Intact Centre | |
Coordinates: | 43.6589°N -79.3913°W |
Building Type: | Office building |
Architectural Style: | International |
Address: | 700 University Avenue |
Location City: | Toronto, Ontario |
Location Country: | Canada |
Completion Date: | 1976 |
Opened Date: | 1976 |
Owner: | KingSett Capital Inc. |
Floor Count: | 20 |
Floor Area: | 113898m2 |
Elevator Count: | 17 |
Architect: | Kenneth Raymond Cooper, Kenneth H. Candy |
Architecture Firm: | Gordon S. Adamson and Associates |
Awards: | BOMA Canada 2020 TOBY |
Designations: | LEED Gold, Fitwel 1 Star, BOMA BEST Gold, WiredScore Platinum, WELL, Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility |
Public Transit: | Queen's Park |
The Intact Centre is an office building located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that serves as the head offices of Ontario Power Generation and Intact Financial. It was originally built in 1975 for Ontario Hydro (of which OPG is a successor company) and has been previously known as Hydro Place, Ontario Hydro Building and Ontario Power Building. The building is owned by Triovest.
It was designed by the architect Kenneth Raymond Cooper with Consulting Architect Kenneth H. Candy, Chief Architect of Ontario Hydro, and Adamson Associates. Located at 700 University Avenue at the intersection of College Street in Downtown Toronto, the International Style building stands at 80.0 m and 19 floors with 113898m2 of space.
The building is served by Queen's Park station on the Toronto subway. The subway station connects the building to the MaRS Discovery District.
The building has a food court on the main floor which has restaurants such as Swiss Chalet, Subway, Tim Hortons, and Mr. Souvlaki. It also contains an INS convenience store, dental and eye offices. This food court is very popular among the people who work in the building as well as older students who go to Orde Street Junior Public School.