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Since UrbanToronto’s last update in December, 2025, when 241 Church had just emerged above grade, the Downtown Toronto rental tower has climbed through its podium levels and work is now transitioning into the main tower floor-plates. Designed by Turner Fleischer for Graywood Developments, the 53-storey project is reshaping the northeast corner of Church Street and Dundas Street East.
In March, 2026, from a high-angle vantage point, construction had advanced to roughly three full storeys. Along the Dundas Street East frontage at left, the fourth floor is partially formed, while vertical concrete shear walls and rebar cages mark active fifth-floor forming operations further south. Large wall forms and stacked panel systems occupy much of the central work area around the crane mast. To its right more formwork is staged.
Along Dalhousie Street, red shoring posts are staged for when they will be needed to support new slab sections. At the centre, the crane hook suspends a material platform. The exposed concrete podium wall shows future window openings, while formwork is seen at the upper levels to the left. Orange weather tarps drape portions of the slab edge protection system overhead.
From across Church Street in late April, 2026, 241 Church had then climbed to six storeys, the full podium height, with forming started on the seventh floor. Along the lower levels, new cladding installation work has begun with warehouse-style windows framed in black metal panelling and louvred sections. Below, hoarding panels illustrated by Matt Daley animate the Church Street frontage.
Earlier this month, large cantilevered construction platforms project outward from the south and east elevations at the fifth floor, providing staging space for materials. At the upper levels, perimeter formwork, slab decking, and red shoring posts remain visible beneath the crane. Additional warehouse style window installation is visible along the southeast corner at the second floor.
A close-up of the west elevation shows cladding installation continuing. On the third floor, the arm of a compact spider boom lift can just be made out as it hoists an exterior cladding panel, being manoeuvred into place by crew members over the exposed concrete wall.
From across both Church and Dundas streets, the six-storey podium is now largely formed as construction transitions upward into the narrower tower floor-plates above. Extensive slab-edge formwork and perimeter safety rails line the uppermost active levels, alongside concrete columns with rebar projecting upwards in anticipation of the next level above. Cladding now spans much of the second and third floors along the south and west elevations.
Once complete, 241 Church will rise 170.7m and deliver 591 purpose-built rental units.
UrbanToronto will continue to follow progress on this development, but in the meantime, you can learn more about it from our Database file, linked below. If you’d like, 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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