Yonge Eglinton Centre

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 the Canada Square Complex 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.

The towers of the Yonge Eglinton Centre

The complex is undergoing a refit that will see 7 floors added to the 2300 Yonge Street and 5 floors added to 20 Eglinton Avenue West, as well as re-cladding the towers with curtain wall glass.[1]

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 as well as TTC (Toronto Transit Commission or simply the Subway) access.

2300 Yonge Street
RioCan Yonge Eglinton Centre
Alternative namesYonge Eglinton Centre I
General information
TypeCommercial offices
LocationToronto, Ontario
Completed1974
OwnerRioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Height
Top floor30
Technical details
Floor count30
Lifts/elevators12

20 Eglinton Avenue West
20 Eglinton Avenue West
Alternative namesYonge Eglinton Centre II
General information
TypeCommercial offices
LocationToronto, Ontario
Completed1974
OwnerRioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
Height
Top floor22
Technical details
Floor count22

Retail Complex

There are three levels for retail space below the towers.[2] The Yonge Eglinton Centre houses over 65 stores and services:[3][4]

In 1973, T. Eaton Company opened one of its Horizon discount department stores at the property.[7] 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
  1. http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/05/what_the_new_yonge_eglinton_centre_will_look_like/
  2. http://www.yongeeglintoncentre.com/directory-map/#/
  3. "Information". Yonge Eglinton Centre. Placewise Digital Network. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. "Directory". Yonge Eglinton Centre. Placewise Digital Network. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. "Cineplex Cinemas Yonge-Eglinton and VIP". Cineplex. Cineplex. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. https://www.flickr.com/photos/grocerymaniaagain/9098090929
  7. 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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