TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C

[tomh009]

Checking the GIS ownership records, there is nothing obvious (and big enough for such a project). Manulife still owns their own properties, as do the city and region.

One possibility is that IN8 has acquired the pair of former Thalmic Labs/North properties from Google, given that Google has a whole lot of additional space coming available shortly. One possible indicator for this is that the TEK property is owned by "30 FRANCIS KITCHENER INCORPORATED" and the original Thalmic Labs building is owned by "26 CHARLES KITCHENER INCORPORATED". Exactly the same format of company name. Possibly coincidence, but maybe not.

You were correct! It’s 26 Charles and Charles and Queen ( not sure which corner) both will be around the TEK tower height, neither over 50 floors or 150 metres

All right, thanks for confirming 26 Charles.

At Queen/Charles ...

• The south corner has a substantial city parking lot and then two fairly thin properties with separate owners
  
• The east corner has a small city parkette and four small properties with separate owners
  
• The north corner is the Working Centre; I don't see them as having sold
  
• The west corner has five small shopfronts, the former Full Circle and a parking lot, all as one property (0.19 ha)
  

Of those four, the west corner appears the only realistic one. The property size is about the same as 26 Charles, and IN8 would have been able to make a deal with a single property owner. IN8 might need to preserve the storefronts on Queen but it would still be plenty of space to build a tower.