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In Toronto’s Moss Park neighbourhood, the two towers of ROQ City are now visibly rising above the retained 19th-century warehouse facades that once housed a piano and organ factory. Located at 261 Queen Street East, the mixed-use development by Tricon Residential is designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects with Graziani + Corazza Architects serving as Architect of Record, and heritage work overseen by ERA Architects. The 24-storey north tower and 33-storey south tower have been growing since UrbanToronto’s last update in December 2024, when the towers had just begun to emerge above the warehouse walls.
Seen looking northwest across Richmond and Ontario streets in February, 2025, two scaffold sections had recently been removed along the Richmond frontage, with four remaining in place to the west. The scaffolds are erected to support walls when the old structure behind them has been removed, and once there is new structure behind them, the scaffolds can be removed. The south tower had reached 10 storeys, with formwork visible up top. Plastic sheets cover window openings across the white brick facade as they await glass, while above, step-backs articulate the tower massing: in the background to the right, the eastern volume closer to Ontario Street rises closer to the heritage wall, while the western volume steps back.
Looking east along Queen Street this month, the north tower had reached the 10th floor, with concrete columns and formwork now in place for the 11th floor. The podium fronting Queen Street will house a Shoppers Drug Mart at grade, marking ROQ City’s first confirmed retail tenant.
In this telephoto view looking northeast, crew activity is lively atop the north tower, guiding both the crane hook on the left and the extended red boom of the concrete pump at centre.
Looking northeast across Richmond Street recently, the north tower has reached 13 storeys, and the south tower stands at 15. Cladding installation has begun on the first two floors above the podium at the west and south elevations of the north tower, with beige panels now in place and green weatherproofing applied on the second and third floors.
Below, the scaffold sections have now been removed along the Richmond frontage, while the west-facing supports remain in place. The emerging L-shaped massing of the south tower is now clearly visible.
Two blue boom lifts are positioned near the green retention scaffolding as its removal continues.
ROQ City will ultimately rise to 88.5m and 113.48m, with a total of 859 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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