EY Tower
| EY Tower | |
|---|---|
| File:100 Adelaide Street West Rendering.jpg Rendering of Ernst & Young Tower | |
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| Former names | Ernst & Young Tower 100 Adelaide Street West |
| General information | |
| Status | Topped-out |
| Type | Office, Retail |
| Architectural style | Neomodern |
| Address | 100 Adelaide Street West |
| Town or city | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°38′58.902″N 79°22′56.611″W / 43.64969500°N 79.38239194°W |
| Completed | 2017 |
| Owner | Oxford Properties |
| Height | 188 metres (617 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 42 |
| Floor area | 84,000 square metres (900,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Kohn Pedersen Fox WZMH Architects |
| Engineer | Stephenson Engineering |
| Civil engineer | MMM Group |
The EY Tower (formally known as the Ernst & Young Tower and 100 Adelaide Street West) is a skyscraper currently under construction in Toronto, Ontario at 100 Adelaide Street West.[1] The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and WZMH Architects.[2]
Original site
100 Adelaide Street West originally was the Concourse Building, a 14-story Art Deco building that opened in 1928. The building tenant was the Toronto Industrial Commission, which promoted the city as a hub of finance and business in Ontario. The building was famous for its mosaics by Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald.[3] The Concourse was designed by the firm of Baldwin and Greene.[4] Oxford Properties took control of the building in 1998 and released plans to replace the Concourse Building with a new tower.[5] The Concourse’s defenders tried to find a buyer for the building, though Oxford refused to sell the site.[6]
The decision to demolish the Concourse Building was controversial, but the Toronto and East York community councils ultimately voted in favor of the demolition in May 2000, with a vote of 38 to 12.[7]
New building
Oxford released plans for the new building on 17 June 2013.[6] The new proposal also announced that the building would be renamed from 100 Adelaide Street West, the street address of the site, to Ernst & Young Tower.[8] Ernst and Young, the primary tenant of the new building, will be leasing 20,900 square metres (225,000 sq ft) of office space.[8]
When finished, EY Tower will be 188 m (617 ft) high, with 42 floors and a total area of 84,000 square metres (900,000 sq ft).[9] The base of the new tower will include the south and east walls of the original Concourse Building and will be integrated into the PATH as part of Oxford’s Richmond-Adelaide Centre. The anchor tenants of the building will be Ernst & Young and TMX Group. The new building is already 45% pre-leased.[10] In addition to a new public space and renovated entrance through the Concourse Building, the tower will also feature a 460 m2 (5,000 sq ft) outdoor terrace on the 6th floor. When complete, the building will be LEED Platinum certified.[11] The tower is currently under construction and will be completed by 2017.[12]
Construction
After many stages of planning, the towers construction started in July 2014.[13] On 23 April 2015, a Toronto man fell 5 metres (16 ft) near the construction site of EY Tower.[14] He was pronounced dead at the scene.[14] The Tower was topped-out in June 2016.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "100 ADELAIDE STREET WEST – PUBLIC ART PLAN" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ Landau, Jack (25 November 2014). "Oxford's EY Tower Reaches Grade in the Financial District". Urban Toronto.
- ^ Hume, Christopher (14 June 2013). "Celebrated Toronto Art Deco tower victim of growth: Hume". Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.
- ^ Landau, Jack (6 May 2013). "Demolition Imminent for Art Deco Concourse Building on Adelaide". Urban Toronto.
- ^ "Oxford Properties moves ahead with new Toronto office tower". The Globe & Mall. 12 June 2013.
- ^ a b Bradburn, Jamie (21 June 2013). "Goodbye Historic Concourse Building, Hello Ernst & Young Tower". Torontoist.
- ^ "Draft By-laws - Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning - 100, 120 and 130 Adelaide Street West, 12 and 22 Sheppard Street and 85 and 111 Richmond Street West (Downtown)" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ a b Giuliano, Dylan (13 June 2013). "Oxford Renames 100 Adelaide West as the Ernst and Young Tower". Urban Toronto.
- ^ "100 Adelaide W". Oxford Properties Group. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Oxford Announces 40-Storey Downtown Toronto Office Tower Development". MarketWire. 12 June 2013.
- ^ White, Craig (February 26, 2013). "Concourse Building Cleared for Redevelopment of 100 Adelaide West". Urban Toronto.
- ^ "100 Adelaide West". Urban Toronto. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ^ "Construction of Toronto's EY Tower Approaching Grade". ctbuh.org. The Consul on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Man falls five metres at downtown worksite, dies". CBC News. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ Novakovic, Stefan (30 June 2016). "Touring the Financial District's Recently Topped-Off EY Tower | Urban Toronto". urbantoronto.ca. Retrieved 1 July 2016.