Timber buildings are becoming increasingly popular across Toronto, with new projects popping out of the woodwork (pun intended) in the past year.
Both George Brown and U of T have announced their own tall timber projects, and Sidewalk Labs has long been touting plans to create a smart city made completely of timber towers.
Now, yet another office building made with timber has been proposed near Lansdowne subway station.
77 WADE, a seven-storey project from developers Next Property Group and Fiera Properties, is being designed by Toronto firm Bogdan Newman Caranci Inc.
The new mixed-use building 77 WADE is a hybrid building made from a mix of concrete, steel, and timber. Photo via 77 WADE.
77 WADE is a hybrid building made from a mix of concrete, steel, and nail-laminated timber (NLT), which will be fabricated by Quebec plant Structure Fusion.
It will be the first project to use NLT (as opposed to cross-laminated timber, which are glued together), with exposed ceilings and columns made from lumber stacked and fastened together with nails.
Spanning around 145,000 square feet, the mixed-use office will take over an empty plot of land, and is mostly intended for tenants that work in software development.
The seven-storey buiding will have retail space at the bottom and offices intended for people working in software development. Photo via 77 WADE.
Aside from a new outdoor plaza, there will also be a "collaboration space" at street level, and close to 2,400 square feet of retail space.
Aiming for a LEED Gold Certification, the building will feature a wood canopy that covers the roof.
Tenants will have access to 34 parking spots including two electric vehicle charging spaces, and a shed for 120 bikes that features a big green wall.
by Tanya Mok via blogTO
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