Status Topped-out Completed 2017 Height 188 m Province Ontario | Type Office, Retail Country Canada Opened 2017 Floors 42 | |
Former names Ernst & Young Tower100 Adelaide Street West 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.
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- Urbantoronto tours the top of the ey tower
- Urbantoronto tours the ey tower lobby
- Original site
- New building
- Construction
- References
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.