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NovæResUrbis CITY OF TORONTO EDITION VOL 13 • No 21
FRIDAY • MAY 22 • 2009

Green office tower
The province will spend $100 million retrofitting a
Toronto office tower to prove that its carbon footprint can
be reduced by employing a number of initiatives from the
recently passed Green Energy Act.
The iconic building at 222 Jarvis Street, formerly the
head office building of Sears Canada was recently acquired
by the province. The 455,000-square-foot building will be
retrofitted and aim for LEED-gold standing.
Toronto-based WZMH Architects was selected in
March to design the green workplace and the responses to
a request for proposals for a project manager are currently
under evaluation.
 
TOfan696 said:
NovæResUrbis CITY OF TORONTO EDITION VOL 13 • No 21
FRIDAY • MAY 22 • 2009

Green office tower
The province will spend $100 million retrofitting a
Toronto office tower to prove that its carbon footprint can
be reduced by employing a number of initiatives from the
recently passed Green Energy Act.
The iconic building at 222 Jarvis Street, formerly the
head office building of Sears Canada was recently acquired
by the province. The 455,000-square-foot building will be
retrofitted and aim for LEED-gold standing.
Toronto-based WZMH Architects was selected in
March to design the green workplace and the responses to
a request for proposals for a project manager are currently
under evaluation.
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You got to be kidding.:eek:

They are going to spend 100 million bucks retrofitting this crap, what a waste of Provincial and most likely taxpayers money.
Since when in Toronto is a 9 storey building an office tower.:rolleyes:

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Automation Gallery said:
You got to be kidding.:eek:

They are going to spend 100 million bucks retrofitting this crap, what a waste of Provincial and most likely taxpayers money.
Since when in Toronto is a 9 storey building an office tower.:rolleyes:
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Crap?!?

Its one of the most interesting buildings in this city. I would hate to see anything else besides a retrofit happen to it.
 
You're entitled to like the building, I kinda do too. (At least in terms of the outside view. I suspect I would not want to work in it, with much of the floor space being a long hike from any windows.)

This renovation / upgrade is apparently expected to cost about $219 per square foot. That seems a bit pricey to me. I'll be interested to see precisely what is obtained for that.
 
ProjectEnd said:
Don't take the bait Tuscani! Dickinson's designs are lost on those who enjoy the NY Towers...
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Sears isn't Dickinson.

And besides: merits aside, what *can* one do with, uh, "this crap"? Demolishing this kind of gargantua would waste an awful lot of embodied energy. The actual greenest thing to do: keep it, and make the most of it.

And don't pick on it being "only" 9 storeys.
 
I love it - distinctive, intimidating, even evil looking.

A fitting comment for post #666! ;)
 
There is an interesting staircase to nowhere on the south portion of the building, near the parking lot. Does anyone know what it was going to be used for?
 
Has the Gov't of ON announced who (which ministry?) will be moving in?

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Pwned!

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Make no mistake, 222 Jarvis is a wonderful building, but best appreciated in person.

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.

 
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