VÜ Living - Tower 2 Edit Building

Identification

Also known as - Goodwill Redevelopment - Tower 2

Approximate Address - 108 George Street [map]

Neighbourhood - Downtown

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Replaces - Goodwill Building

Complex - VÜ Living

Complex Buildings - Tower 1

Nearby Buildings - 252 Adelaide Street East, Rezen, Hazelburn Co-operative, George Brown College - Building 1, George Brown College - Building 2, Mozo - Modern Living Zone, French Quarter - East Tower, Quality Hotel, Space, 260 Richmond Street East

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Residential

Status - Excavation

Height - 54m179feet

Floors - 15

Companies

Architect - Hariri Pontarini Architects

Architect - Young & Wright Architects Inc.

Developer - Aspen Ridge Homes

Interior Design - Cecconi Simone

Building Record History

2007-03-11 - Excavation

Reference Material

Contributors: Jonathan Martins, Mark Simpson, Rod Taylor

• "CondoGuides - The GTA Edition". (2006, 26 June). HomeGuides.ca: :46.

  Design-savvy buyers are coming out to see the VU. In collaboration with esteemed Toronto design firm Cecconi Simone, Aspen Ridge Homes has unveiled a stunning new model suite at their popular condominium community, VU. The model showcases the fabulous suite feature that Aspen Ridge and Cecconi Simone created together for this fresh new urban community. In the towers themselves, studio, one-bedroom, one-bedroom plus den, two-bedroom and two-bedroom plus den suites range from 500 to 1,200 sq. ft. Most have kitchens with islands and many have balconies or terraces. There are also 13 street-level townhouses along George, available at 1,300 or 1,400 sq. ft.

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• Ogilvie, Megan. (2006, 20 May). "New VÜ for `Old Town'". Toronto Star.

  When Goodwill Industries decided to sell its downtown flagship property in the fall of 2003, the charity wanted to find a new owner that would carry on the 70-year legacy of serving the community of "Old Town" Toronto.

  Three and a half years later, lofts, condos and townhouses are for sale in VÜ, the master-planned condominium community by Aspen Ridge Homes that will be built on the Goodwill site.

  There were 14 offers to redevelop the city block that stretches along Adelaide St. E. from Jarvis to George Sts. and north to Richmond St. E., says Barry Lyon, president and senior partner of the Toronto real estate consulting firm N. Barry Lyon Consultants Limited.

  VÜ will encompass the entire block: Two towers of condominium suites will be connected with an eight-storey podium made up of retail space, lofts and a collection of 13 townhouses along George St. The 24-storey tower will overlook St. James Park and the 15-storey tower will be on the centre line of Adelaide St.

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• "Staff Report" [852.62kB]. City Hall.