Aura Ground Level Video - Shops at Aura

Aura Ground Level Video - Shops at Aura


Getting Chatty at the beginning of the Video... The Aura Development is the tallest skyscraper ever constructed in Canada. It will be 78 Floors and feature over 1.1 Million Square Feet of Retail, Commercial and Residential Space. Outside of an office building, it will be the largest skyscraper in Canada.

The Shops at Aura will be open while the construction on the skyscraper continues overhead,. A large red canopy has been installed to protect the pedestrian traffic below. The building will connect underground to the College Park Mall to the north. There are plans for this building to be connected underground to Ryerson or the Delta Chelsea Hotel to the south. The Delta doesn't seem to excited about that prospect at the moment. Ryerson, seems more interested in the idea.


 Toronto Condo Living has taken off over the last few years, and the redevelopment in North York Centre, Downtown Toronto, Mississauga and other areas has been nothing short of mind-blowing. Downtown Toronto and North York Centre might not be recognizable just due to the speed of the construction and development. Although there are some that are opposed to increased condo density, we can't discount the benefits many with regards to increased higher use of transit, walking biking and other alternate methods of  transport as opposed to using the car. Toronto just might be a leader, outside of Manhattan (New York City) in this respect. 


The Aura Condo Project:

 Submitted to the City in 2006, as two towers the taller of which was 60 floors and over 200 meters, it was initially rejected by the city, for failing to respect the street and offer adequate ground level retail. It would have been a standard Bay Street condo, on the most important, or second most important  (depending on your view of what makes a retail street) in the city of Toronto. The new project has close to 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, in building which is over 1.1 million square feet. Thus providing the downtown core with an alternate shopping experience in conjunction with the College Park Mall to which this project is adjacent.