The Village by the Park 1st concrete images

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The Village by High Park putting back some historical elements?

During past few weeks the Options for Homes development on Keele St.  just north of Dundas St. West,  has seen alot of activity, just none of it lending itself to interesting  images the told a story of progress. They have been working on the foundation area of their  1st  tower, as can be seen in the concrete form work in the 1st picture below.

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But the real great and interesting item of note and the reason for this post today is that they appear to be replacing some of the stone they removed from the historic wall that ran along the side their lot on Keele St.  In the picture they may be  returning the wall into their lot, that is -  where the original wall ran along Keele St., they are replacing a section at a right angle for maybe 20 feet.

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Many of the removed rocks sat in their lot for for some time this may be the reason.

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Will return later today to try and figure it out

The Village by High Park tower crane from Hook Ave.

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The view along Hook Ave, will change greatly with the addition of the now being consrtucted Village by High Park 1st building.

In the image to the right is drawn in a yellow rectangle of approximate scale  to the new building.

People  buying units in this building on the east face will have some great views towards the central city.

403 Keele Steet - Village by High Park – Project update

   Tower A (Phase 2)                           Tower B (Phase 1) 

403 Keele Steet - Village by High Park artsist renderings

 

 

Village by High Park is a high rise condominium development consisting of one 16 storey 296 unit condo and one 23 storey 311 unit.  Commercial retailspace will also be provided at ground level.

 Project update

·       September 2008 – Demolition was completed on the old Canadian Tire store

·       October 2008 – Shoring work to hold back the CP rail lines in progress

·       December 2008 – Continued on site preparation

·       January 2009 – Crane installed to begin Tower B (16 storey 296 unit)

 Looking forward

·       Spring 2009 - Crane is installed to begin Tower A (23 storey 311 unit)

·       Early Winter 2009 – Tower A and B external structure complete

·       Winter 2010 - Internal work to compete suites, amenities and HVAC

·       Spring/Summer 2010 – Occupancy begins!

 

Options for Homes is also hoping to hold a community celebration this spring

Submitted by Matrin L.

The Village by the Park Construction Post 1

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Options for Homes - The Village by the Park, is on the doorstep of construction. The pictures  in this post detail part of the tower crane the installation.

The tower crane can be used to gauge the visual views of the building(s) from various areas of the community, we drove around today taking a few photos from different locations  seeing what/where the building will be viewable  when built. Typically a buildings final height will be a about ten meters lower than the long horizontal jib (or working arm), which is the portion of the crane that carries the load horizontally. A trolley runs along the jib to move the load to and fro. In this case look at the bottom red section on top of the vertical white sections and this is the approximate final height of the building.

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