Enormous 106-storey mega-tower will soon be as tall as CN Tower observation deck

Toronto's skyline has been in a constant state of metamorphosis for the better part of two decades, though a handful of record-breaking skyscrapers now popping up are serving as the punctuation marks on this generational transformation.

But one of these towers has clearly stood out from the pack, and is just months away from taking its place in both the record books and the postcard-worthy views of Canada's largest city.

And, as the headline may have given away, this tower will be absolutely enormous by the time construction wraps up.

The race for Canada's tallest

Toronto's race for the skies has seen contenders One Bloor West and the Pinnacle SkyTower duke it out with a series of competing height increases, both hoping to strip First Canadian Place in the city's Financial District of its 50-year claim as Canada's tallest building.

And while One Bloor West was indeed the first to reach this achievement this summer when it crossed the 300-metre mark at Yonge and Bloor, its time on the throne will be short-lived. 

A winner emerges

One Bloor West was initially expected to rise as tall as 94 storeys; however, mounting challenges led to the project being placed into receivership and subsequently reduced to 85 storeys under the management of veteran developer Tridel.

A similar string of height increases has worked out better in the case of the 106-storey SkyTower from developer Pinnacle International and Hariri Pontarini Architects, just a few kilometres to the south on Yonge. 

Putting the immense height in perspective

SkyTower will soon strip One Bloor West of its claim to fame, primed to reach a mammoth height of almost 352 metres — taller than anything else planned or under construction in the country. 

If those numbers don't mean anything to you, here's a frame of reference that puts the scale of this tower into better perspective. SkyTower will top out almost eight metres higher than the view enjoyed by visitors to the CN Tower's main observation pod.

This means that there will soon be condo residents in Toronto who live their day-to-day lives in spaces that sit roughly eye-level with CN Tower guests — a concept that would have been difficult to imagine before the city's skyscraper boom reached fever pitch in the 2010s.

Construction speeding along

SkyTower has climbed 80 storeys into the sky as of July 2025, and already towers over its surroundings in views from popular skyline viewpoints to the southeast and across the harbour on the islands.

While One Bloor West also stands at 80 storeys, with five more levels to be constructed, it is significantly taller than SkyTower for the time being due to differing floor heights. However, SkyTower is rapidly catching up with the competition, and could wrestle away the title of Canada's tallest building before the year is out.

The process of forming will likely move much faster at the SkyTower site over the coming months and will continue to close the gap with One Bloor West as the latter's construction crews work on the complicated crown section.

Condos that outdo most observation decks

Once SkyTower reaches its final height, its 106th-floor amenity space (basically a bougie private observation level for residents and guests) at a height of almost 332 metres will offer the third-highest viewing deck in Canada behind only the CN Tower's main and upper observation levels.

With CN Tower tickets now pushing $50 a pop, buyers at SkyTower may want to consider quietly charging their friends and family admission to recoup some of those steep costs shelled out for a slice of life high above the city.

What's to come

In addition to its multi-million-dollar condos, SkyTower will also feature Marriott International's Le Meridien brand at its base, marking the brand's first location in Canada in over 30 years.  

The hotel's opening was previously announced for fall 2025, though, with July coming to a close and August on the doorstep, that opening would only be possible with the help of a hardened canopy, similar to the steel awning used during construction of the Aura at College Park tower, allowing businesses in the base to open as work continued above.