The $500-milllion, 53-storey
Ritz-Carlton opened last week at 181 Wellington Street West.
Designed by
Architects Alliance,
Kohn Pederson Fox and
Page and Steele Architects and built by
Graywood,
Cadillac Fairview and Ritz Carlton, the building is part hotel and part condominium, with 267 hotel rooms and 159 residential units.
Currently the only Ritz Carlton in Toronto the hotel opened to much attention, with the mayor in attendance and both the
Toronto Star and the
Globe and Mail running stories.
Excavation began in 2006, with construction starting a year later.
The hotel is part of a surge in luxury hotel condos in the city. The first,
The Hazelton, opened in 2008, the
Shangri-La is under construction at University and Adelaide and the new
Four Seasons, just north of The Hazelton on Bay Street, is also under construction.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Melanie Greco
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