Intact Centre

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Intact Centre
Pharmacy and hydro buildings Toronto.jpg
Intact Centre with the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building to the right
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Former names
    • Hydro Place,
    • Ontario Hydro Building,
    • Ontario Power Building
General information
TypeOffice building
Address700 University Avenue
Town or cityToronto, Ontario
CountryCanada
Coordinates43°39′32″N 79°23′29″W / 43.658876°N 79.391273°W / 43.658876; -79.391273Coordinates: 43°39′32″N 79°23′29″W / 43.658876°N 79.391273°W / 43.658876; -79.391273
Completed1975
Technical details
Floor count19
Floor area113,898 m2 (1,225,990 sq ft)
Other information
Public transit accessTTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg Queen's Park

The Intact Centre is an office building located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that serves as the head offices of Ontario Power Generation and Intact Financial. It was originally built in 1975 for Ontario Hydro (of which OPG is a successor company) and has been previously known as Hydro Place, Ontario Hydro Building and Ontario Power Building.

It was designed by the architect Kenneth Raymond Cooper with Consulting Architect Kenneth H. Candy, Chief Architect of Ontario Hydro, and Adamson Associates. Located at 700 University Avenue at the intersection of College Street in Downtown Toronto, the International Style building stands at 80.0 m and 19 floors with 113,898 m2 (1,225,990 sq ft) of space.[citation needed]

The building is served by Queen's Park station on the Toronto subway.

See also

External links

  • "Intact Centre". SkyscraperPage.
  • Ontario Power Building at TO Built