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 Canada Square 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.
A revitalization project completed in 2016 saw 7 floors added to 2300 Yonge Street and 5 floors added to 20 Eglinton Avenue West, as well as re-cladding the towers with curtain wall glass. A new publicly-accessible rooftop patio and green wall were also installed.[1] [2]
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.
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, and provides TTC subway access via a concourse-level tunnel.
| 2300 Yonge Street | |
| Alternate Names: | Yonge Eglinton Centre I |
| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Completion Date: | 1974 |
| Building Type: | Commercial offices |
| Top Floor: | 30 |
| Floor Count: | 30 |
| Elevator Count: | 12 |
| Owner: | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
| 20 Eglinton Avenue West | |
| Alternate Names: | Yonge Eglinton Centre II |
| Location: | Toronto, Ontario |
| Completion Date: | 1974 |
| Building Type: | Commercial offices |
| Top Floor: | 22 |
| Floor Count: | 22 |
| Owner: | RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust |
There are three levels for retail space below the towers.[3] The Yonge Eglinton Centre houses over 65 stores and services:[4] [5]
In 1973, T. Eaton Company opened one of its Horizon discount department stores at the property.[8] 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.