One Yonge Street
| One Yonge Street | |
|---|---|
 One Yonge Street in 2008 | |
 | |
| Alternative names | Toronto Star Building |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Office |
| Address | 1 Yonge Street |
| Town or city | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Current tenants | Zeinact Ventures, Collège Boréal |
| Completed | 1970 |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Height | 101 metres (331 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 25 |
One Yonge Street (previously known as the Toronto Star Building) is a 25-storey office building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building served as the headquarters of Torstar and its flagship newspaper, the Toronto Star, from 1971 to 2022.[1][2] It is 101 metres (331 feet) tall and built in the Modernist architectural style.[3] The building is located at the corner of Yonge Street and Queens Quay. [1]
The building also housed the printing presses for the Toronto Star's print edition until 1992,[4] when a new press centre was opened in Vaughan, Ontario.[5] The finished newspaper content is sent electronically to the plant where the plates are burnt and the paper is printed and distributed.[5]
The office space at One Yonge Street is leased out to a variety of other companies, including Pinnacle International, the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation, RL Solutions, Starbucks, Luminus Financial, a dental office, and the downtown Toronto campus of Collège Boréal.[6]
Torstar sold the building and its surrounding property to a private holding company in 2000 for $40 million, but the newspaper continued to occupy several floors of the building on a long-term lease.[7] In December 2021, the Toronto Star announced that it would vacate the building and move its offices to The Well, an office complex that hosts other companies, in 2022.[8] The move was completed in November 2022.[2]
Redevelopment
[edit]The parking lot and podium associated with this building are part of a high-profile development known as Pinnacle One Yonge by developer Pinnacle International and designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects.[9] The project includes five skyscrapers on two parcels of land bisected by an eastern extension of Harbour Street. The tallest tower would reach 106 storeys for a total height of 352 metres, making it the tallest in Canada.[10] The three residential towers would total 2,962 condo units, and the two commercial towers would provide 154,000 sq.m of space.[11] In 2024, Pinnacle modified its plans for the former Toronto Star building as they applied for a demolition permit and plan to construct two additional buildings, each exceeding 90 stories in height.[12]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Toronto Star Building". SkyscraperPage. Victoria, British Columbia: Skyscraper Source Media. Archived from the original on 10 May 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b Zwolinski, Mark (5 November 2022). "Proudfoot Corner: The Star's newsroom full of memories". Toronto Star. Torstar. p. S6. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 15 June 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Emporis building ID 112655". Emporis. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Star Staff (6 December 1971). "A flick of switches and news is flowing from One Yonge St". Toronto Star (All Star ed.). Torstar. pp. A1, A5. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 16 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Small, Peter (3 November 1992). "Presses, robots on roll at Star's new plant". Toronto Star. Torstar. p. A7. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 16 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Star Staff (25 January 2012). "College Boreal to spend $3.8 million on new Toronto campus". The Sudbury Star. Sudbury, Ontario: Sun Media. ISSN 0839-2544. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Marr, Garry (2 August 2012). "Condo tower planned for Toronto Star parking lot". National Post. Toronto: Postmedia. p. A8. ISSN 1486-8008. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Dimanno, Rosie (29 December 2021). "Star's move requires a rethink of the office". Toronto Star. Torstar. p. A2. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ White, Craig (16 October 2017). "Pinnacle One Yonge Models and Diagrams Show More Detail". Urban Toronto. Toronto: Chart Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 18 October 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Teles, Anthony (22 May 2025). "UrbanToronto Tours Supertall-to-be 'SkyTower' at Pinnacle One Yonge". Urban Toronto. Toronto: Chart Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 27 May 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Mirabelli, Julian (24 March 2016). "1-7 Yonge Redevelopment to Include Toronto's Tallest Tower". Urban Toronto. Toronto: Chart Communications Inc. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ Landau, Jack (9 December 2024). "Prominent Toronto office tower will be completely demolished". blogTO. Toronto: ZoomerMedia. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2025.