b'34 35LCBO LAND MIXED-USETHE TELUS CENTRE DEVELOPMENT 25 YORK STREETThis grand-scale new redevelopment on the LCBO Lands. TheThis 1,000,000 SF facility includes 29 storeys of office space development includes a 26-storey, 600,000 SF office tower,and three levels of below grade parking, with a 40 foot high 300,000 SF of commercial retail space, and a new residentialglass parapet feature at the top of the building. community. This new community will be anchored by a two- The project was built immediately adjacent to active rail lines, acre park located on the north side of Queens Quay East,requiring the design of a crash wall to withstand the force of between Freeland and Cooper Streets. The redevelopmenta locomotive being derailed. includes a combined 4,300,000 SF of residential, office, retail,The design incorporated vibration isolation and made pro-and parking space in four blocks.visions for construction of a future subway line. Additional In Block 4,three residential towers (90, 87, and 77 storeys) withdesign challenges included a below grade truck loading dock a combined 3,245 units are proposed for the area currentlyand access for Union Station delivery trucks to pass through occupied by the LCBOs head office and warehouse. Block 2the underground garage. To accommodate all the above features two residential towers (65 and 70 storeys) with eachmentioned provisions and services, one 37 ft bay with 14 ft of the towers rising from individual podiums. LCBO will be acantilever span were required at the east end of the 3rd, 4th major tenant of the proposednew office.and 5th levels, which supports a green roof. Post-tensioned beams were designed to achieve such spans under heavy loads and, in the meantime, minimize impact to usable space on these levels. This award winning project is LEED Gold Cer-tified and achieved BOMA BESt Platinum certification with a Client: Menkes Developments Ltd. record score of 95 percent.Location: Toronto, OntarioSTEPHENSON ENGINEERINGes Developments Ltd. HIGH-RISE COMMERCIAL 05.1Client: MenkLocation: Toronto, Ontario'