Yonge Eglinton Centre is a complex of two office buildings located on the northwest corner of Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including a small shopping concourse. It is located across the street from Canada Square and, at time of construction, two of only a few large office towers found north of Bloor Street. It is connected via tunnel to Eglinton subway station.
A revitalization project completed in 2016 saw 7 floors added to 2300 Yonge Street and 5 floors added to 20 Eglinton Avenue West, as well as re-cladding the towers with curtain wall glass. A new publicly-accessible rooftop patio and green wall were also installed.[1][2]
History
Construction started in the early 1970s by partnership of Greenwin and Horizon developers, and required the demolition of an existing Dominion supermarket, as well as F.W. Woolworth store and some residential homes to the west.
The project was completed in several phases. The first phase consisted of large 23 storey rental apartment building at 411 Duplex Avenue, followed by 20 Eglinton West and half the base retail concourse.
Phase Two was construction of the remainder of the retail over the entire block and construction of the other office tower at 2300 Yonge Street.
Final Phase was construction of a large rental apartment building at 33 Orchardview.
Buildings
2300 Yonge Street
The tower is anchored by the complex owners, RioCan, who relocated their head office to Tower I in 2007. The building houses many offices and retail shops in the lobby, and provides TTC subway access via a concourse-level tunnel.
| 2300 Yonge Street | |
|---|---|
 RioCan Yonge Eglinton Centre | |
| Alternative names | Yonge Eglinton Centre I |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Owner | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 30 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 30 |
| Lifts/elevators | 12 |
20 Eglinton Avenue West
| 20 Eglinton Avenue West | |
|---|---|
| Alternative names | Yonge Eglinton Centre II |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial offices |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Owner | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 22 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 22 |
Retail Complex
There are three levels for retail space below the towers.[3] The Yonge Eglinton Centre houses over 65 stores and services:[4][5]
- The Fresh Tea Shop
- Winners
- Toys "R" Us
- GoodLife Fitness
- Cineplex VIP[6]
- Pickle Barrel
- Indigo Books
- Urban Outfitters
- Metro - originally as Dominion which occupied the site before the complex was built[7]
- HSBC
- Rexall
- Sephora
- Tim Hortons
In 1973, T. Eaton Company opened one of its Horizon discount department stores at the property.[8] The space was converted to a regular Eaton's store upon the closure of the Horizon chain in January 1978; the Eaton's store closed in the 1990s.
References
- ↑ Bateman, Chris (2013-05-16). "What the new Yonge Eglinton Centre will look like". BlogTO.
- ↑ Grief, Amy (2016-09-29). "This is what the new Yonge Eglinton Centre looks like". BlogTO. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
- ↑ "Yonge Eglinton Centre ::: Toronto ::: ON".
- ↑ "Information". Yonge Eglinton Centre. Placewise Digital Network. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Directory". Yonge Eglinton Centre. Placewise Digital Network. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Eglinton and VIP". Cineplex. Cineplex. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/grocerymaniaagain/9098090929
- ↑ McQueen, Rod (1999). The Eatons : the rise and fall of Canada's royal family (Internet Archive). Toronto ON: Stoddart. pp. 172–173. ISBN 0773760784. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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