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King Blue

355 King Street West, Toronto

Located at the corner of King Street West and Blue Jays Way, King Blue integrates a 6-story heritage façade with two new residential towers. The façade of the Canadian Westinghouse building was retained on site while the below grade levels were excavated and rebuilt. The façade retention was the tallest in Canada at the time and created the new face of the Sutton Place Hotel.

An inner courtyard and pick-up/drop-off area lies in the middle of the podium and partially under one of the towers. A series of bisecting storey-high walls span over the courtyard and support the tower above, acting as a vertical transfer structure.

Status Completed 2019

ClientEaston's Group
Greenland Group
Northland Group

ArchitectPage + Steele/IBI Group (now part of Arcadis)



Retaining the Westinghouse façade on site and designing the new foundation required coordination with municipal services due to the number of buried utilities along King Street. Being the tallest façade retention to date, data was collected increasing our understanding of how retention systems perform in situ.

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King Blue
Number Of Buildings 2
Building Height 154.1 metres (north); 140.9 metres (south)
Floors Above Grade 51 (47 occupied) (north); 48 (44 occupied) (south)
Floors Below Grade 5
Residential Units 902 (condo); 121 (hotel rooms)
GSA 1,111,850 sq. ft.
Building Type High-Rise
Materials Concrete, Masonry
Occupancy Mixed-Use; Residential (Condo); Commercial (Hotel, Restaurant, Retail))
Specialty Components Facade Retention