Construction has begun on the first large-scale downtown condo tower to be built without parking.
But in a very crowded field, the 42-storey
RCMI tower is distinguishing itself in several other ways, as well. For one, its location on University Avenue, on the site of the
Royal Canadian Military Institute from which it's taking its name, is almost entirely non-residential, packed as it is with office towers, hospitals and university buildings.
It is also going to house the institute whose original home it's displacing at 426 University.
"We're actually building them a new club and facility there which they'll move back into on the first several floors," says Tony Whitaker, developer
Tribute Communities' vice president of sales. The facade of the old building will also remain, as will the canon out front.
The new building, designed by
Zeidler Partnership, will have 318 mostly small suites, one-bedroom and one bedroom with a den, which people will be able to start moving into in early 2013.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Tony Whitaker
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