Ontario Realty Corp. to spend $100 million on green office conversion – Daily Commercial News
Posted by: admin / Category: LEED Certified Building, Ontario Real EstateThe Ontario Realty Corp.ORC is poised to start work this fall on a $100 million greening of a 40-year-old building in downtown Toronto. The retrofit is believed to be one of the largest of its kind in North America.
To be undertaken at the former Sears Canada head office on Jarvis Street, the project will create 455,000 square feet of state-of-the art green office space. A construction manager is expected to be hired by the end of this month.
Toronto’s WZMH Architects has been retained to help design the green workplace.
Schematic design is currently under way.
LEED Gold is being targeted. The project is scheduled to be completed by spring 2011.
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