Status Complete Antenna spire 140 m (460 ft) Developer Lanterra Architect Peter Clewes | Type Residential Retail Floor count 45, 35 Estimated completion 2010 | |
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Location 825 Bay Street
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Murano Condominiums, is a two-tower residential high-rise condominium complex located alongside Bay Street, near the intersection of College Street in the Discovery District of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Construction of the North tower (37 Grosvenor Street) was completed in the winter of 2008/9. The South tower (38 Grenville Street) was completed in 2010. The North and South towers are joined by a two-storey podium with planned retail and recreational facilities, including a roof-top garden and glass public art feature.
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Architecture
Murano was designed by Peter Clewes of architectsAlliance, Murano is dubbed as a "fusion of art, architecture and glass". Murano's minimalist glass exterior and all-glass public art installation (on the second floor) add vibrancy and light to the Bay Street Corridor.
Murano is one of Clewes' many glass point tower contributions to rise in Toronto in recent years, including SP!RE and Casa Condominio Residenza.
Construction Problems
Since late 2010, panes of balcony glass have shattered and fallen to the street below. A recent occurrence on one of Toronto's hottest days on record (6 July 2012) resulted in the closure of Grosvenor Street and St. Vincent Lane. The North tower lobby entrance was condemned by the City of Toronto pending the resolution of this problem. More glass fell on August 1 at 3 am and at midday. Police closed the northbound lane of Bay between Grosvenor and Grenville Streets, expecting the closure to be for a week.
For the first time, glass fell from the South Tower on August 15 at 11:30 AM, injuring a woman by slicing her wrist and leaving a puddle of blood where she was treated. “We don’t know why it’s happening, and continues to happen,” said Jim Laughlin, the city’s deputy chief building inspector.