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Identification
Approximate Address - 1 Front Street [map]
City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe
Nearby Buildings - 33 Yonge Street, 22 Front Street West, Royal & Sun Allaince, Sun Alliance Building, Commerce Court South, Hotel Victoria, 55 Yonge Street, Norwich Union Building, Skyline Cosmopolitan, Bay Wellington Tower
Technical
Type - Skyscraper
Designation - Condominium
Status - Proposed
Height - 205m673feet
Floors - 55
Units - 496 suites
Suites - From 43m2468feet2 to 157m21699feet2
Companies
Architect - Page & Steele Architects Inc.
Architect - Studio Daniel Libeskind
Developer - Castlepoint Realty Partners Ltd.
Developer - Cityzen Development Corporation
Developer - Fernbrook Homes
Developer - Sony Centre
General Contractor - Dominus Development Group
Real Estate Broker - Milborne Real Estate Inc.
Building Record History
2005-09-21 - Proposed
2004-02-05 - Proposed
Reference Material
Contributors: Jonathan Martins, Mark Simpson, Rod Taylor, Tipharah Lavigne
"L Tower, 1 Front St E, M5E 1B2". (2008, 14 February). Reed Construction Data.
Project: proposed upgrades to the Sony centre and construction of a 49-storey high-end condominium apartment building. The L Tower will rise 55-storeys, with 470 suites and panoramic views of downtown Toronto and Lake Ontario. It will be linked at grade to the Sony Centre by the new Arts & Heritage Awareness (AHA) Centre which will include an interactive culture museum, ArtsLab; studio theatre where fine arts, drama, dance, literature, architectural and screen presentations will be held; CyberSpace, a food and beverage friendly gaming facility; TVDinner - a dinner theatre and CityLink a tourist information centre that will promote attraction in the city and province and will provide centralized ticketing and concierge services. The project will also include redevelopment of the Mainstage at the Sony Centre, to create a revitalized and fully equipped 3,187 seat theatre.
Scope: 850,000 square feet; 50 storeys; 2 structures
Owner: Sony Centre Performing Arts
Owner: Fernbrook Homes
Owner: Cityzen Development Group
Owner: Castlepoint Development Corp
Gen cont: Dominus Construction Ltd
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Architect: Page & Steele Inc
"New shape of things to come". (2007, 24 November). The Star.
But that's what happened this summer with the 496-unit L Tower, the Daniel Libeskind-designed building that will wrap itself around the Sony Centre for the Arts, formerly known as the Hummingbird Centre, at Yonge and Front Sts.
"L Tower, 1 Front St E, M5E 1B2". (2007, 18 April). Reed Construction Data - KeyMail Report.
Scope: 50 storeys; 2 structures
Owner: Hummingbird Centre
Owner: Castlepoint Development Corp
Owner: Fernbrook Homes
Owner: Cityzen Development Group
Architect: Studio Daniel Libeskind
"Staff Report" [3.78MB]. (2007, 12 April). Toronto City Hall.
"Official Sales website". Accessed 27 Mar 07.
Knelman, Martin. (2005, 1 October). "Council approves tower at base of Hummingbird". Toronto Star.
Toronto city council yesterday voted unanimously to move forward with the Hummingbird Centre's proposal to reinvent itself with the help of a 49-storey residential tower designed by Daniel Libeskind — but not before adding a Plan B clause.
Libeskind's design calls for more than condos. It includes a seven-storey podium at the base of the tower, which would house an interactive attraction, banquet facilities, a gift shop and a ticketing service.
Castlepoint Realty, the Hummingbird's development partner, wants to break ground in early 2007, said Alfredo Romano, a principal of the firm. Castlepoint would spend more than $100 million building the tower.
Knelman, Martin. (2005, 21 September). "Elegant boot or tall bird?". Toronto Star.
Whatever you call it, Daniel Libeskind has unveiled a sleek new 49-storey tower set to rise alongside the Hummingbird Centre. Yesterday the plan was presented to the policy and finance committee of Toronto City Council, which conditionally recommended its approval.
Take One: In early 2003, Dan Brambilla, CEO of the Hummingbird, unveiled a plan designed by Toronto architect Thomas Payne, which added wings and appendages to the 45-year-old performing arts centre.
Take Two: By July 2004, that plan was history, and city council was asked to approve a slender 50-storey residential tower designed by the Toronto architectural firm HOK.
Take Three: the Libeskind version, a poetic, swooping steel-and-glass icon.
"We incorporated elements of the previous two designs," says Alfredo Romano, CEO of the Hummingbird's development partner, Castlepoint Realty, "but each of them had certain problems and limitations. But it took Libeskind, one of the world's greatest architects, to give this landmark site the kind of unique quality it needs.
Comparing his proposal to Cesar Pelli's Museum Tower atop the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Romano said: "There are a number of firsts with this project, including a fully integrated affordable housing component consisting of 40 rental units."
Adams, James. (2005, 21 September). "Is this the future taking shape at the Hummingbird Centre?". Globe and Mail.
A swooping, sculptural 50-storey glass tower designed by architect Daniel Libeskind will top the Hummingbird Centre by the end of the decade if city council gives the go-ahead next week for the start of redevelopment negotiations for the city-owned site.
Yesterday, the city's policy and finance committee agreed unanimously to have its staff and Hummingbird officials enter into talks with developers Castlepoint Realty Partners Ltd. to strike an umbrella agreement that will make Mr. Libeskind's vision a reality.
Designed by the pioneering British-born Canadian modernist Peter Dickinson, the Hummingbird has been primarily a performing arts venue since its inception.
Included in Mr. Libeskind's slender 50-storey tower, to be built on the southwest corner of the Hummingbird site in such a way so as not to cast a shadow on nearby Berczy Park, will be 41 floors containing 300 condominiums, plus 40 affordable-housing units on three storeys.