When it came time to get engaged, Gavin Cullins decided to go well beyond the standard marriage proposal.



Hey <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgallowaycbc">@mattgallowaycbc</a> check this out...Romance is alive & well in TO...morning traverse south on Yonge/Eg, hmm...will he/she/they say yes? <a href="https://t.co/NL5cq6TBfA">pic.twitter.com/NL5cq6TBfA</a> —@Jan__Murphy Twitter user Jan Murphy flagged the proposal to Metro Morning's Matt Galloway early Thursday morning, snapping a picture of the words "Will you marry me" spelled out on four windows of a condo building near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue West.

A few hours later, Murphy's question was answered.

Breanne McCallion replied online that the proposal was from her boyfriend and that she said, "Yes" and was now engaged.

<a href="https://twitter.com/metromorning">@metromorning</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Jan__Murphy">@Jan__Murphy</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgallowaycbc">@mattgallowaycbc</a> I said yes 😆 —@mccallion_b

Breanne McCallion said yes after receiving this highly visible proposal on the side of a building. (CBC)

McCallion has been with Cullins for seven years, she says.

"I have been dropping some hints, so I think he finally picked up on it," said McCallion.

Gavin Cullins describes how he came up with the idea to propose to his girlfriend Breanne McCallion on a condo building. 0:53

Cullins had his proposal plan down for months.

"I was awake in bed one night just thinking about how I was going to propose and it just sort of clicked," said Cullins.

Cullins is a construction worker and had access to the four empty units in the midtown condo.

Gavin Cullins places the wood cut-outs in the windows of a condo unit at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue West for his proposal. (Gavin Cullins)

"I knew that I was working in this building where we were half-way through occupying it, so there are a bunch of top floors that were empty," Cullins said.

"And it seemed like a good idea if we can put some signs up in the windows and we can light them up then we would see them from down on the street.".

Cullins and McCallion live around the corner from where the signs were put up. Cullins popped the question to McCallion while on a walk with their dog.

Breanne McCallion shows off her engagement ring. (Paul Borkwood/CBC)

"I was shocked to say the least," said McCallion.

"He's not really a grand gesture kind of guy, but when he does do it he does it well."