Tip Top Tailors Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - Lakeshore & Bathurst [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Replaced by - Tip Top - Lofts 1

Technical

Type - Mid-Rise

Designation - Industry, Office

Status - Reconstructed

Floors - 5

Building Record History

2006 - Reconstructed

Reference Material

Contributors: Rod Taylor

• Lighthall, W.d.. (2005, 23 April). "How they topped up Tip Top Tailors". Toronto Star.

  Converting the former Tip Top Tailors textile factory into upscale condominiums represents a unique opportunity for Context Development Inc., albeit one that comes with its share of engineering and construction challenges.

  Completed in 1931 for clothing manufacturer Tip Top Tailors Ltd., the building features ceilings 15 to 18 feet high and wide-open floor plates easily carved up into condo apartments.

  On the other hand, the engineering challenges involved in turning what was a five-storey factory and warehouse into an 11-storey condo residence can be simply summed up: How to go about constructing a new building on top of an existing building?

  Before Context purchased the site, there existed a plan to convert the Tip Top Tailors building into a telecommunications hotel (a building holding computer servers and other communications hardware).

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