My concern is that more people walking below will get hit by all the flying glass panes and shoddy building debris raining down on them. The upside is that the families of the victims will all lodge a multi class action law suits against the mega rich builders and let them know what it's like to live in shabby "Usagi goyas"
I'm glad that some of these buildings actually look architecturally inspired for a change, but Toronto really needs a streetscape overhaul as well. our streets have no character. i'm talking greenery, decorations, public spaces, art installations, more varied walkpath material (not just bland cement), etc.
Toronto most certainly has a distinct flavour, no city i've been to feels like it. People sometimes like to compare it to Chicago, but Chicago feels cold and segregated, Toronto being the exact opposite.
@@D95-d7y how is it distinct? it's a modern city with drab modern architecture. looks sterile like seattle or portland, just with more and taller skyscrapers crafted with designs more uninspired than tommy wiseaus acting skills. If the cities planners had even an ounce of creative spirit they could craft policy to encourage public and private developers to green light something more endearing than giant lego blocks and cement graveyards. More often than not, modern cities value creativity-stripping cost analysis over practical beautification. New York has character. as does tokyo, london, new orleans, countless cities in europe and asia. some might consider it unfair to throw in that sort of competition given their longer and/or wealthier and more prestigious status. true, much of their flair is due to classical infrastructure being kept intact. but it's not a genuine excuse.
@@Insomniac_tv they're*. and, yeah, u know what they say about opinions. the buildings aren't dubai level grand design, but compared to what we presently have they're a step up. especially the Sidewalk Labs waterfront concept. that imo looks incredible. of course, a thorough annihilation of innovation and creative design by government evaluators wouldn't surprise me. it's what happens when a bunch of out of touch suits make final approvals. it still boggles my mind that mississauga and all of their two fucking condos (those curvy ones) have a cooler design than anything in toronto.
can't forget about the possibility of glass falling from the buildings and un known changes to the condos while the building is under construction because they really like to do that to people for some reason
@IvanVlogs you're a rare breed then. Nobody else agrees. Vancouver has a condensed dt meaning you can walk to most places or take a cheap cab, world class skiing and mountains. Nice beaches all around. Toronto you cant even enjoy the heat it is so humid and in winter its freezing cold. Toronto is a gigantic shit hole
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1 room with washroom under the bed included. + maintenance fee
We can comment if we choose to. They're the ones who are spamming us, serves them right. Arguments are people's views and can be a rich discourse. Please do bother, lol.
Sasha Lu for that to happen they have to build more homes, to lower demand, and building apartments are the easiest and most cost effective way to do that
@@motezassi3951 Actually building more homes isnt likely to lower prices because developers will just price them higher anyway. New condos and apartments are built in toronto all the time. We need policies and laws that protect renters and guarantee more adorable housing.
there is affordable housing but nobody wants to move there cuz everyone wants to be a hipster and live in core downtown, theres plenty of affordable housing options in etobicoke and scarborough
I like how the city is in proposal of the queen release subway before they finish the eglinton. So ridiculous. I read these articles and just roll my eyes. I will beleive it when i see it!👀
@John T That's really the only way to solve traffic in this city... by building new... modern and efficient public transit infrastructure. Toronto has so much potential... its so sad.
@@hy890 I've traveled to alot of cities, Toronto is one of the few cities that looks pretty much the same as it was in 2004 when I got here. They have built correct me if i'm wrong zero commercial high rise building downtown in the last 15 years. All they've built are ugly condos targeting foreign buyers that are half empty. Yes the city is literally bankrupt but with the high taxes and cost of living it would be hard to attract anyone here. Sure there as some tv/film productions sets that have moved here for its similarities to NYC or Chicago. Then again they have film/studious in other cities. Its literally the bubble housing market that keeps this city from imploding.
Good luck fixing potholes properly in a city like Toronto. You'll have to close lanes just for cars not to drive over fresh asphalt. And believe me people don't avoid asphalt on potholes lol
@@nochatter7134 High GDP compared to who? LOL We are below Boston, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas you name it. We are barely above Detroit ffs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP. I have a house in Etobicoke as I live here but I am not delusional like most Torontonians. NYC has rebuilt its downtown which was decimated in 2001 whilst we can't even fix Ontario place.
@@hy890 Yes but those cities that have higher GDP than us, have higher salaries and homes that cost somewhere from 20% to 50% less. They also have lower taxes. If they work they also have very good healthcare so i don't want to hear about OHIP. It's in the news everyday that we are in debt 170% relative to our income. Ontario's debt is the largest sub sovereign debt in the history of the world (twice that of Cali). My point basically is that we do not have growth in this province and city as manufacturing has been decimated. The only thing going for us are the banks since they hold trillions of our debts guaranteed. To sum it up, I grew up in NYC, when we think of Philly we think of it of being a cesspool, well guess what? Philly is wealthier than Toronto. Bottom line T.O. is a good 2nd tier city with good schools and good ethnic food haha. I just hope these plans are just not renderings.
@@jethrofrancisco3623 Only 3.4% of homes are owned by foreign buyers. If foreign capital is flowing into Canada to finance developers then that's a good thing because it increases the supply. They're just a convenient scapegoat for poor people who can't be bothered to understand complex economic issues.
@@faber3969 real estate in Toronto has suspended the laws of supply and demand. There is plenty of supply but prices keep rising. Why? Genuinely asking I really don't know and you seem to know something about this.
I live in a condo down town and am sick of sharing the rec centre with different airbnb guests every day who slam the weights and jump in the pool without taking a shower. Very little sense of community and there is nothing one can do about it because the condo board members don't even live in the building.
Alex and I are thinking about a big city project where everything is like a huge waterbed-like trampoline!! The city will be built underground and it will around 5 times smaller than Brooklyn! There are many parts of the city that have a cover that is 4 feet thick! It jiggles delightfully when you step on it and it will make people of the city relax and have fun! It's also very bouncy and durable! There is an another type of trampolines in the city that is 2 feet thick and it is also jiggly! But it is SUPER bouncy and you can bounce really high in the city! It will feel like that you're in a city sized waterbed!! It will be built in Newark, New Jersey! The inside of the buildings is also bouncy like a waterbed!!! Alex will be an architect in the future! There is two zones of the city! The bouncy zone and the squishy relaxation zone!
Plus the bouncy zone have covers that is 2 feet thick and the squishy relaxation zone have covers that is 4 feet thick and it makes people relaxed! Both zones are super jiggly and bouncy! The city will start construction in 2035 and it will be completed in either 2050 or 2055. The city will cost 35 billion to 45 billion dolars! The buildings will be bouncy and soft! I will be an amazing architect when i grow up! PS: I am 17 years old!
And the city will only have jiggly people!!! With very jiggly and bouncy body parts that help you relax and enjoy life while you touch and look at all of the SUPER jiggly body parts!!
@@repCanada Well no jiggly people... But the city will be super bouncy and fun!! No cars are needed in the city! It is based on a dream I had recently!
@@JelloCastleCommunity yes it must have jiggly people or I will not allow it to be built. I will start making my body SUPER squishy and jiggly right now so I will be ready to move there once it is complete in 2050!!!
I love Toronto it's my city, but we desperately need to fix our housing market. I'm leaving high school in 4 years and I don't wanna have to pay $15K a month for a one-bedroom apartment.
they wouldn't be building these if they didn't see demand. this is a massive and wealthy city, it's not like they're building these in fucking edmonton. stop fear mongering.
Nigel Matthews these aren’t city projects. They’re private companies investing their own private capital and assuming all the accompanying risk. The city just sits back and collects taxes.
@@blackbeltjones2903 who the fuck can afford these other than foreign investors . I'll gove you a hint its not the people who grew up in the city of toronto
I long for the Toronto of the 60s friendly people cheap housing no traffic now the world's biggest refugee camp. Time to sell this shack for a million dollars and start enjoying life on the east coast 🤔
maybe try and look again at what you said and see the positive? People are still friendly I don’t think that went anywhere... part of that is welcoming refugees to feel at home in our great city which also helps towards enriching our diversity even more. our population isn’t large and it’s the right thing to do so I don’t see a problem with it. it’s part of living in a city for there to be traffic and a need to update infrastructure, and if you can’t live with it temporarily then maybe it isn’t the best for you. I do agree however that affordable housing really needs to be looked at and maybe even put a halt to these mega projects unless they include a decent amount of affordable units or not until we prioritize settling the market a bit, at least in the outskirts of downtown.
Also... the Toronto of the 60s is past. It was a smaller city then and now it has grown as per normal? how can a city prosper of it doesn’t grow in many ways. We are dealing with a great large and innovative city now and that’s how it is. the suburbs are always an option.
Leafs fan here; maybe I'm being optimistic but let's plan one of the biggest construction projects in modern Toronto history in the best window the Leafs have to win a Cup...3 days to get to the parade and 3 days to try to get out of Toronto
Don't worry at this rate Canada will be bankrupt by the time all these are finished. Our inept government is pushing out manufacturing and oil industry and pushing for green projects. Something that won't sustain this great country for long. Toronto is becoming Canada's NY City. Overpriced and for the rich.
@@PeterCPRail8748 Oil is finished lmao. Saudi Arabia, oil hub of the world is diversifying. By 2050, the Oil economy will be no more. You're a dinosaur if you believe you should invest more in Oil industry. Green is cheaper and more sustainable. Sucks for Alberta, but Canada as a whole is profiting a lot more in the future run. It's like crying about how people and countries changed from train as main source of transporting goods to air and road.
@@PeterCPRail8748 And about manufacturing. Canada's economy evolved from a manufacturer to a consumer a decade ago. It's a good thing. With expensive labor, strict labor and environment laws. Your products would cost you twice the money. Now for the rich it won't be that big of a problem, but everyone who is earning country's average($43000/year or roughly $100,000 household income) and below would be fucked. Because now your Shirt costs $80, instead of $25; Your computers and cars have doubled in prices and wages are still the same. Most of the shipped "manufacturing" jobs that you guys want to bring back. Unless you're willing to work $1000 a month or less in some industries, the cost will increase with it. So stop crying if you don't understand how the economy is evolving. We have become service based country, in sense that all the businesses that offer services are thriving(IT, Communications, Medical etc etc.). Evolve with the economy and understand the underlying factors. There will always be winners and losers based on supply and demand.
Anne Smith did you vote Liberal in the election? They are pushing mass unsustainable immigration to replace Canadians with foreigners in Canadians’ own cities
Feels like I'm back in college looking at all these proposals. Can't stop the Babylonian expansion, every major metropolitan is going to look like Astana soon enough.
I ride my bike along the waterfront trail from Humber bay to basically the DVP. This will be a major disturbance and most likely more then half of these projects wont happen and even if they do they wont get done till 2040. Eglinton LRT original completion date was 2010 and they aren't even close to finish. Then there is the Hurontario LRT in Mississauga, they say they were gonna start in late 2018, haven't seen 1 bit of construction started.
As nice as the modern architecture looks, the city already feels over crowded. There's been times where i've managed to walk faster than traffic, not only in the downtown core, but in my neighbourhood west of it.
Sidewalk labs have now pulled out of Toronto. The city and many people were ambivalent to the project. YSL Tower is on hold, the pandemic was the nail in the coffin for these projects but with luck the construction industry will survive and come roaring back..
Could't agree more. I'm 70yrs. old. Developers have the OMB(Ontario Municipal Board), which approves new buildings, in their pocket. The epidemic of these soulless steel towers with glass walls is a blight on my once incredibly diverse city. As a boy I would take the subway to Yonge/Bloor and spend nearly 2 hours walking south to Queen St. Every store on both the east and west side of Yonge Street was different and wondrous. No more! Condos, chain pharmacies and franchised eateries(MacDonald's) and coffee shops(Starbuck's) are the only ones that can afford the crushing property taxes . This is progress?
@@ericblair54 lmao you're 70 years old. That explains it. Keep your outdated crap. Modern skyscrapers aren't soulees. They bring the city to life and make it look amazing and shape the skyline of the city which by defenition makes it look different.
@@eventusvantos8586 lmaaaao stfu, you really dont know NOTHING about architecture, toronto should look like chicago, but you guys want to look like china with these grey depressing buildings, you live in a shitty and depressing city, get over it pal. cheers
@@NationalismDjazair "Stfu" AFTER YOU! forget architecture you dont know anything about anything! No one wants Toronto to look like Chicago except dumbasses like you. They aren't empty. They have way more soul than you ever could. Wrong. Chicago is worse than a shithole. The amount of gun violence alone is through the roof. You can't even walk alone at night have fun 😭
Can somebody please tell me the name of the piece of music which starts around 1:40? Heard it quite a few times but don't know the name so can't find the whole piece to download.
That's a beautiful future for the city. There are a couple of things that appear to be missing-the rail line and the Gardiner Expressway. Will the be "buried? If so is the cost included? If not where are they...or should I say if not why not?😉
One problem with Toronto... View from far nice and big skyscrapers... But when it come down below the street level there isn't much innovation and creative park and green..its pretty up there but it must be pretty down there also...Montreal is doing the opposite by making below street level scenery and parks all new creative and modern...
Montreal is also absolutely crushing Toronto in urgency on transit. Toronto should lose the retarded “Subway vs lrt” debate and emulate Montreal’s REM. 67 km of REM progressing quickly for a fraction of the cost per mile of a subway, while having far far higher service quality than LRT. Montreal REM is going so well that they recently announced a 30 km ! extension ! so the crew finishing up the original can keep their groove going with 30 more km.
Mtl transit system and metro system is by far some of the best in the world i think, plus now they got all new high end trains Azure rolling and getting new infrastructure...plus all new highway rebuild of the Trucot 20/15 and new Champlain bridge fully lit rgb light ...but yea cant wait for the REM! every time im driving on the 40 and south shore bridge and seeing the sky train track in the air is so different and amazing make the city more valuable , Toronto also have a "light sky train" around Golden Mile all the way to Midtown Toronto ... but thats only on street track on Eglinton avenue tho
Imagine if those buildings were in front of the Rogers centre and u can see them during a blue jays game when the roof is opened but the skyline would look weird covering the Rogers centre
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Condos are the 21th century housing projects of tomorrow. Funny thing is the projects are built better then the ugly ass looking condos they be building now.
@@Insomniac_tv How are the old depressed and bleak looking brick projects better looking than the futuristic modern glass and steel condos of today? btw the "projects" isn't really a thing in Canada, its more of an American term and reality.
@@D95-d7y Do you even live in Toronto? Condos are built cheep and most look like garbage after a few years. Most of them are owned by foreign investors who don't even live in this county. The condos that have been built in the pass few years are already having pluming and electrical issues. The condo market has little to no regulations when it comes to building condos in Toronto, this is why places like Regent Park where destroyed because condo developers think destroying low income neighborhoods is gonna fix the housing market all there doing is kicking poor people out of there community's and replacing them with eye sores that only rich foreign investors can afford, it's called genderfaction. The housing Projects that where built back in the late 60s are actually built better the then most modern condos that we have these days, theirs studies that show the most condos built today won't last more then 60-70 years without spending millions on maintenance. All there doing is destroying this city and making the cost of living go throw the roof. The condos are just projects for chinese money launderers basically.
All of these projects seem to be catered to businesses and the wealthy. Not only that but when they are complete they'll contribute to increased property prices.
the last thing this city need is two more large buildings they've put up 5 within walking distance of my small building, just going to be more construction and who can afford them?
@@yusufismail1987 Ok, psycho. Whatever you say. When Canada balkenizes because of demographic replacement and culture clash, then you'll understand "pain".
@@kyvonbelli8305 ...Alec has a good point tho. Once the projects are built, they will become "The Projects", meaning that all the undesirables will be renting the condo units plying their trade and firing off their guns brazenly everywhere and innocent people getting hit as collateral damage. Think of the Airbnb incidents going on around the city.
@@eyecomeinpeace2707 But the problem isn't the condo its the people. Any housing that is affordable is always going to be more likely to become home to gangsters.
@@Sartorius988 I admit, I really hate what's going on in our city. We are seeing the likes of gun violence that is rivaling some U.S. cities--almost. I just cannot fathom the thought of these punks that hold a complete disregard to human life.
Judging by the comments I guess most of Torontonians don't understand the difference between private and public spending. Roads, transit, water, subway etc are all public projects. Which need public money to be spent. Condos are private projects. You want those public projects to get fixed, you need more tax revenue. How do you get more tax revenue? Bring in more investors, new money, land transfer tax, HST etc. Yes, the infrastructure needs work. Yes, property prices are very high. Yes, the city needs better planning overall. But complaining about these private projects taking money away from public services is 100% incorrect - in fact, if anything, these private projects may actually help the public projects reach completion due to increased revenue.
3:42 really shows how incompetent some of theses developers are, this one can't even render the CN Tower properly. Now imagine him designing builds for a living... oh god!
Too bad transit totally sucks in Toronto. Increase human density but no where to move people around. Just more of a reason to live outside of the city!
Agreed on Lakeshore monorail/el train. I hate the Torontonian “subways vs LRT” bullshit debate. Completely misses examples like Vancouver Skytrain and Montreal REM. Those examples have far far far higher service quality than Eglington crosstown or Finch West LRTs, while having far lower cost of construction than subways. Toronto should emulate Montreal’s REM.
Most of this will be purchased by foreigners. Average Canadian citizen is unable to purchase property in downtown core because it is becomimg extremely expensive. Rents are going insane.
@@vladgnatenko3573 some local Russians would 5-7% pre-construction only, 2/3 of which would be sold as assignments, from Russia itself, non-citizens no. Chinese buyers on the other hand... it's going to be like in Vancouver, where properties were marketed in Canada and Hong-Kong.
I can't believe Canada is wasting $2.5 Billion of our tax payer dollars to build more buildings instead of tackling the inaffordable housing in Canada. These flashy new skyscrapers don't mean shit to Canadians because none of us will ever be able to afford a place in one of them.
@@hsiled So, stories are fairly subjective. We have many new towers that are going to be 80-90 or even 100 stories in height (including spires and not) but they have much taller ceilings that American and European counterparts. In meters, there are a lot of "supertalls" coming up which will mark 300m plus. Once one is built in an area, it will open a pathway for more to come
@@ROWGAMEROOM Well, that was the claim...I'd read that before about the proposed Google "Quayside" project, and that they've been granted city land on that condition
It's not just about height that makes a city skyline look beautiful. A city like Chicago for instance has a downtown that looks aesthetic. Toronto would look nice like that if architects keep that in mind, using that as an example, but if it becomes overbuilt, it'll look ugly and chaotic like NYC's skyline. I've been to both of those cities and I was much more impressed with Chicago, and I'm sure Toronto doesn't want to look like another New York City.
Which project is your favorite?
Correction: The One Yonge at 0:44 is 307m (1007ft).
They're all really great and it's hard to choose but i think 0:43, it looks taller than 711 feet...
I like the Torontos 20 billion transformation
I like the beijing's tallest skyscraper the china zun too
@@Sudupe16 I think it's the height is for the third tower which is the shortest of them all.
My concern is that more people walking below will get hit by all the flying glass panes and shoddy building debris raining down on them. The upside is that the families of the victims will all lodge a multi class action law suits against the mega rich builders and let them know what it's like to live in shabby "Usagi goyas"
I'm glad that some of these buildings actually look architecturally inspired for a change, but Toronto really needs a streetscape overhaul as well. our streets have no character. i'm talking greenery, decorations, public spaces, art installations, more varied walkpath material (not just bland cement), etc.
Toronto most certainly has a distinct flavour, no city i've been to feels like it. People sometimes like to compare it to Chicago, but Chicago feels cold and segregated, Toronto being the exact opposite.
There ugly asf tho
@@D95-d7y how is it distinct? it's a modern city with drab modern architecture. looks sterile like seattle or portland, just with more and taller skyscrapers crafted with designs more uninspired than tommy wiseaus acting skills. If the cities planners had even an ounce of creative spirit they could craft policy to encourage public and private developers to green light something more endearing than giant lego blocks and cement graveyards. More often than not, modern cities value creativity-stripping cost analysis over practical beautification. New York has character. as does tokyo, london, new orleans, countless cities in europe and asia. some might consider it unfair to throw in that sort of competition given their longer and/or wealthier and more prestigious status. true, much of their flair is due to classical infrastructure being kept intact. but it's not a genuine excuse.
@@Insomniac_tv they're*. and, yeah, u know what they say about opinions. the buildings aren't dubai level grand design, but compared to what we presently have they're a step up. especially the Sidewalk Labs waterfront concept. that imo looks incredible. of course, a thorough annihilation of innovation and creative design by government evaluators wouldn't surprise me. it's what happens when a bunch of out of touch suits make final approvals.
it still boggles my mind that mississauga and all of their two fucking condos (those curvy ones) have a cooler design than anything in toronto.
@@blackbeltjones2903 More like over price eye sores
Cost of rent for a tiny unit $3500 a month. Can't wait whoo!
@IvanVlogs but its not
@IvanVlogs not according to anyone thats been to both
can't forget about the possibility of glass falling from the buildings and un known changes to the condos while the building is under construction because they really like to do that to people for some reason
@IvanVlogs you're a rare breed then. Nobody else agrees. Vancouver has a condensed dt meaning you can walk to most places or take a cheap cab, world class skiing and mountains. Nice beaches all around. Toronto you cant even enjoy the heat it is so humid and in winter its freezing cold. Toronto is a gigantic shit hole
1 room with washroom under the bed included. + maintenance fee
Real estate investors in Toronto are loving this.
Don't bother looking in the comments section, it's just a giant economic/political argument.
We can comment if we choose to. They're the ones who are spamming us, serves them right. Arguments are people's views and can be a rich discourse. Please do bother, lol.
Nash F just a bunch of negativity in here wow
We need affordable housing
Sasha Lu for that to happen they have to build more homes, to lower demand, and building apartments are the easiest and most cost effective way to do that
Trudeau has better plans like a cardboard box on the side of the highway, Definitely cant compete with Chinese investors sad but true.
@@motezassi3951 Actually building more homes isnt likely to lower prices because developers will just price them higher anyway. New condos and apartments are built in toronto all the time. We need policies and laws that protect renters and guarantee more adorable housing.
Don't worry. They'll just flood the city with "doctors and engineers" whose weIfare you'll have to pay for. That'll help.
there is affordable housing but nobody wants to move there cuz everyone wants to be a hipster and live in core downtown, theres plenty of affordable housing options in etobicoke and scarborough
Hopefully the eglinton LRT will be complete by then.
LOL... Not likely.
Likely date of completion: 2130
lol!
I like how the city is in proposal of the queen release subway before they finish the eglinton. So ridiculous. I read these articles and just roll my eyes. I will beleive it when i see it!👀
@@GP-qw8un You're being optimistic.
Toronto's most successful project will be reducing the traffic on 401.
Zohaib Salim deadass
@tdot22 the 407 is Highway robbery!
crise1 lol I see what you did there
@@crise1 its not
@John T That's really the only way to solve traffic in this city... by building new... modern and efficient public transit infrastructure. Toronto has so much potential... its so sad.
Well I just got hired as an Elevator Tech apprenticeship so this is good news lol
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Exactly. Nightmare for residents as condo elevators are notoriously broken and down.
@@alexf800 that's more work for me buddy! People shouldn't jump in elevators lol. It will stop the car Everytime
just got a elictrician apprenticeship myself. Futures looking bright for me and you buddy.
Yeah right. They can't even finish the Gardiner LOL. Hey Toronto fix your potholes first.
@@hy890 I've traveled to alot of cities, Toronto is one of the few cities that looks pretty much the same as it was in 2004 when I got here. They have built correct me if i'm wrong zero commercial high rise building downtown in the last 15 years. All they've built are ugly condos targeting foreign buyers that are half empty. Yes the city is literally bankrupt but with the high taxes and cost of living it would be hard to attract anyone here. Sure there as some tv/film productions sets that have moved here for its similarities to NYC or Chicago. Then again they have film/studious in other cities. Its literally the bubble housing market that keeps this city from imploding.
Good luck fixing potholes properly in a city like Toronto. You'll have to close lanes just for cars not to drive over fresh asphalt. And believe me people don't avoid asphalt on potholes lol
chimbatete Toronto has a high GDP...sounds like you couldn’t afford it 😶😶and you are whining
@@nochatter7134 High GDP compared to who? LOL We are below Boston, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas you name it. We are barely above Detroit ffs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_by_GDP. I have a house in Etobicoke as I live here but I am not delusional like most Torontonians. NYC has rebuilt its downtown which was decimated in 2001 whilst we can't even fix Ontario place.
@@hy890 Yes but those cities that have higher GDP than us, have higher salaries and homes that cost somewhere from 20% to 50% less. They also have lower taxes. If they work they also have very good healthcare so i don't want to hear about OHIP. It's in the news everyday that we are in debt 170% relative to our income. Ontario's debt is the largest sub sovereign debt in the history of the world (twice that of Cali). My point basically is that we do not have growth in this province and city as manufacturing has been decimated. The only thing going for us are the banks since they hold trillions of our debts guaranteed. To sum it up, I grew up in NYC, when we think of Philly we think of it of being a cesspool, well guess what? Philly is wealthier than Toronto. Bottom line T.O. is a good 2nd tier city with good schools and good ethnic food haha. I just hope these plans are just not renderings.
yay projects for chinese money launderers!
BakaDemi true. Ban all them chinese buyers, or tax them 80% on all purchase
@@jethrofrancisco3623 Only 3.4% of homes are owned by foreign buyers. If foreign capital is flowing into Canada to finance developers then that's a good thing because it increases the supply. They're just a convenient scapegoat for poor people who can't be bothered to understand complex economic issues.
@@faber3969 This guy capitalism's
@@faber3969 real estate in Toronto has suspended the laws of supply and demand. There is plenty of supply but prices keep rising. Why?
Genuinely asking I really don't know and you seem to know something about this.
Tassos Platis Because Fking city expand so fking slow，and each year u get more fking imgrants fron India to boost the population？
Thank you for this, and thank you skyscrapercity users for the endless information you always provide.
I LOVE this. It's so cool to see my favourite city grow
Toronto city of the future
You're right my friend. I am glad that finally someone understands that Toronto is futuristic. 😊
I miss Toronto, I love Toronto. I am Canadian!
Your not Canadian. The canadians are the people of Québec.
I am Canadian!!! Bitch!
@@Hugo-cn9no i don't know if you are canadian or not but you certainly are a whining asshole
Toronto misses you too buddy
@@Hugo-cn9no that's a funny thought, given how many of them want to separate from canada.
I live in a condo down town and am sick of sharing the rec centre with different airbnb guests every day who slam the weights and jump in the pool without taking a shower. Very little sense of community and there is nothing one can do about it because the condo board members don't even live in the building.
Sky scrapers projects when from millions to billions now days .
Yeah it's just greedy architect's and construction companies.
Inflation
Alex and I are thinking about a big city project where everything is like a huge waterbed-like trampoline!! The city will be built underground and it will around 5 times smaller than Brooklyn!
There are many parts of the city that have a cover that is 4 feet thick! It jiggles delightfully when you step on it and it will make people of the city relax and have fun! It's also very bouncy and durable! There is an another type of trampolines in the city that is 2 feet thick and it is also jiggly! But it is SUPER bouncy and you can bounce really high in the city! It will feel like that you're in a city sized waterbed!! It will be built in Newark, New Jersey! The inside of the buildings is also bouncy like a waterbed!!! Alex will be an architect in the future! There is two zones of the city! The bouncy zone and the squishy relaxation zone!
Plus the bouncy zone have covers that is 2 feet thick and the squishy relaxation zone have covers that is 4 feet thick and it makes people relaxed!
Both zones are super jiggly and bouncy! The city will start construction in 2035 and it will be completed in either 2050 or 2055. The city will cost 35 billion to 45 billion dolars! The buildings will be bouncy and soft!
I will be an amazing architect when i grow up! PS: I am 17 years old!
And the city will only have jiggly people!!! With very jiggly and bouncy body parts that help you relax and enjoy life while you touch and look at all of the SUPER jiggly body parts!!
@@repCanada Well no jiggly people... But the city will be super bouncy and fun!! No cars are needed in the city! It is based on a dream I had recently!
@@JelloCastleCommunity yes it must have jiggly people or I will not allow it to be built. I will start making my body SUPER squishy and jiggly right now so I will be ready to move there once it is complete in 2050!!!
Me too!!!
Everyone will enjoy this bouncy city!!
I love Toronto it's my city, but we desperately need to fix our housing market. I'm leaving high school in 4 years and I don't wanna have to pay $15K a month for a one-bedroom apartment.
Toronto finally getting the glo up it deserves
Yup! Can’t wait to see how Toronto looks in 10 years time :)
The buildings are ugly though.
@@ahmedzakikhan7639 Many are very beautiful.
The city will go broke trying to look rich
yeah same with calgary kind of
they wouldn't be building these if they didn't see demand. this is a massive and wealthy city, it's not like they're building these in fucking edmonton. stop fear mongering.
Nigel Matthews these aren’t city projects. They’re private companies investing their own private capital and assuming all the accompanying risk.
The city just sits back and collects taxes.
@@blackbeltjones2903 who the fuck can afford these other than foreign investors . I'll gove you a hint its not the people who grew up in the city of toronto
@@blackbeltjones2903 i dont care
Bro keep doing more!
I long for the Toronto of the 60s friendly people cheap housing no traffic now the world's biggest refugee camp. Time to sell this shack for a million dollars and start enjoying life on the east coast 🤔
YES!
It's all about the demographics.
maybe try and look again at what you said and see the positive? People are still friendly I don’t think that went anywhere... part of that is welcoming refugees to feel at home in our great city which also helps towards enriching our diversity even more. our population isn’t large and it’s the right thing to do so I don’t see a problem with it. it’s part of living in a city for there to be traffic and a need to update infrastructure, and if you can’t live with it temporarily then maybe it isn’t the best for you. I do agree however that affordable housing really needs to be looked at and maybe even put a halt to these mega projects unless they include a decent amount of affordable units or not until we prioritize settling the market a bit, at least in the outskirts of downtown.
Also... the Toronto of the 60s is past. It was a smaller city then and now it has grown as per normal? how can a city prosper of it doesn’t grow in many ways. We are dealing with a great large and innovative city now and that’s how it is. the suburbs are always an option.
Stay where you are. We don’t want you on the east coast.
Leafs fan here; maybe I'm being optimistic but let's plan one of the biggest construction projects in modern Toronto history in the best window the Leafs have to win a Cup...3 days to get to the parade and 3 days to try to get out of Toronto
1 year later squad was too top heavy, poorly built. Like the look of them going into this season: lots more balance.
Toronto doing BIG THINGS 🇨🇦🏬🏣🏢
You mean Russian and Chinese and other Investors doing big things, to fuck Toronto up!
@@DA-fk9cj and the indians
toronto is already overpriced. imagine after they build this abomination
And overcrowded.
Raise the prices so people can leave the city
Don't worry at this rate Canada will be bankrupt by the time all these are finished. Our inept government is pushing out manufacturing and oil industry and pushing for green projects. Something that won't sustain this great country for long. Toronto is becoming Canada's NY City. Overpriced and for the rich.
@@PeterCPRail8748 Oil is finished lmao. Saudi Arabia, oil hub of the world is diversifying. By 2050, the Oil economy will be no more. You're a dinosaur if you believe you should invest more in Oil industry. Green is cheaper and more sustainable. Sucks for Alberta, but Canada as a whole is profiting a lot more in the future run. It's like crying about how people and countries changed from train as main source of transporting goods to air and road.
@@PeterCPRail8748 And about manufacturing. Canada's economy evolved from a manufacturer to a consumer a decade ago. It's a good thing. With expensive labor, strict labor and environment laws. Your products would cost you twice the money. Now for the rich it won't be that big of a problem, but everyone who is earning country's average($43000/year or roughly $100,000 household income) and below would be fucked. Because now your Shirt costs $80, instead of $25; Your computers and cars have doubled in prices and wages are still the same. Most of the shipped "manufacturing" jobs that you guys want to bring back. Unless you're willing to work $1000 a month or less in some industries, the cost will increase with it. So stop crying if you don't understand how the economy is evolving. We have become service based country, in sense that all the businesses that offer services are thriving(IT, Communications, Medical etc etc.). Evolve with the economy and understand the underlying factors. There will always be winners and losers based on supply and demand.
All I see is more traffic
More people.
@Canadian Try to get on a streetcar during rush hours :) Try to make it stop for you at least :)
Anne Smith doesn’t matter how many lines they out in. It’s to much of a mess.
Anne Smith did you vote Liberal in the election? They are pushing mass unsustainable immigration to replace Canadians with foreigners in Canadians’ own cities
Wow, fascism, now in Canada.
What song is playing during the last half of this video? Very beautiful
The CN Tower will be pointless then, you'll only be able to see skyscrapers
SideshowBlob make it bigger then, CN tower should slow our growth
Why not make it the full one thousand feet ???
rip neo gothic architecture you will be missed old friend
Feels like I'm back in college looking at all these proposals.
Can't stop the Babylonian expansion, every major metropolitan is going to look like Astana soon enough.
I ride my bike along the waterfront trail from Humber bay to basically the DVP. This will be a major disturbance and most likely more then half of these projects wont happen and even if they do they wont get done till 2040. Eglinton LRT original completion date was 2010 and they aren't even close to finish. Then there is the Hurontario LRT in Mississauga, they say they were gonna start in late 2018, haven't seen 1 bit of construction started.
Mean while there are citizens living there and working there and cant afford to live there, and homeless there. This is not something to advertise.👈👀
Kevon Thomas shouldnt keep the city back because of dumbasses on the streets
Cant afford to live there then move
You missed the bit about "housing for all income ranges with 40% of housing below market rates"
@@gordonbgraham well said, there u go pal.✋👊
@@TheShpmusic The land for the Quayside project was granted to Google on the condition it would provide affordable housing.
It's Chinese uni grads that buy the condos mainly I think
As nice as the modern architecture looks, the city already feels over crowded. There's been times where i've managed to walk faster than traffic, not only in the downtown core, but in my neighbourhood west of it.
Glad to see that western money put to good use!
Can we just get the Eglinton LRT and affordable housing please I’m poor
Who else in Toronto is excited to go downtown and see this once
Sidewalk labs have now pulled out of Toronto. The city and many people were ambivalent to the project. YSL Tower is on hold, the pandemic was the nail in the coffin for these projects but with luck the construction industry will survive and come roaring back..
How about some transit to accommodate all the people who will be living therw
Really nice video but there is one little mistake. At 0:44 one Yonge is 307 meters high not 217 m ; )
Thanks, I just caught that. Sorry.
@@Aaronaa4 not a big deal :)
Yea, the Quayside thing was a big issue for most people who live in the city. I didn't think it was approved, to be honest.
I wonder if any working or middle class Torontonians will actually be able to live at any of these.
Thanks , I hope to do the same transformation in Italy to create entreprises .
Which song was that?
Also very nice developments indeed
robyn The Godfather 3 ending theme
@@kelvin9115522 thanks!
robyn no problem 👌🏻
I loved Toronto the way IT USED to look, not at all anymore
i agree.
Could't agree more. I'm 70yrs. old. Developers have the OMB(Ontario Municipal Board), which approves
new buildings, in their pocket. The epidemic of these soulless steel towers with glass walls is a blight on
my once incredibly diverse city. As a boy I would take the subway to Yonge/Bloor and spend nearly 2 hours walking south to Queen St. Every store on both the east and west side of Yonge Street was different and wondrous. No more!
Condos, chain pharmacies and franchised eateries(MacDonald's) and coffee shops(Starbuck's) are the only ones that can afford the crushing property taxes . This is progress?
@@ericblair54 lmao you're 70 years old. That explains it. Keep your outdated crap. Modern skyscrapers aren't soulees. They bring the city to life and make it look amazing and shape the skyline of the city which by defenition makes it look different.
@@eventusvantos8586 lmaaaao stfu, you really dont know NOTHING about architecture, toronto should look like chicago, but you guys want to look like china with these grey depressing buildings, you live in a shitty and depressing city, get over it pal. cheers
@@NationalismDjazair "Stfu" AFTER YOU!
forget architecture you dont know anything about anything!
No one wants Toronto to look like Chicago except dumbasses like you. They aren't empty. They have way more soul than you ever could.
Wrong. Chicago is worse than a shithole. The amount of gun violence alone is through the roof. You can't even walk alone at night have fun 😭
Can somebody please tell me the name of the piece of music which starts around 1:40? Heard it quite a few times but don't know the name so can't find the whole piece to download.
The Intermezzo from Cavelleria Rusticana by Mascagni
Thank you so much, Jordan!
That's a beautiful future for the city. There are a couple of things that appear to be missing-the rail line and the Gardiner Expressway. Will the be "buried? If so is the cost included? If not where are they...or should I say if not why not?😉
One problem with Toronto... View from far nice and big skyscrapers... But when it come down below the street level there isn't much innovation and creative park and green..its pretty up there but it must be pretty down there also...Montreal is doing the opposite by making below street level scenery and parks all new creative and modern...
Montreal is also absolutely crushing Toronto in urgency on transit. Toronto should lose the retarded “Subway vs lrt” debate and emulate Montreal’s REM. 67 km of REM progressing quickly for a fraction of the cost per mile of a subway, while having far far higher service quality than LRT. Montreal REM is going so well that they recently announced a 30 km ! extension ! so the crew finishing up the original can keep their groove going with 30 more km.
Mtl transit system and metro system is by far some of the best in the world i think, plus now they got all new high end trains Azure rolling and getting new infrastructure...plus all new highway rebuild of the Trucot 20/15 and new Champlain bridge fully lit rgb light ...but yea cant wait for the REM! every time im driving on the 40 and south shore bridge and seeing the sky train track in the air is so different and amazing make the city more valuable , Toronto also have a "light sky train" around Golden Mile all the way to Midtown Toronto ... but thats only on street track on Eglinton avenue tho
2:36 isn't this music from watchmen?
Imagine if those buildings were in front of the Rogers centre and u can see them during a blue jays game when the roof is opened but the skyline would look weird covering the Rogers centre
The Rogers Centre is going to get demolished in the next 7 years and rebuilt on the existing spot or a new spot.
How much per square foot will smart city condos go for?
how do you become a part of this boom in the next decade? what career path?
the trades
WOW this city is getting some very cool buildings.
How do I "share" this? I wish to send it to somebody but do not understand the technology.
Julie Hunt Return to this video on a computer and copy the webpage URL (at the top of the video). You can then send it via email. If on a phone, look for the arrow under the title. Once you click it, you should be prompted to “copy link” which you can then send to a friend.
YSL Residencies is now under construction.
What is the song used with the symphony bit with the violins called?
OTDA The Godfather 3 ending theme
Kelvin Punked oh damn, cheers and thanks
OTDA no problem 👌🏻
The Real Title of this Video Should be:
"*Skyscraper, a Tragic Love Story; The Toronto Edition.*"
Wow, I can’t wait to ride past Toronto on my way to Niagara Falls each year with the new projects!
Wait until those areas that are overbuilt become old and lose their luster, it'll look like New York City.
Condos are the 21th century housing projects of tomorrow.
Funny thing is the projects are built better then the ugly ass looking condos they be building now.
@@Insomniac_tv How are the old depressed and bleak looking brick projects better looking than the futuristic modern glass and steel condos of today? btw the "projects" isn't really a thing in Canada, its more of an American term and reality.
@@D95-d7y Do you even live in Toronto? Condos are built cheep and most look like garbage after a few years. Most of them are owned by foreign investors who don't even live in this county. The condos that have been built in the pass few years are already having pluming and electrical issues. The condo market has little to no regulations when it comes to building condos in Toronto, this is why places like Regent Park where destroyed because condo developers think destroying low income neighborhoods is gonna fix the housing market all there doing is kicking poor people out of there community's and replacing them with eye sores that only rich foreign investors can afford, it's called genderfaction. The housing Projects that where built back in the late 60s are actually built better the then most modern condos that we have these days, theirs studies that show the most condos built today won't last more then 60-70 years without spending millions on maintenance. All there doing is destroying this city and making the cost of living go throw the roof. The condos are just projects for chinese money launderers basically.
@@D95-d7y Also, drive down Victoria park or Jane and Finch then tell me Toronto doesn't have projects.
Random but what’s the name of the song starting at 2 minutes?
I wish it was a single project worth $20b
Shoe box size apartments for one million dollars fuk this
I’m calling it, Toronto becomes as ridiculously priced as San Francisco with projects like these. It’s already nearly as expensive
3 words.. Not. Even. Close.
No mention of the new mall down town
Time for a 400+ meters !
2:36 All of a sudden... I can picture tomato sauce and spaghetti.
And the King of them all remains supreme! Long live the CN Tower!
Anyone know what song is playing in the background?
I can already feel a attack on that building
All of these projects seem to be catered to businesses and the wealthy. Not only that but when they are complete they'll contribute to increased property prices.
Name me one tall building in the world that is not.
True mega projects, affordable housing for the low to the middle class & greater subway system.
Sees CIBC square.
Bankers on Bay Street: 🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑
Ved Sharma *robots of bay street
the last thing this city need is two more large buildings they've put up 5 within walking distance of my small building, just going to be more construction and who can afford them?
Uh oh we're running out of tea!
My beautiful city
Toronto is definitely dynamic. It's the New York of Canada
@michael douglas There is nothing here in Toronto, these people see such dillusion; I'm surprised they see at all.
sandwichninja lol I pray for you Gods creation I hope one day Allah can heal all the pain you goin through Ameen
@@yusufismail1987 Ok, psycho. Whatever you say. When Canada balkenizes because of demographic replacement and culture clash, then you'll understand "pain".
sandwichninja I think you dying inside I won’t go low I know u a keyboard warrior looking for attention adolf on crack
I am angry about what was done to Peter Street. It used to have charm before most of the old buildings were leveled to build condos.
Instead of wasting on this maybe there should be an investment into halting gang violence in Toronto, it’s a huge problem
Reduce refugee immigration... easy
@@kyvonbelli8305 ...Alec has a good point tho. Once the projects are built, they will become "The Projects", meaning that all the undesirables will be renting the condo units plying their trade and firing off their guns brazenly everywhere and innocent people getting hit as collateral damage. Think of the Airbnb incidents going on around the city.
@@eyecomeinpeace2707 But the problem isn't the condo its the people. Any housing that is affordable is always going to be more likely to become home to gangsters.
@@Sartorius988 I admit, I really hate what's going on in our city. We are seeing the likes of gun violence that is rivaling some U.S. cities--almost. I just cannot fathom the thought of these punks that hold a complete disregard to human life.
That’s what happens with increased immigration from violent societies, all in order to import a new electorate to vote Liberal
Glass, glass and oh yeah more glass
Judging by the comments I guess most of Torontonians don't understand the difference between private and public spending. Roads, transit, water, subway etc are all public projects. Which need public money to be spent. Condos are private projects. You want those public projects to get fixed, you need more tax revenue. How do you get more tax revenue? Bring in more investors, new money, land transfer tax, HST etc. Yes, the infrastructure needs work. Yes, property prices are very high. Yes, the city needs better planning overall. But complaining about these private projects taking money away from public services is 100% incorrect - in fact, if anything, these private projects may actually help the public projects reach completion due to increased revenue.
yes, it will cost 4000$/month to live in a cardboard box.
What’s the 2nd music called
3:42 really shows how incompetent some of theses developers are, this one can't even render the CN Tower properly. Now imagine him designing builds for a living... oh god!
Digital artist has nothing to do with the actual engineering or design so I wouldn't worry lol
@@The_D0RK_KNIGHT Still why dose it have to be behind the CN Tower for? it's just gonna ruin the already ruin skyline of Toronto
We need a lvl2 Gardener Expressway.
rent is getting higher and higher.
Too bad transit totally sucks in Toronto. Increase human density but no where to move people around. Just more of a reason to live outside of the city!
all good, but we need better transit in this city. a Lakeshore monorail for exmple.
Agreed on Lakeshore monorail/el train. I hate the Torontonian “subways vs LRT” bullshit debate. Completely misses examples like Vancouver Skytrain and Montreal REM. Those examples have far far far higher service quality than Eglington crosstown or Finch West LRTs, while having far lower cost of construction than subways. Toronto should emulate Montreal’s REM.
Most of this will be purchased by foreigners. Average Canadian citizen is unable to purchase property in downtown core because it is becomimg extremely expensive. Rents are going insane.
does down town has schools doctors and parking available for all of future residents i guess politicians noded for their realtor buddies
Yay traffic going to double!
Does anyone know the song at 2:35 ?
But we can't fix the water pipes
Owned by China, Dubai and Russia.
No Russia or Dubai, China only. Maybe some local Persians. Russians would not come to Toronto, it's not London or Miami
@@maximmatkovsky6490 not what the real estates guys said. Russia China and Dubai.. they don't step foot here. They just buy and sell
@@lachatnoir1127 I am real estate agent. Russian as well. Russians would not buy, except for preconstruction for assignment. Chinese all the way
Maxim Matkovsky, we do
@@vladgnatenko3573 some local Russians would 5-7% pre-construction only, 2/3 of which would be sold as assignments, from Russia itself, non-citizens no. Chinese buyers on the other hand... it's going to be like in Vancouver, where properties were marketed in Canada and Hong-Kong.
Horrible idea dt toronto is gonna be even more flossed with traffic
I agree 100% traffic is already bad this will be a war zone
I can't believe Canada is wasting $2.5 Billion of our tax payer dollars to build more buildings instead of tackling the inaffordable housing in Canada. These flashy new skyscrapers don't mean shit to Canadians because none of us will ever be able to afford a place in one of them.
when will Toronto get some 'supertalls'....
That one skyscrapers almost as tall as the cn tower lol
@@paulhupka8928 not true really, it's perspective . The One will be 308m. CN tower is 550
@@michaelm4550 yeah that's true but it's still really big lol
Why doesn't Toronto build at least a 80 storey or even 90 storey tower
@@hsiled So, stories are fairly subjective. We have many new towers that are going to be 80-90 or even 100 stories in height (including spires and not) but they have much taller ceilings that American and European counterparts. In meters, there are a lot of "supertalls" coming up which will mark 300m plus. Once one is built in an area, it will open a pathway for more to come
A city, structures now, with foreign dollars. Nothing about roads huh?
Build first Roads second.......just look at the outlying areas.
WHY is the 407 NOT CANADIAN and FREE.
We do pay road taxes, A LOT.
I LOVE T.O.
Once again all for the rich.
You missed the bit about "housing for all income ranges with 40% of housing below market rates"
@@gordonbgraham i dont think that will happen but if it does hopefully it start a domino effect in the housing market but it probably wont happen
@@ROWGAMEROOM Well, that was the claim...I'd read that before about the proposed Google "Quayside" project, and that they've been granted city land on that condition
How does it help if the most of condos sold out to realtors even before it’s public?
Anne Smith There will be price limits on the fixed housing units.
Beautiful i hope toronto makes a few more building taller then cn tower
It's not just about height that makes a city skyline look beautiful. A city like Chicago for instance has a downtown that looks aesthetic. Toronto would look nice like that if architects keep that in mind, using that as an example, but if it becomes overbuilt, it'll look ugly and chaotic like NYC's skyline. I've been to both of those cities and I was much more impressed with Chicago, and I'm sure Toronto doesn't want to look like another New York City.