InterContinental Toronto Centre

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InterContinental Toronto Centre
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InterContinental Toronto Centre and the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
InterContinental Toronto Centre
General information
Address225 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 2X3
Coordinates 43°38′39″N79°23′12″W / 43.64417°N 79.38667°W / 43.64417; -79.38667
Opening1984
Owner Canadian National Railway 1984-1988,
Canada Lands Company 1988-2011,
Oxford Properties, 2011–present
Management Canadian National Hotels 1984-1988,
Canadian Pacific Hotels 1988-1993,
InterContinental Hotels Group 1993-present
Technical details
Floor count25
Floor area+ 18733 sq ft (meeting rooms and ball room only)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Crang and Boake
Developer Canadian National Railway and Canada Lands Company
Other information
Number of rooms448
Number of suites138
Number of restaurants1 (Azure)
Parking1200 shared with Metro Toronto Convention Centre North Building
Website
www.torontocentre.intercontinental.com

The InterContinental Toronto Centre is a hotel located in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre complex on Front Street West in the former Railway Lands. The hotel is managed by InterContinental Hotels.

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The hotel was constructed by the Canadian National Railway, and opened in 1984 as L'Hôtel. The modern concrete-clad tower was the last hotel built for Canadian National Hotels, on former CN railway land that was supposed to be part of the Metro Centre development (only the CN Tower was built). It was operated by CN Hotels until 1988, when that chain merged with Canadian Pacific Hotels. The hotel property was transferred from CN to Canada Lands Company and CP Hotels assumed management. InterContinental Hotels Group took over management in 1993 and the hotel was renamed Crowne Plaza Toronto Centre. [1] [2] In September 2003, after the hotel completed a C$21 million renovation, it transferred to IHG's upscale InterContinental brand and was renamed InterContinental Toronto Centre. [3] Canada Lands sold the hotel to Oxford Properties in September 2011 [4] for C$225 million. [5]

The hotel overlooks the tracks from Union Station (Toronto) and the south sections of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

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