Building Design Data

• Eight floors above ground, including ground floor retail space and seven floors office space.
   
• The building is designed to respect the neighbourhood and pedestrian traffic. Building elevations facing King & Ontario Streets are designed to be as transparent as possible, reducing the mass of the building. The ground floor is recessed back from the sidewalk, providing pedestrians with a wider sidewalk area, and opening up the corner of King & Ontario Streets for better visibility for approaching vehicles.
   
• Top floors have a central atrium serving to bring natural light into the centre of the building, as well as opening up the entire top three floors to each other.
   
• Cast in place concrete structure uses a high percentage of recycled material in the concrete.
   
• Roof surface is covered with white membrane to reduce heat island effect in the neighbourhood and reduce solar heat gain in the building, which will reduce air conditioning energy costs.
   
• Three levels of underground parking provide a total of 80 parking spaces.
   
• Building design and specifications submitted for LEED (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) Certification. Potentially the first commercial building in Toronto to obtain this certification.
   
• Projected energy consumption of 30-50% less than a comparable building of typical design.
   
• All rainwater from the site is collected in tanks in the lower level of the building, and the collected water is treated and re-used to provide flushing of washroom fixtures.
   
• All office space is provided with full raised floors, complete with under-floor air distribution, saving energy costs and providing the highest possible levels of individual control of environment for each occupant.
   
• Latest technology elevator systems consume up to 50% less energy than traditional systems.
   
• All windows are equipped with light louvers at the top. These louvers serve to capture sunlight and reflect it into the space along the ceiling to provide natural light, reducing electrical lighting costs, as well as reducing solar heat gain along the window, which will reduce air conditioning energy costs.
   
• Floor-to-ceiling glass walls on south and west walls are blue tinted with low-e glazing to allow natural sunlight transmission with reduced heat gain. Again, to reduce air conditioning energy costs.