Suvarna Garge (Editor)

EY Tower

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Status
  
Topped-out

Town or city
  
Toronto, Ontario

Completed
  
2017

Height
  
188 m

Province
  
Ontario

Architectural style
  
Neomodern

Type
  
Office, Retail

Country
  
Canada

Opened
  
2017

Floors
  
42

Owner
  
Oxford Properties

Former names
  
Ernst & Young Tower 100 Adelaide Street West

Address
  
100 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON M5H 1S3, Canada

Similar
  
Toronto‑Dominion Centre, 88 Scott, Royal Bank Plaza, Bank of Canada Building, TD Tower

Urbantoronto tours the top of the ey tower


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. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and WZMH Architects.

Contents

Urbantoronto tours the ey tower lobby


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. The Concourse was designed by the firm of Baldwin and Greene. Oxford Properties took control of the building in 1998 and released plans to replace the Concourse Building with a new tower. The Concourse’s defenders tried to find a buyer for the building, though Oxford refused to sell the site.

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.

New building

Oxford released plans for the new building on 17 June 2013. 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. Ernst and Young, the primary tenant of the new building, will be leasing 20,900 square metres (225,000 sq ft) of office space.

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). 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. 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. The tower is currently under construction and will be completed by 2017.

Construction

After many stages of planning, the towers construction started in July 2014. On 23 April 2015, a Toronto man fell 5 metres (16 ft) near the construction site of EY Tower. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Tower was topped-out in June 2016.

References

EY Tower Wikipedia