222 Jarvis Street
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222 Jarvis Street is an office building on Jarvis Street in Toronto, Canada. The inverted-pyramid-shaped building contains ten storeys and was completed in 1971.[1] Originally constructed as the head office of Sears Canada, the property was sold in 2007 to the Ontario Realty Corporation, Ontario's publicly-owned real estate services agency. Sears Canada has since relocated its head office to the Toronto Eaton Centre.
The building was once connected to the adjacent building now known as the Merchandise Building, a former department store warehouse, which has since been converted to lofts.
The Government of Ontario has chosen 222 Jarvis Street as a model to show that older buildings can be retrofitted to significantly reduce a building's carbon footprint. The government will spend $100 million on the project, including the installation of a green roof, with the objective of achieving LEED-Gold status for the building.[2]
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- ^ "Sears Canada Head Office". Toronto: Tall buildings. Emporis. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=196950. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ "Green Office Tower". Novae Res Urbis: p. 1. May 22, 2009. http://www.nrupublishing.com/Novae-Res-Urbis-Toronto.aspx. Retrieved May 25, 2009.
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Coordinates: 43°39′29″N 79°22′32″W / 43.65796°N 79.375588°W
