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Tallest Condo Buildings in the British Empire - sidebar that didn't make it in my Toronto Star feature story

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Cutline: Otis Elevator's artist rendition of the Burj Dubai (currently under construction in Dubai) - soon to be the world's tallest residential towers. On Saturday November 8th, the Toronto Star ran a major feature I wrote about the downtown Toronto city block of College Park. The 3-page story appeared on the cover of the Condo section. There was no room to place the attached sidebar. The actual article appears above (scroll up) Tallest Residential Building in the Empire • The tallest residential building in the Empire and the world is the Eureka Tower. The 12-year old building is a 300-metre (984 ft) 91-storey skyscraper located in Melbourne, Australia. • The 78-storey Q1 Apartment Tower, also in Australia, claims that it is the tallest residential building in the world when measured to the top of its spire, which reaches a height of 322.5m (1,058 ft). • The Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat note that there are several residential (condominium) towers being bu

#3 College Park Story - Sidebars that didn't make it into print

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On Saturday November 8th, the Toronto Star ran a major feature I wrote about the downtown Toronto city block of College Park. The 3-page story appeared on the cover of the Condo section. There was no room to place the attached sidebar. The actual article appears above (scroll up) Cutline: artist's drawing of an Aura condo living room Three new levels of government will be created when the Aura is built! Condo unit owners of almost 1,000 suites and the owners of the Podium retail floors must belong to self-governing condominium associations: • Three condo associations based on floor location will be created • One condo association for the retail floors up to the 4th floor • Second condo association for floors 5 to 55 • Third condo association for floors 56 and up.