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New Lumiere highrise condo building on Bay Street finally getting its exterior finishing touches

Lumiere condos on Bay Street

An idle lift machine and stacks of aluminum panel trim seen on the west side of Lumiere Condos along Laplante Avenue on Sunday March 20 2011

 

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Aluminum panel installation on the west side of the Lumiere condo tower

Final touches? Major construction concluded a few months ago, residents have been moving into the building ever since, and now it appears that Lumiere Condominiums on Bay Street is finally getting finishing touches to its exterior. Or is it? In my first post about Lumiere on January 5, I noted that aluminum panels were missing from large, long sections of the building podium. About two weeks later, as I reported in a January 21 update post, I saw crews working on some of the unfinished areas. But they didn’t do much, and the podium’s exterior remained incomplete throughout the winter. However, aluminum panel installation has resumed, so it’s possible the podium cladding project could literally wrap up this spring.  Crews are concentrating on the west side of Lumiere, along Laplante Avenue, but still have some small areas to attend to on the south side as well. Below are some pics I snapped Sunday afternoon of the podium work underway at Lumiere.

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South side of Lumiere condo podium. The underground garage entrance is at left, while the moving & delivery bay is behind the women walking in the driveway.

Driveway between Lumiere condos and The Penrose condos on Bay Street

East view toward College Park from the driveway between Lumiere condos (left) and The Penrose condo building at 750 Bay Street (right)

 

Driveway between Lumiere condos and The Penrose condos on Bay Street

View toward The Residences at College Park North Tower on the east side of Bay Street from the driveway between Lumiere condos and The Penrose condos

 

South side of Lumiere condos podium

Unfinished podium exterior outside the Lumiere parking garage entrance

 

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Looking up the southwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower

 

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Aluminum panels to be installed on the podium are stacked outside the rear of the tower along Laplante Avenue.

 

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Curved aluminum panels to be installed on Lumiere’s round podium support pillars

 

Aluminum panels to be installed on Lumiere condos exterior

Aluminum panels to be installed on the Lumiere condos exterior

 

Aluminum panels to be installed on Lumiere condos exterior

Curved aluminum panels to be installed on Lumiere condos exterior

 

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Unfinished areas on the northwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower

 

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Support pillars remaining to be clad with the curved aluminum panels

 

Southwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower

Looking up the southwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower


Keeping tabs on … Lumiere Condos

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Lumiere Condos streetscape presence on Bay Street January 14 2011


Finishing touches: When I profiled Lumiere Condominiums on Bay in a post on January 9, I mentioned that the nearly-completed tower required some finishing touches. Well, when I passed by several days later, crews were busy working on some of those final details. Here’s several pics from January 14:

 

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Lumiere condo tower awaits finishing touches

Lumiere Condominiums on Bay viewed January 5 2011


Close to completion: I always find it exciting to walk past a building that has been under construction for several years and suddenly discover that construction hoarding and security fencing have been removed. It’s great to finally get an unobstructed view of the ground level, and to physically feel how the new building relates to and impacts upon the streetscape.

My most recent “big reveal” experience was in early November when I saw that hoarding had been dismantled from the streetfront at the Lumiere condo tower on Bay Street below College. All that remained was a security fence keeping pedestrians away from crews installing new sidewalks out front on Bay.

Lumiere is looking mighty good! I think it’s a nice addition to the block, and it feels like it’s always been there (actually, I can’t even remember what was there before. A parking lot perhaps?)

Lumiere needs a few finishing touches, though. Exterior cladding still hasn’t been installed on the west side of the three-level podium, while the canopy roof awaits some final cosmetic work, too. But plastic balcony panel wraps that had been flapping in the wind for months were removed in December, giving the Bay Street side of the building a sleek, clean look.

A Menkes highrise building project, Lumiere was designed by Toronto architect Rudy Wallman.

 

 

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Developer’s website rendering of Lumiere condo tower on Bay below College


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November 9, 2010 street view of Lumiere Condos


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November 9, 2010 street view of Lumiere Condos


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January 8, 2011 street view of Lumiere Condos


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January 8, 2011 street view of Lumiere Condos


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January 2011 view of Lumiere condos rooftop canopy


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November 2010 view of Bay Street side of Lumiere Condos


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November 2010 view of Lumiere Condos rooftop canopy


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November 2010 view of Lumiere Condos balconies above Bay Street


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Lumiere balconies unwrapped in time for Christmas


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Lumiere Condos viewed from Elizabeth Street


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Lumiere Condos viewed from Elizabeth Street


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North side of Lumiere Condos viewed from Grenville Street