A year after UrbanToronto’s October, 2025 update, 50 Scollard’s cladding has reached its crown as streetscape work transforms its base at the northeast corner of Bay and Scollard streets in Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood.
The 41-storey luxury condominium from Lanterra Developments is designed by Foster + Partners, with Arcadis as Architect of Record.
Viewed from Scollard Street in June, 2026, heritage houses on the site are free of scaffolds, revealing restoration overseen by ERA Architects. Shifted a bit east onsite to accommodate a piazza POPS (Privately-Owned Publicly-accessible Space) at the corner, their red brick facades feature stone lintels, olive-green window frames, and decorative wood trim. Grey shingled roofs cap projecting bays, while a central gable frames a dark, shingle-clad upper storey. Behind a red telescopic boom lift, the complex’s modern, red brick service and garage entrance adjoins the houses to the east.
Looking north from the street corner July, 2026, hexagonal pavers surround planting trenches awaiting trees. Behind, boom lifts stand beside tall ground-floor lobby glazing beneath cantilevered volumes clad in corduroy-like precast panels, their unfinished soffits exposing framing and building services.
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