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The Ernst & Young Tower (formally 100 Adelaide Street West) is a skyscraper currently under construction in Toronto, Ontario at 100 Adelaide Street West. The building was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and WZMH Architects.

Original site

100 Adelaide Street West originally housed the Concourse Building, an a 14-story Art Deco building that opened in 1928. The building was famous for its mosaics, designed by Group of Seven member J.E.H. MacDonald. Oxford Properties took control of the building in 1998 and released plans to replace the Concourse Building with a new tower.

The decision to demolish the Concourse Building was controversial, but the Toronto city council ultimately voted in favor of the demolition in May of 2000.

New building

Oxford released plans for the new building on June 17, 2013. 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. Ernst and Young, the primary tenant of the new building, will be leasing 225,000 square feet of office space.

When finished, Ernst & Young Tower will be 617 feet high, with 42 floors and total area of 900,000 square feet. The base of the new tower will include the south and east walls of the original Concourse Building and will be integrated into the PATH as part of Oxford’s Richmond-Adelaide Centre. The anchor tenants of the building will be Ernst & Young and TMX Group. The new building is already 45% pre-leased. In addition to a new public space and renovated entrance through the Concourse Building, the tower will also feature a 5,000 square foot outdoor terrace on the 6th floor. When complete, the building will be LEED Platinum certified. The tower is currently under construction and will be completed by 2017.

See also

• Concourse Building

References

1. "100 ADELAIDE STREET WEST – PUBLIC ART PLAN" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
2. Landau, Jack (November 25, 2014). "Oxford's EY Tower Reaches Grade in the Financial District". Urban Toronto.
3. Hume, Christopher (June 14, 2013). "Celebrated Toronto Art Deco tower victim of growth: Hume". Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd.
4. "Oxford Properties moves ahead with new Toronto office tower". The Globe & Mall. June 12, 2013.
5. "Draft By-laws - Official Plan Amendment and Rezoning - 100, 120 and 130 Adelaide Street West, 12 and 22 Sheppard Street and 85 and 111 Richmond Street West (Downtown)" (PDF). City of Toronto. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
6. Bradburn, Jamie (June 21, 2013). "Goodbye Historic Concourse Building, Hello Ernst & Young Tower". Torontoist.
7. Giuliano, Dylan (June 13, 2013). "Oxford Renames 100 Adelaide West as the Ernst and Young Tower". Urban Toronto.
8. "100 Adelaide W". Oxford Properties Group. Retrieved 1 March 2015. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
9. White, Craig (February 26, 2013). "Concourse Building Cleared for Redevelopment of 100 Adelaide West". Urban Toronto.
10. "100 Adelaide West". Urban Toronto. Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links

• 100 Adelaide Street West, Oxford Properties
• 100 Adelaide Street floor plans, Oxford Properties
• Ernst & Young Tower official website
• Ernst & Young Tower on Emporis

• Skyscrapers in Toronto
• Buildings and structures in Toronto
• PATH (Toronto)
• Skyscrapers between 150 and 199 meters
• Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings