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Rising in Etobicoke’s Six Points area, The Stella is bringing 26- and 30-storey rental towers to the southeast corner of Kipling Avenue and Dundas Street West. Designed by Henriquez Partners Architects for Tricon Residential, Kilmer Group, and CreateTO, the development forms part of the City of Toronto’s Housing Now program, adding a significant supply of rental housing steps from Kipling station. UrbanToronto last provided an update on the site in June, 2025.
Today, the City of Toronto confirmed that construction is running three months ahead of schedule. The development is one of five new rental housing projects planned on City-owned lands at Bloor and Kipling, with at least 900 units secured as affordable rentals. Bloor-Kipling is being planned as Toronto’s first net-zero community, with all blocks to be served by a district energy system providing low-carbon heating and cooling.
The redevelopment follows the City’s $77 million removal of the former Six-Points Interchange, unlocking almost 18 acres across seven parcels for redevelopment, while providing a much friendlier street network to encourage community growth. The area will be anchored by a brand new Civic Centre for Etobicoke, being built immediately across Dundas Street to the north of The Stella.
“The City of Toronto is building more affordable housing, even during this market downturn,” said Mayor Olivia Chow. “The developments at Bloor-Kipling will be a transit-oriented community providing 2,700 homes with 30 per cent affordable units.”
Looking east along the south elevation in June, 2025, the podium is now articulated by angular precast concrete panels that frame the window openings in deep, faceted surrounds. The white panels, at that time spanning the second through fourth floors, are mounted against the structural frame with steel connections. Their tapered reveals give dimensionality to the facade.
Within the central courtyard, precast cladding panels are being installed at grade in an alternating rhythm, their angled frames creating a faceted pattern around the window openings. The panels leave cavities for future glazing installation, and their geometry begins to showcase the sculpted massing that will define the courtyard edges. Above, multiple levels are supported whulen they cure by dense shoring posts spanning between concrete columns.
Viewed from across Dundas Street in July, 2025, the podium had climbed to six storeys along its north and east frontages. On the west end, precast cladding panels are in place up to the fourth floor. Rising above the stepped base, portions of the seventh and eighth floors have been formed, marking the points where the two high-rise towers will take shape: the 26-storey western tower and 30-storey east-end tower.
From the Kipling Avenue bridge above the rail corridor looking northeast in late August, 2025, the podium rises in stepped tiers, reaching seven storeys on the distant east side and eight on the west. Above, the west tower has climbed to 10 storeys, with portions of the 11th level already formed, while a white concrete boom pump arcs over the site. To the east, the east tower trails just a floor behind, its top levels marked by formwork. Precast cladding now extends across much of the south podium.
This month, this latest view shows the towers growing rapidly above the podium levels..
While the white precast panels currently define The Stella’s elevations, their final appearance is yet to come: Henriquez Partners has confirmed with UrbanToronto that the exterior’s distinctive colouration — seen in the rendering at the top of this article — will be carried out through staining in Summer 2026, once installation of all panels is complete. Though the panels are rising in their untreated state, the decision to apply the finish as a single phase allows for a more efficient and cost-effective process.
Upon completion, The Stella will deliver 725 rental homes across two towers standing 85.3m and 98.5m tall. More Housing Now projects are to come in the area in following years, while other residential projects are in various stages of planning and construction nearby.
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