at the ramp.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2578662580_745e3ae783_b.jpg

Thanks current!
Wow, that is what I call a zero-lot line, the hole is right smack against the adjacent building. They didn't want to waste one inch of property!

[Northern Lotus]

I have a boring technical question:
What is the procedure of placing those steel H posts along the excavated ground with wooden pieces placed in between? Do they excavate the ground first? I saw at anther site, the 'X' at Jarvis and Bloor, the steel H posts look like being pounded into the ground, they have no wooden beams placed in between.

[KGB]

This one had kind of fallen off my radar...I guess it just gets lost in the shuffle because it really doesn't stand out one way or the other. I think it's under-rated...I think it's actually one of the better "Toronto Style" modernist towers going up, and worthy filler for the "new" Bay canyon.

Of course, sometimes the built structure is off the mark in terms of accurately resembling the rendering...I hope this one is as good or better.




KGB

[CITY_LOVER]

This one had kind of fallen off my radar...I guess it just gets lost in the shuffle because it really doesn't stand out one way or the other. I think it's under-rated...I think it's actually one of the better "Toronto Style" modernist towers going up, and worthy filler for the "new" Bay canyon.

Of course, sometimes the built structure is off the mark in terms of accurately resembling the rendering...I hope this one is as good or better.




KGB

I agree...this condo tower is one of the better Toronto-style ones and I'm hoping that it does turn out as good or better than the render....especially since I've purchased a unit in this project myself! :)

I hope this building is complete by spring 2010 so I can move to my first owned place!

[valantino]

I have a boring technical question:
What is the procedure of placing those steel H posts along the excavated ground with wooden pieces placed in between? Do they excavate the ground first? I saw at anther site, the 'X' at Jarvis and Bloor, the steel H posts look like being pounded into the ground, they have no wooden beams placed in between.



steel posts are pounded into and anchored with concrete into the ground ,excavation begins, wood is added between the posts as excavation advances. anchor bolts are drill outwardly at a downward angle every ten feet to prevent bowing and failure (those "Hs" as you say)

[Epi]

This one had kind of fallen off my radar...I guess it just gets lost in the shuffle because it really doesn't stand out one way or the other. I think it's under-rated...I think it's actually one of the better "Toronto Style" modernist towers going up, and worthy filler for the "new" Bay canyon.

Of course, sometimes the built structure is off the mark in terms of accurately resembling the rendering...I hope this one is as good or better.




KGB

I actually looked at this building, went to the sales office and all, but it's just much more expensive than buildings around it for the small sizes that they were offering. It's a great building though, maybe I'll pick up a unit if there are investors desperate to offload when it's done.

[DrT]

Tower crane is up.

current?
^^ pic opportunity :)

[e22sky]

nice pics!!!

[yyzer]

here's a couple of shots of the Lumiere crane, courtesy of Silence & Motion over at urbantoronto.ca......

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3170/2742658324_9584c48a0e_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/2741822301_17faeb9b94_b.jpg

[Taller, Better]

This project is whipping along fast, from the time we first heard about it. Burano, on the other hand, hasn't even begun demolition of the site yet. I've not heard anything about it in a long time.

[CITY_LOVER]

i don't know the pace of this project but unfortunately, the move-in date has been postponed by about eight months from dec 2009 to july 2010. that sucks for me as i am really looking forward to moving in to my unit.....23 more months (hopefully there's no more delays).....

[Taller, Better]

All the more time to plan your SSC Housewarming! :D

[current]

September 28

From Bay looking west.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3066/2897686772_84044c9e8b_b.jpg

From Bay looking north.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3258/2897686782_b2330cff0e_b.jpg

[Taller, Better]

I've never seen one of those machines in the top photo. How cool is that? Does
he have a little camera to show him what he is scooping?