Hyatt on King West (Holiday Inn remake)

[MatrixElement]

Sign, August 7

Noticed today that the sign cladding has finally been installed on the frame, within the past day or two I suspect.

 

[DSCToronto]

Noticed today that the sign cladding has finally been installed on the frame, within the past day or two I suspect.

They were working on it when I went past on Wednesday so it's certainly new!

 

[MatrixElement]

Sign, August 21

The sign has been installed recently. August 21:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41002894@N07/3844545338/

 

[yyzer]

thx matrix, nice pics on the updates tonight!

 

[daptive]

Sorry for perhaps the longest useless bumps of all bumps, but can someone smarter than me tell me if this Zoning Review I stumbled upon is relevant in any way or if it’s discussed somewhere else? It was submitted to the city July this year

 

[ProjectEnd]

It is. They've been looking at abandoning the office space on the lower floors of the building (most people mistakenly think this is all hotel) and converting that area to rooms for awhile now. The direction makes sense as Toronto is hotel-constrained, and Class B office over-supplied. There are currently huge vacancies here too so I think a conversion is a positive step:

https://www.cbre.ca/resources/fileassets/CA-Plus-379783/ec909a0c/370%20King%20W%20-%20Flyer%20January%202025%20-%20Broker_Compressed.pdf

 

[christiesplits]

It is. They've been looking at abandoning the office space on the lower floors of the building (most people mistakenly think this is all hotel) and converting that area to rooms for awhile now. The direction makes sense as Toronto is hotel-constrained, and Class B office over-supplied. There are currently huge vacancies here too so I think a conversion is a positive step:

https://www.cbre.ca/resources/fileassets/CA-Plus-379783/ec909a0c/370%20King%20W%20-%20Flyer%20January%202025%20-%20Broker_Compressed.pdf

Does Rogers/Sportsnet still have office space there? They used to rent TV studio space in the CBC Building and have their back offices at the Hyatt.

 

[innsertnamehere]

It is. They've been looking at abandoning the office space on the lower floors of the building (most people mistakenly think this is all hotel) and converting that area to rooms for awhile now. The direction makes sense as Toronto is hotel-constrained, and Class B office over-supplied. There are currently huge vacancies here too so I think a conversion is a positive step:

https://www.cbre.ca/resources/fileassets/CA-Plus-379783/ec909a0c/370%20King%20W%20-%20Flyer%20January%202025%20-%20Broker_Compressed.pdf

Yup. Toronto desperately needs new hotel space and we seem to finally be seeing signs of some real supply growth on that front downtown. The last decade actually saw a decline in total hotel rooms downtown so it's an important shift.

 

[JasonParis]

Does Rogers/Sportsnet still have office space there? They used to rent TV studio space in the CBC Building and have their back offices at the Hyatt.

No on both accounts. But I believe it was actually The Score/Out-TV who had the space here. Rogers used the CBC for Hockey Night in Canada studio and office space.

 

[daptive]

Does Rogers/Sportsnet still have office space there? They used to rent TV studio space in the CBC Building and have their back offices at the Hyatt.

No on both accounts. But I believe it was actually The Score/Out-TV who had the space here. Rogers used the CBC for Hockey Night in Canada studio and office space.

Yep it used to be The Score but now the studio space is an Anytime Fitness.

 

[Amare]

Does Rogers/Sportsnet still have office space there? They used to rent TV studio space in the CBC Building and have their back offices at the Hyatt.

No on both accounts. But I believe it was actually The Score/Out-TV who had the space here. Rogers used the CBC for Hockey Night in Canada studio and office space.

After the unfortunate acquisition of The Score by Rogers, it was re-branded as what we know today as Sportsnet 360.

SN360 operated briefly out of the same building as The Score did, but eventually packed up shop for Mount Pleasant.

 

[ProjectEnd]

The Score may have had studio space here, but their main office was in 500 King West until 2023 or so, when they moved down into Waterfront Innovation Centre.