
Featured Project
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.
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 |
