EY Tower

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EY Tower
EY Tower Toronto - 2017.jpg
The building in May 2017.
EY Tower
Former namesErnst & Young Tower
100 Adelaide Street West
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeOffice, Retail
Architectural style Neomodern
Address100 Adelaide Street West
Town or city Toronto, Ontario
CountryCanada
Coordinates 43°38′58.902″N79°22′56.611″W / 43.64969500°N 79.38239194°W / 43.64969500; -79.38239194
Completed2017
Owner Oxford Properties
Height188 m (617 ft)
Technical details
Floor count42
Floor area199,335.0 m2 (2,145,624 sq ft) [1]
Design and construction
Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox
WZMH Architects
EngineerStephenson Engineering
Civil engineer MMM Group
Website
www.100asw.com

The EY Tower (formerly known as the Ernst & Young Tower and 100 Adelaide Street West) is a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at 100 Adelaide Street West. [2] The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and WZMH Architects. [3]

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Original site

At its 1928 opening, 100 Adelaide Street West, was the Concourse Building which was a 14-story Art Deco structure. 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. [4] The Concourse was designed by the firm of Baldwin and Greene. [5] Oxford Properties took control of the building in 1998 and released plans to replace the Concourse Building with a new tower. [6] The Concourse's defenders tried to find a buyer for the building, though Oxford refused to sell the site. [7]

The decision to demolish the Concourse Building was controversial, but the Toronto and East York community councils ultimately voted in favour of the demolition in May 2000, with a vote of 38 to 12. [8]

New building

Office Lobby Ernst & Young Tower Toronto Office Lobby 2021.jpg
Office Lobby

Oxford released plans for the new building on 17 June 2013. [7] 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. [9] Ernst and Young, the primary tenant of the new building, will be leasing 20,900 square metres (225,000 sq ft) of office space. [9]

EY Tower is 188 m (617 ft) high, with 42 floors and a total area of 84,000 square metres (900,000 sq ft). [10] The base of the new tower includes the south and east walls of the original Concourse Building and is integrated into the PATH as part of Oxford's Richmond-Adelaide Centre. The main tenants of the building are Ernst & Young, OMERS and TMX Group. In addition to a new public space and renovated entrance through the Concourse Building, the tower also features a 460 m2 (5,000 sq ft) outdoor terrace on the 14th floor. The building is LEED Platinum certified. [11] The building was completed in 2017. [12]

Construction

After many stages of planning, the tower's construction started in July 2014. [13] On 23 April 2015, a worker fell 5 metres (16 ft) near the construction site and was pronounced dead at the scene. [14] [ clarify ] The Tower was topped-out in June 2016 and opened in May 2017. [15] [16] [17]

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