Aura (Toronto)
Aura | |
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General information | |
Status | Complete |
Type | Residential and Commercial space in the podium[1] |
Location |
388 Yonge Street (corner Gerrard) Toronto, Ontario |
Coordinates | 43°39′34″N 79°22′58″W / 43.65942°N 79.382787°WCoordinates: 43°39′34″N 79°22′58″W / 43.65942°N 79.382787°W |
Construction started | Jan 2010 |
Opening | Fall 2014 |
Height | |
Antenna spire | 272 m (892 ft)[2] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 78 |
Floor area | 120,000 m² (1.3 million sq.ft.) |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Graziani + Corazza |
Developer | Canderel Stoneridge Equity Group Inc.[3] |
The Aura is a mixed-use skyscraper completed in 2014.[4] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the final phase of a series of new condominiums near College Park in Toronto's Downtown Yonge district. It is part of the Residences of College Park project. Construction began in January 2010.
History
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The original design proposed two towers. The building would have featured a ten-storey podium, with two towers on top. The taller tower would have been (including podium) 60 storeys and 196.5 m tall. The shorter tower (including podium) would have been 20 storeys and 74.5 m tall.[5]
In February 2012, Toronto city council approved a three-storey increase to 78 floors, meaning that Aura will remain Canada's tallest residential building (as it will be taller than Tridel's 75-storey Ten York condo project.[6]
The lower floors of the building were occupied while the upper floors were still being constructed. Floors 1-31 were opened for occupancy in Fall 2013, while floors 32-80 were still bare concrete. The second set of floors, 32 to 57, were occupied in spring 2014. The final phase, floors 58-80, are expected to be completed in December 2014.
Architecture
The project will build a semi-transparent metal and high-tempered brick 78-storey tower, with approximately 100,000 m² (1.1 million sq.ft.) of residential space. This will make Aura Canada's tallest and largest residential building. The residential portion of the tower will be built above a three-storey podium which will contain approximately 14,000 m² (150,000 sq.ft.) of retail space.
See also
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aura (at College Park). |
Notes
- ↑ http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=48543
- ↑ http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=building&building_id=919
- ↑ Residences of College Park - Aura on Yonge Street (Skyscraper)
- ↑ Aura, Toronto
- ↑ Aura at College Park - SkyscraperPage.com
- ↑ Pigg, S. (2012, February 17). Toronto condo tower takes title of tallest residential skyscraper in Canada. The Toronto Star. http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1132809--toronto-condo-tower-takes-title-of-tallest-residential-skyscraper-in-canada?bn=1
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