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Cherry House at Canary Landing‘s buildings have topped off at Mill and Cherry streets in Toronto’s Distillery District, with only one last crane still standing over the complex’s east building. Developed by Dream Unlimited, Kilmer Group, and Tricon Residential, the project consists of three buildings, one of 12 storeys and two of 13 designed by COBE Architects and architects—Alliance. The site, spanning over 15,000m², replaces one of the last large surface parking lots in the area and is one of several parts of the larger Canary Landing community, some other currently projects of which also includes Maple House, Birch House, and the Indigenous Hub. Construction on Cherry House began in 2021.
Looking northwest from Cherry and Mill streets, this image from May, 2024 captures brick-patterned precast that had been installed up to the 9th floor for the south building. Above the masonry, the 10th floor steps back and is then cantilevered over by three more concrete slabs for the uppermost levels including the mechanical penthouse. Windows have been installed as high as the 8th floor, while at grade, the curtain wall glazing wraps around the double-height retail podium. To the right of the windows, bronze-toned metal panels are partially installed.
An aerial view facing south in July, 2024, highlights the blue tower crane at the east end of the site. Construction hoists are visible along the north elevation, rising only six floors at that time, while the east building then reached twelve floors. On the south tower to the left, cladding has begun on the mechanical penthouse. Along Cherry Street and Front Street East, the precast brick-patterned cladding has been installed up to the fourth floor.
Looking at the project in October, 2024, a pedestrian mews between the east and west buildings affords a partial look into the courtyard within the Front Street, Cherry Street, and Trinity Street block that the east and west buildings share. Brick-patterned framing anchors the lower levels, while above, powder-coated aluminum panels with varying corrugations have been installed most of the way up the buildings. On either side of the opening, cantilevers extend over the mews, emphasizing the stepped massing of the buildings.
An aerial view facing northeast in January, 2025 gives us a view of the west elevation’s stepped massing, highest along Front Street. The cladding is all but complete, with the corrugated aluminum panels and glazing mostly installed across the buildings. Along Trinity Street, the brick pattern-framed lower floors bring texture to the buildings’ street presence. Hidden to the right, the south elevation lines a newly created, as yet unnamed road.
Recently captured from a nearby tower, the topped-off south building’s upper box is now fully clad. To the right, cladding has progressed up to the eighth floor on the adjacent buildings, showcasing the stepped massing as its heights gradually increases toward the 13-storey corner at Cherry and Front streets. Below, some lower floors remain partially enclosed with orange tarp, while the brick-patterned framing hugs the ground on completed sections.
Finally, looking northeast this month, the west-end tower crane was captured in the process of being dismantled. A mobile crane is seen ready to lower to the ground the top sections of the crane above its slewing unit.
Once complete, the Cherry House complex will contain 855 units, in buildings standing as high as 50.32m tall.
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