A towering condominium development has been proposed to soar high above a site just east of Spadina and Adelaide, and would replace a relic dating back to an aborted project tabled for the property almost two decades earlier.
Developers have been trying to redevelop the parking lot at 46 Charlotte Street since before the 2000s mortgage crisis, but as of 2025, the site remains one of the few undeveloped surface lots in the neighbourhood.
A “temporary” presentation centre was constructed on the lot all the way back in 2007 as part of the ultimately cancelled 13-storey ‘Langston Hall’ residential development.
That structure, made of glass and steel I-beams, remains on site 18 years later, and has served various pop-ups over the years.
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However, there have been multiple failed attempts to get a project moving during this time.
Following the cancellation of the Langston Hall project, the site was acquired by Fortress Real Developments. Fortress proposed a 46-storey tower at this site in 2016, though the developer would later go bust amid fraud allegations, once again leaving the seemingly cursed site undeveloped.
A revised 41-storey plan was later pitched after the fall of Fortress Real Developments, but once again, these plans would fall through.
Go-To Developments was the next firm to attempt to put this site in play after acquiring the property in 2019. In 2020, they filed plans for a 50-storey tower that, once again, went unrealized.
Most recently, the site was scooped up by developers Fengate Properties and The Hi-Rise Group. The developers — partnered as 355 Adelaide Nominee Inc. — purchased the site and active development applications from the previous owners in July 2022.
Months after the purchase, the rezoning application was appealed to the Ontario Land Tribunal on October 27, 2022, resulting in zoning for a 58-storey tower being granted in June 2024.
Following this tribunal decision, the firms filed plans in late 2024 seeking approval to construct a 58-storey condominium tower on this site. In March 2025, the project team filed an updated plan for the site, introducing several refinements from the 2024 version.
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The current plan calls for a tower rising just over 185 metres, designed by WZMH Architects and Arcadis, to replace the parking lot and incorporate heritage elements from the adjacent brick-and-beam building at 355 Adelaide Street West.
WZMH/Arcadis
The existing warehouse building on the site is a heritage-designated property known as the “Gelber Building,” and its details would live on as part of the complex’s podium.
WZMH/Arcadis
The plan — dubbed Spadina Adelaide Square in a previous iteration — would house 551 residences, including 10 affordable rental units on levels 3 through 5, along with over 300 square metres of new retail space.
WZMH/Arcadis
Area residents would gain a new privately-owned public space along Oxley Street. Earlier plans contemplated a fenced-off dog relief area for this space, though this has since been revised to a “passive social space” offering a mix of hard and soft landscaping and seating areas.
As for traffic concerns, no parking is proposed in the plan thanks to the City’s recent removal of mandatory parking minimums for new developments. Instead, the building would be served by 295 spaces (260 long-term and 35 short-term spaces) and the various nearby transit routes.
Could this finally be the proposal that gets built on this seemingly cursed lot?
