Yonge Eglinton Centre
Yonge Eglinton Centre is a complex comprising two office buildings situated on the northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, along with a small shopping concourse. It is located across the street from Canada Square and, at the time of its construction, was one of only a few large office towers north of Bloor Street. It is connected via an underground tunnel to Eglinton subway station.
AA revitalization project completed in 2016 added seven floors to 2300 Yonge Street and five floors to 20 Eglinton Avenue West, and also involved re-cladding the towers with curtain wall glass. A new publicly-accessible rooftop patio and green wall were also installed.[1][2]
History
[edit]Construction began in the early 1970s through a partnership between Greenwin and Horizon developers, and involved the demolition of a Dominion supermarket, an F.W. Woolworth store, and several residential homes to the west.
The project was completed in several phases. The first phase involved constructing a 23-storey rental apartment building at 411 Duplex Avenue, followed by the development of 20 Eglinton West and half of the retail concourse.
Phase Two involved completing the remaining retail space across the entire block and constructing the second office tower at 2300 Yonge Street.
The final phase involved building a large rental apartment complex at 33 Orchardview.
Buildings
[edit]2300 Yonge Street
[edit]The tower is anchored by the complex owners, RioCan, who relocated their head office to Tower I in 2007. The building houses many offices and retail shops in the lobby, and provides TTC subway access via a concourse-level tunnel.
| 2300 Yonge Street | |
|---|---|
 RioCan Yonge Eglinton Centre | |
 | |
| Alternative names | Yonge Eglinton Centre I |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Owner | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 30 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Lifts/elevators | 12 |
20 Eglinton Avenue West
[edit]| 20 Eglinton Avenue West | |
|---|---|
| |
| Alternative names | Yonge Eglinton Centre II |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Owner | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 22 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
Retail Complex
[edit]There are three levels for retail space below the towers.[3] The Yonge Eglinton Centre houses over 65 stores and services:[4][5]
- The Fresh Tea Shop
- Winners
- GoodLife Fitness
- Cineplex VIP[6]
- Pickle Barrel
- Indigo Books
- Urban Outfitters
- Metro - originally as Dominion which occupied the site before the complex was built[7]
- HSBC
- Rexall
- Sephora
- Tim Hortons
In 1973, T. Eaton Company opened one of its Horizon discount department stores at the property.[8] The space was converted to a regular Eaton's store upon the closure of the Horizon chain in January 1978; the Eaton's store closed in the 1990s.
References
[edit]- ^ Bateman, Chris (2013-05-16). "What the new Yonge Eglinton Centre will look like". BlogTO.
- ^ Grief, Amy (2016-09-29). "This is what the new Yonge Eglinton Centre looks like". BlogTO. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ^ "Yonge Eglinton Centre ::: Toronto ::: ON".
- ^ "Information". Yonge Eglinton Centre. Placewise Digital Network. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Directory". Yonge Eglinton Centre. Placewise Digital Network. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Eglinton and VIP". Cineplex. Cineplex. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/grocerymaniaagain/9098090929 [dead link]
- ^ McQueen, Rod (1999). The Eatons : the rise and fall of Canada's royal family (Internet Archive). Toronto ON: Stoddart. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0773760784. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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