The InterContinental Toronto Centre is a hotel located in the downtown core of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre complex on Front Street West in the former Railway Lands. The hotel is managed by InterContinental Hotels.
The hotel was constructed by the Canadian National Railway, and opened in 1984 as L'Hôtel. The modern concrete-clad tower was the last hotel built for Canadian National Hotels, on former CN railway land that was supposed to be part of the Metro Centre development (only the CN Tower was built). It was operated by CN Hotels until 1988, when that chain merged with Canadian Pacific Hotels. The hotel property was transferred from CN to Canada Lands Company and CP Hotels assumed management. InterContinental Hotels Group took over management in 1993 and the hotel was renamed Crowne Plaza Toronto Centre.[1][2] In September 2003, after the hotel completed a C$21 million renovation, it transferred to IHG's upscale InterContinental brand and was renamed InterContinental Toronto Centre.[3] Canada Lands sold the hotel to Oxford Properties in September 2011[4] for C$225 million.[5]
The hotel overlooks the tracks from Union Station (Toronto) and the south sections of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
See also
- CN Tower - connected by Skywalk
- Rogers Centre - connected by Skywalk
- Fairmont Royal York
- CBC Broadcasting Centre
- Simcoe Place
- CityPlace, Toronto - southwest of the hotel
References
- ^ intercontinental toronto centre fact sheet intercontinental. Docstoc.com (2009-12-07). Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
- ^ InterContinental Toronto Centre | Buildings[usurped]. Emporis. Retrieved on 2013-07-26.
- ^ "InterContinental expands Toronto presence - The Globe and Mail".
- ^ "Oxford Properties to Acquire Metro Toronto Convention Centre Complex from Canada Lands Company". Archived from the original on 2019-01-25.
- ^ "Sale of Prime Downtown Toronto Landholding: Metro Toronto Convention Centre (North Building) Intercontinental Hotel – HLT Advisory Inc".
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