Bay-Adelaide Centre - West Tower Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - 335 Bay Street [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Replaces - 335 Bay Street, Bay-Adelaide Centre Stump, National Building

Complex - Bay-Adelaide Centre

Complex Buildings - North Tower, East Tower

Nearby Buildings - 330 Bay Street, Trump Tower Toronto, 350 Bay Street, Canada Permanent Trust Building, The Sapphire Tower, 76 Adelaide West, 56 Temperance Street, 357 Bay Street, 360 Bay Street, 365 Bay Street

Technical

Type - Skyscraper

Designation - Commercial, Office

Status - Construction

Height - 218m715feet

Floors - 50 above ground and 2 below ground

Total Floorspace - 107054m²1152320feet²

Office - 107054m²1152320feet²

Companies

Architect - WZMH Architects

Civil Engineers - Macviro Consultants Inc

Developer - Brookfield Properties

Electrical Engineering - Mulvey & Banani International Inc.

General Contractor - EllisDon

Mechanical Engineering - The Mitchell Partnership Ltd.

Structural Engineering - Halcrow Yolles

Building Record History

2008-05-08

Reference Material

Contributors: Jonathan Martins, Rod Taylor, Tipharah Lavigne

• "Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower, NE corner of Bay & Adelaide Sts, M5C". (2007, 19 January). Reed Construction Data - Keymail Report.

  Scope: 1,280,000 square feet; 50 storeys; 2 storeys below grade; parking for 1100 cars; 2,600,000 square feet.

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• "Brookfield Properties Launches Bay Adelaide Centre Development in Toronto's Financial Core". (2006, 19 July). Brookfield.

  Brookfield Properties Corporation (BPO: NYSE, TSX) and its Canadian-based subsidiary, BPO Properties Ltd. (BPP: TSX), today launched the 2.6 million square foot Bay Adelaide Centre development in Toronto's financial core in a ceremony attended by Toronto Mayor David Miller. Construction on the development commenced with the ceremonial knocking down of the "stump," a six-storey elevator core erected fifteen years ago by the previous owners of the site. The stump will be replaced by a new urban park that will serve as the focal point of the new project.

  Brookfield announced that it has signed a long-term lease with KPMG, one of Canada's leading professional services firms, for approximately 250,000 square feet in Bay Adelaide Centre West, the first tower of the three-phase project.

  Comprising approximately 1.1 million square feet, the 50-storey tower is the first new development in Toronto's financial core since BCE Place was completed in 1992. The Bay Adelaide site consists of two city blocks with approved density of 2.6 million square feet. The first tower, Bay Adelaide Centre West, will be located on the northeast corner of Bay Street and Adelaide Street.

  The design of the 50-storey Bay Adelaide West by WZMH Partners integrates the 11-storey historic façade of the former National Building, which will be rebuilt and restored to its 1926 grandeur. Toronto's Path system, 27 kilometers of public walkway and retail located one level below grade, will be completed with the connection through Bay Adelaide Centre under Adelaide Street into Scotia Plaza.

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• Trichur, Rita. (2006, 18 July). "Brookfield to begin T.O. office complex". Toronto Star.

  Brookfield Properties Corp. (TSX: BPO) is expected to kick off construction Wednesday on a long-awaited 50-storey office tower that promises to transform the heart of Toronto’s Bay Street financial district.

  Officials have previously said the development will begin with a 1.2-million-square-foot tower on Bay Street, replacing two low-rise buildings.

  Sources confirmed Tuesday that Phase 1 includes a 50-storey tower with a plaza and tunnel connecting it to nearby Scotia Plaza and the city’s underground pedestrian passageway system.

  Another source said the project’s later phases could include a 43-storey office-residential tower on Adelaide Street and a 49-storey hotel and condominium complex facing Temperance Street.

  The Bay-Adelaide property currently has a parking lot and the stump of a building, but has lay vacant since about 1988 after construction was halted on a previously planned 57-storey building following the collapse of the commercial real-estate market.

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• "Final Report" [1.08MB]. City Hall.

• "Staff Report" [1.04MB]. City Hall.

• "Staff Report" [2.86MB]. City Hall.