Lighthouse Towers Progressing at Daniels Waterfront – City of the Arts | UrbanToronto – Urban Toronto

A new spur of the Toronto skyline is forming between the Water's Edge Promenade and Lake Shore Boulevard East between Yonge and Parliament streets. In the middle of this new strip of density, theDaniels Waterfront - City of the Artscommunity is moving closer to completion, with a pair ofGiannone Petricone-designed condominium buildings known as the Lighthouse Towers following up on the completed 130 QQE office phase to the south.

The 35 and 45-storey towers topped out a few months apart last Summer, and have been progressing towards completion in the months since. After topping out, much of the easy-to-see progress has come in the form of cladding installation, a task that has advanced considerably since the first exterior details were spotted back in October, 2018. The buildings are now almost entirely enclosed in a window wall system with multiple shades of tan-toned spandrel panels, clear glass, and louvres. As they move closer to completion, the two towers' differing exterior treatments have become more apparent.

Looking east to Daniels Waterfront, image by Forum contributor mburrrrr

To the west, the taller 45-storey tower's exterior includes full-length balconies, which are being clad in glass balcony guards fritted to form a water drop pattern of rippling circles. The majority of the balcony guards have been installed, and the pattern is now quite apparent in views from the west. The remaining balcony guards will be installed following the removal of the construction hoist.

Above the residential floors, a mix of perforated and solid metal panels have begun to extend the ring pattern to the mechanical penthouse floor.

Mechanical penthouse cladding on west tower at Daniels Waterfront, image by Forum contributor mburrrr

The east tower features a very different balcony arrangement, with a series of breaks in balcony slabs forming an organic look on the tower's east facade.

Looking southwest to Daniels Waterfront, image by Forum contributor AlbertC

At ground level, work is progressing on a new retail-lined, east-west mid-block connection between the office building to the south and residential towers to the north. This space dubbed 'The Yard' will connect in the west with the Sugar Beach North park that was built along with the office phase, and will continue east to meet the new Lakeside community planned for the former FedEx Lake Shore lands.

The Yard at Daniels Waterfront, image by Forum contributor ADRM

Construction is scheduled to wrap up later this year, with the two towers set to bring a respective 537 and 426 condominium units to the neighbourhood.

You can learn more from our Database file for the project, linked below. If you'd like to, you can join in on the conversation in the associated Project Forum thread, or leave a comment in the space provided on this page.

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