Yonge Eglinton Centre

Yonge Eglinton Centre is a complex of two office buildings located at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including a small shopping concourse. It is located across the street from the Canada Square Complex and once of a few office towers found north of Bloor Street. It is connect via a lower level tunnel to Eglinton subway station.

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 cladding the towers with curtain wall glass.[1]

Built in the 1970s, it required the demolition of an existing Dominion supermarket, as well as F.W. Woolworth store and some residential homes to the west.

Buildings

2300 Yonge Street

The tower is anchored by the complex owner's, RioCan, whom relocated their head office at 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
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:[2]

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. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/grocerymaniaagain/9098090929

Coordinates: 43°42′26″N 79°23′57″W / 43.707245°N 79.39903°W / 43.707245; -79.39903

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