{"id":71537,"date":"2025-08-15T12:03:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71537\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T12:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T12:03:19","slug":"canadas-first-supertall-tower-reaches-new-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/71537\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s first supertall tower reaches new heights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Drone_2025-06-25-at-9.16.26-AM.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-110829 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Drone_2025-06-25-at-9.16.26-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1043\"  \/><\/a>One Bloor West is ready to establish Toronto\u2019s place on the world stage of supertall skyscrapers. Photos courtesy Joy von Tiedemann Photography<\/p>\n<p>One Bloor West is ready to establish Toronto\u2019s place on the world stage of supertall skyscrapers as it is set to be Canada\u2019s first supertall building\u2014a label reserved for buildings taller than 300 m (984 ft).<\/p>\n<p>Once complete, One Bloor West will stand at 308 m (1,010 ft) or 85 storeys, making it the tallest residential building in the country to date and the second tallest man-made structure, next to the CN Tower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VT_6095-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110830 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/VT_6095-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1415\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Developed by Tridel and designed by Foster + Partners, One Bloor West offers a strong comparison between its lower commercial floors and the residential levels above.<\/p>\n<p>The upper structural frame\u2019s exterior features a striking pattern of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal framing elements clad in champagne bronze. Additional horizontal bands are used to enhance\u00a0visual interplay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8994.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-110831 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_8994.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The soaring tower is set to become a global symbol of luxury living with 476 condominium suites, world-class retail, and five-star hotel destination.<\/p>\n<p>Construction continues to progress steadily, with major structural milestones now complete and interior work soon to advance across multiple levels.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Bloor West is ready to establish Toronto\u2019s place on the world stage of supertall skyscrapers. Photos courtesy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":71538,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[76,354,355,49,48,356,75],"class_list":["post-71537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}