The Most Important Floor at Aura

Construction workers at Aura have been working diligently these last several weeks of summer in preparation to pour the 5th floor. Usually, it takes a couple of weeks of installation and pouring of concrete for a large retail podium floor plate.  In Aura's case it is taking a bit more time and here's why....

 

The 5th floor at Aura is the most important structural floor of the entire building since it transfers the loads from the 71 storeys of residential floors above through to the foundations.

Seen above, significant quantities of rebar (rods or bars used for reinforcement in concrete pouring) and post-tensioned tendons are required for this 2500 mm thick transfer slab (the 5th floor) along with detailed coordination and installation between several trade workers.  This enormous task has taken the better part of the summer months to complete.

This 5th floor transfer slab is being poured in sections and the first two sections were completed at the end of August. The remaining section is being prepared and the entire 5th floor slab will be completed within a few weeks, after which you’ll see Aura continue to grow quickly during the fall.

Photos were taken from this afternoon to give you the latest updates . Stay tuned for more exciting development insights.

Aura Construction Update - An Insider's Look!

If you have walked by Aura recently then you can see the progress from the outside.  Here is a look at what's going on inside!

Here you can see the workers installing decking supports that hold up the concrete for the fifth floor that will soon be completed.

Freshly poured, smooth concrete on the fourth floor, on the South East corner of the building.

Check back soon for more progress updates!

Aura Colour Selection

The time has come for every Aura purchaser to get excited for: Colour Selection! That warm and fuzzy feeling is completely normal!

With various finishes and colours to choose from, Aura purchasers can finally start to visualize what their unit is going to look like.

Colour Selection is moving along quickly for our tower residences and will continue throughout the summer. If you’re a purchaser and haven’t made your colour selection appointment yet, please contact one of our coordinators as soon as possible so you don’t miss out on this exciting experience!

http://www.collegeparkcondos.com/pages/colour.html

Aura Colour Selection Showroom

Finishes

75 Storey Aura is Part of Bold New Vision

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam's newly announced
plans to change Yonge St. are dramatic and bold.

Imagine Yonge and Gerrard St. with only two car
lanes of traffic and the side walks widen to welcome
cafes, pedestrians and greenery.

Aura is on track in doing its part to gentrify this
downtown strip that has so much potential to
be 'the' destination place for locals and touring
visitors.

Read more of Venessa Lu's "Bold new plan calls for
long overdue facelift for Toronto's Yonge St."

Toronto Star, July 5 2011

What's Happening at Yonge & Gerrard

It's easy to count the completed floors at Aura today.














Construction progress at Yonge and Gerrard
is moving along and throughout the summer
months, you'll see Aura grow to new heights

Here's photos taken on site this afternoon:














View looking down at third floor
















Pouring concrete slab on third floor of the tower

Happy Canada Day weekend!