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
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.
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.
East view toward College Park from the driveway between Lumiere condos (left) and The Penrose condo building at 750 Bay Street (right)
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
Unfinished podium exterior outside the Lumiere parking garage entrance
Looking up the southwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower
Aluminum panels to be installed on the podium are stacked outside the rear of the tower along Laplante Avenue.
Curved aluminum panels to be installed on Lumiere’s round podium support pillars
Aluminum panels to be installed on the Lumiere condos exterior
Curved aluminum panels to be installed on Lumiere condos exterior
Unfinished areas on the northwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower
Support pillars remaining to be clad with the curved aluminum panels
Looking up the southwest corner of the Lumiere condo tower
