By Jack Landau, Urban Toronto 

Earlier this year, we took a first look inside of the presentation centre for Lakeside Residences, a new condominium community by Greenland Group, coming soon to Lake Shore and Sherbourne in Toronto’s East Bayfront area. The latest phase to hit the market of the multi-tower, Hariri Pontarini Architects-designed condominium development is the community’s 39-storey tower, with new additions to the sales centre as marketing gears up.

Lakeside Residences, Greenland Canada, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto

39-storey tower at Lakeside Residences, image courtesy of Greenland Group

Joining the presentation centre’s collection of displays is a new pair of bathroom and kitchen vignettes. These suite vignettes provide a glimpse of the interiors of the 39-storey tower’s units stretching from levels 2 to 37. The kitchen vignette includes standard features like appliances, warm woodgrain cabinets, stone backsplashes, along with upgraded features like a kitchen island.

Lakeside Residences, Greenland Canada, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto

Kitchen mock-up, Lakeside Residences, image courtesy of Greenland Group

The new bathroom display shows off a similar palette that includes warm hues of stone and wood grain finishes, as well as a vanity with porcelain sink, chrome faucet, and mirrored-storage cabinet. The combination shower bathtub features full height wall tile surround.

Lakeside Residences, Greenland Canada, Hariri Pontarini Architects, Toronto

Bathroom mock-up, Lakeside Residences, image courtesy of Greenland Group

Known as “Lake Suites”, the current release of units are being offered in one-to-three bedroom layouts, ranging in area from 477 up to 1,101 ft². Greenland is placing emphasis on the views offered from these suites, with panoramic vistas overlooking the waterfront and Lake Ontario to the south, as well as the Downtown Toronto skyline to the west.

By Jack Landau, Urban Toronto 

Construction of Greenland Group‘s King Blue condominium development in Toronto’s Entertainment District has achieved a milestone this week as disassembly of the tower cranes used to build the 460 and 511-foot towers has begun. Now topped out at 44 and 48-storey heights, the removal of the tower cranes from the IBI Group-designed development at King Street West and Blue Jays Way marks the completion of forming and the shift towards completing interiors for an opening later this year.

King Blue Condos, Greenland Canada, IBI Group Architects, TorontoLooking north to King Blue from Front Street, image by Forum contributor Red Mars

With work furthest along on the shorter 44-storey west tower, a pair of derricks have been erected atop the building’s mechanical penthouse. Once the rigs have finished disassembly of the west tower’s crane, they will be disassembled themselves by even smaller rigs. This process will be repeated soon atop the 48-storey east tower.

King Blue Condos, Greenland Canada, IBI Group Architects, TorontoDerricks atop King Blue Condos, image by Forum contributor Red Mars

Meanwhile, work on the towers’ exteriors has progressed smoothly in recent months. The main exterior envelope of window wall cladding of full-pane windows framed by dark aluminum spandrel panels and mullions now covers almost all of the tower floors, with small sections remaining on residential and mechanical penthouse levels. Installation of balcony glazing has also progressed, with over half of the towers’ balconies glazed.

King Blue Condos, Greenland Canada, IBI Group Architects, TorontoUpper levels of King Blue Condos, image by Forum contributor Red Mars

Once complete, the towers will bring over 800 new homes to the Entertainment District. In addition to housing some of the residential units, the podium will contribute to the local vibrancy with retail spaces on the ground floor, a permanent home for Theatre Museum Canada on the second floor on the south side, and a 122-room Primus Hotel on the north side.

King Blue Condos, Greenland Canada, IBI Group Architects, Toronto

King Blue Condos, image courtesy of Greenland Canada