CIBC Square
CIBC Square will provide major new mixed-use development and transport hub in the heart of Toronto’s financial district. The scheme provides twin 250m-high office towers positioned on opposite sides of a rail corridor, linked at high level by a sky park. The overall development integrates closely with the public transport system providing a new bus terminal for Metrolinx, as well as new connections into Toronto’s Union Station, subway and lightrail (LRT) systems. The towers will form the new headquarters for CIBC Bank, extending Toronto’s financial district towards Lake Ontario creating a ‘campus-style’ development on Bay Street. Bridges and walkways will link directly into Union Station. Both towers feature a lightly folded glazed façade, creating a diamond pattern which repeats every ten storeys, adding a vertical scale and modulation contrasting with the surrounding buildings. The project is being constructed in two phases, the first phase, the 54-storey 81 Bay Street, is currently on site and due for completion in 2021. It comprises approximately 18,580m² of trading floors as well as amenity spaces including restaurants, retail, conference facilities and the new bus terminal.
Details Location: Toronto, Canada Client: Ivanhoé Cambridge Design Architect: WilkinsonEyre Executive Architect: Adamson Associates Services Engineer: The Mitchell Partnership Structural Engineer: Read Jones Christoffersen Phase one area: 205,020m² Phase one height: 248m Phase one storeys: 54 Date: Phase one completion due 2021; Phase two completion due 2022 LEED rating: Platinum (target)
14 August 2020
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