Alternative names Toronto Star Building Address 1 Yonge Street Country Canada Floors 25 | Status Complete Town or city Toronto, Ontario Height 101 m Opened 1971 | |
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Current tenants Torstar Corporation,
Toronto Star,
Liquor Control Board of Ontario,
Ontario Clean Water Agency Similar One Bloor, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto‑Dominion Centre, Brookfield Place, Commerce Court | ||
One Yonge Street is a 25 storey office building that serves as the headquarters of Torstar and its flagship newspaper, the Toronto Star. It is 100 metres tall, and is built in the International style. It was built as a replacement to the Old Toronto Star Building, which was located at 80 King Street West. That building was torn down to make room for First Canadian Place.
It is located at 1 Yonge Street at Queens Quay, and marks the foot of what was Highway 11, known informally as "the longest street in the world".
The building also housed the printing presses for the Toronto Star newspaper, until 1992 when a new press centre was opened in Vaughan, Ontario. The finished newspaper content is sent electronically to the plant where the plates are burnt and the paper gets printed and distributed. Editorial content of the newspaper is produced by employees working on the fifth floor. It also has the headquarters of Torstar.
The office space at One Yonge Street is also leased out to a variety of other companies, including the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, a dental office and the new downtown Toronto campus of Collège Boréal.
In August 2006, The Star invited its readers to name the ugliest building in Toronto. Over 20% nominated the Star building. It was criticized for brutalism and being disconnected from the nearby waterfront.
Proposed future development
The area is the location of a high-profile development designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects, that includes five skyscrapers on two parcels of land bisected by an eastern extension of Harbour Street. The tallest tower would reach 95 storeys for a total height of 320 metres, making it the largest in Canada. Currently unnapproved by the city, existing plans involve developing around the existing One Yonge street building. The three residential towers would total 2,962 condo units, and the two commercial towers would provide 154,000 sq.m of space.