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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Where are these interesting towers in Vancouver and Toronto?
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Vancouver? Pass, nothing that immediately springs into my mind.
Toronto? The L Tower.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Tower
We've got Telus Sky in the ground and almost at ground level, I'd argue once complete it will be one of the most unique buildings in Canada. Come to think of it the same developer has one like it going up in Vancouver too, so Vancouver would make my list at that point.
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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I take John Laurie daily from West to East and from that view it looks virtually identical in height to the Bow. Is that the height in this city that becomes cost prohibitive as it would be nice for one of these towers to break out of that cluster of towers all near the height as a lot of the major skylines typically have one or two structures that tower over the others while in Calgary it's a tight cluster of a lot of towers with all the tall ones all in the same ballpark height.
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Both The Bow and Brookfield are right at that height where to go taller you'll need more elevators, which eats into leasable square footage and thus profits. So in our boom and bust cycles that's why you see so many twins built versus just a few taller buildings.