16 York

Toronto, Canada

Located in Toronto’s South Core district, 16 York is a 32-storey commercial development by Cadillac Fairview. The tower has been designed to be architecturally integrated with the Ïce complex to the south.

16 York

Toronto, Canada

Extending the Ïce towers' shared tabletop podium to the north, 16 York meets the street level with a tall atrium lobby and retail spaces. Below grade, a new connection to the PATH is extended via Maple Leaf Square and through to Union Station. Three underground parking levels offer a total of 289 spaces.

Entuitive was retained by Cadillac Fairview to serve as the Structural Engineering Consultant.

location

Toronto, Canada

Budget

$479 M

LEED Certification

Targeting LEED® Platinum

Size

81,661 m²; 879,000 ft²

Architect

B + H Architects (Architect of Record); architects Alliance (Design Architect)

Client

Cadillac Fairview

Role

Structural Engineering Consultant

Challenge

The big architectural move for the building consists of a 1.5-metre side shift of the building at the 22nd floor in two directions.

Solution

We were successful in avoiding transfer girders by developing a column shift transfer. This allowed the design to maintain the floor-to-floor heights as well as the column position at the perimeter of the building. On one side of the building the column transfer permits the cantilevering to occur and on the opposite the column transfer permits the span condition to be resolved.

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16 York