The Avenue District's Building One at 1211 St. Clair Ave. is set to go vertical!
The tower crane will arrive onsite the week of Aug. 27 to begin superstructure and core work on the 10-story building that will include 50 elegant lofts (floors 3-8), eight penthouses (floors 9-10) and up to 9,000 square feet of retail (floors 1-2).
The tower crane (see sample drawing below) will reach an elevation of 254 feet. The jib height is 165 feet and the boom extends 196 feet horizontally.
To help visual the size of the tower crane, here is a representation of the relationship between the tower crane and Building One at 1211 St. Clair. This picture does not represent the actual location of the tower crane.
About The Avenue District
Construction is underway on 78 housing units in The Avenue District – 50 lofts and eight penthouses on Site 1 at East 12th Street and St. Clair Avenue, and 20 townhomes on Site 3 at Rockwell Avenue and the newly created East 15th Street.
The first townhome buyers on Site 3 are scheduled to move in this fall, with occupation of lofts and penthouses at 1211 St. Clair Ave. set for fall 2008. Master plans call for 426 for-sale units.
Units range in price from approximately $235,000 (1,200 square feet) to $370,000 (2,100 square feet) for townhomes; approximately $232,390 (900 square feet) to $900,000 (2,500 square feet) for lofts: and approximately $750,000 (1,800 square feet) to more than $1,000,000 (2,700 square feet) for penthouses.
