The Hazelton Edit Building

Identification

Approximate Address - 134 Yorkville Avenue [map]

City - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Region - Greater Golden Horseshoe

Nearby Buildings - The Prince Arthur, The Residences of Hazelton Lanes, 100 Yorkville - Tower 1, 100 Yorkville - Tower 2, 66 Avenue Road, Park Hyatt North, Park Hyatt South, 146 Bloor Street West, Renaissance Plaza, 151 Bloor Street West

Technical

Type - High-Rise

Designation - Condominium, Hotel

Status - Complete

Height - 33m108feet

Floors - 9

Units - 95 suites

Suites - From 57m²620feet²

Companies

Architect - Page & Steele Architects Inc.

Interior Design - Yabu Pushelberg

Building Record History

2007-08-15

Reference Material

Contributors: Mark Simpson, Rod Taylor

• Wong, Tony. (2006, 18 November). "Posh hostelry takes on the Ritz, Four Seasons". Toronto Star.

  Now Tenter — known affectionately as the mayor of Yorkville because of his larger-than-life status in Toronto's most upscale retail district — is set to battle his former employer from a new hotel at Yorkville Ave. and Hazelton Lanes, right across the street from the Four Seasons. When the Hazelton Hotel and Private Residences opens its doors in June it will be, for starters, the most expensive place in the city to crash for the night.

  It will feature the largest rooms, the tiniest starting at a condo-sized 620 square feet, (56 square metres). Its washrooms will have walls cut from a solid sheet of marble. The nine-storey building will be made of costly limestone. But more importantly, there are a growing number of people in the industry who believe that by this time next year it will be considered the best hotel in the city.

  Make no mistake: no one thinks the 77-room Hazelton will sound the death knell for the Ritz or the Four Seasons, both giant luxury chains that are global brands. But it will give the most demanding clients of those chains an appealing alternative as the Hazelton tries to skim the cream off the top. And there are bragging rights at stake in being considered Toronto's finest hotel.

  Except that Toronto developers Peter Cohen and Bruce Greenberg have put together an all-star team from the worlds of design and hospitality. The interiors will be designed by Glenn Pushelberg and George Yabu of Yabu Pushelberg in their first Toronto hotel; food will be provided by chef and reality TV star Mark McEwan of Bymark and North 44; architecture is by Sol Wassermuhl of Page + Steele.

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• Tomaselli, Christine. (2005, 7 May). "Luxury hotel includes 18 private suites". Toronto Star.

  It's an address for the affluent. Small, luxurious and intimate, it's been developed, designed and built by an all-Canadian team. It's the new Hazelton Hotel and Private Residences to be built on the northwest corner of Yorkville and Hazelton Avenues.

  And when the guests and residents arrive, early in 2007, they'll experience the kind of comfort and personal service befitting a five-star development with 77 hotel rooms and 18 residences.

  For starters, it will be a limestone building of only nine storeys. A private elevator will take residents to their individual suites which will range in size from 2,800 square feet to 8,200 square feet. Column-free interiors will allow for freedom of design and standard features include, floor-to-ceiling windows, 11-foot ceilings and French doors that open onto a private terrace.

  The finishing of the private residences will be completed by J.F. Brennan Design Build Inc., a residential builder in Toronto and Palm Beach, Florida. Yabu Pushelberg, interior designer of landmark projects such as Le Meridien Hotels, MGM Mirage and Neiman Marcus and Holt Renfrew, has been retained to design the interior and common areas of the Hazelton and Page + Steele Incorporated are the architects of the building.

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