If all goes according to plan, architect Frank Gehry's second high-rise building, a 305-meter-tall skyscraper currently entering its schematic design phase, would become, at 305 meters, Canada's tallest building. The planned residential building, which received Toronto City Council approval in July, is expected to be under construction in 2016 and take four and a half years to build.
"In Toronto, there's a new paradigm," says Peter Kofman, president of Projectcore Inc., the developer, in conjunction with owner- developer David Mirvish, development and project manager for Mirvish + Gehry, Toronto. "Buildings are getting taller," he adds.