Project Facts
Client
Allied Properties REIT, RioCan REIT
Location
Toronto, ON
Status
Completed 2019
Size
440,000 Sq. Ft.
Partner
LEED
LEED® Platinum
LEED® Gold status
The King Portland Centre at 620 King Street West is a 13-storey office building and a 15-storey rental residential development in the heart of the densifying King West District. Stepping back from the street, the base podium features large, bricked arches to frame the ground floor retail and help connect the existing buildings with the new. Respecting the material form of the neighbourhood, the development seamlessly integrates with the existing Victorian commercial building to the east and three renovated rowhouses, unifying the existing interior lanes and courtyards. The 35,000 square metres of new space is supported by amenity terraces for the office workers and residents, as well as three levels of underground parking.
A true mixed-use project, the King Portland Centre assembles a complex block of disparate buildings and functions into a cohesive village-like neighbourhood. Light-filled, brick-paved laneways are lined with shops and cafés to encourage pedestrian access and provide direct connections to Adelaide, King, and Portland Streets. With a guiding principle of long-term sustainability, the project was carried out with an integrated design approach to meet its sustainability requirements, with the office portion achieving LEED® Platinum status and the residential portion of the development achieving LEED® Gold status.
Project Facts
Client
Allied Properties REIT, RioCan REIT
Location
Toronto, ON
Status
Completed 2019
Size
440,000 Sq. Ft.
Partner
LEED
LEED® Platinum
LEED® Gold status
Original Concept Sketch
Original Concept Sketch
The Kind Portland Centre considers the elements of Toronto’s trendy King Street West neighbourhood that bring a sense of community, character, and a vibrant city life to the streets. These include spacious outdoor dining spaces, heritage brick facades and an abundance of greenery that is woven throughout the neighbourhood.
The Kind Portland Centre considers the elements of Toronto’s trendy King Street West neighbourhood that bring a sense of community, character, and a vibrant city life to the streets. These include spacious outdoor dining spaces, heritage brick facades and an abundance of greenery that is woven throughout the neighbourhood.
The development optimizes the complex urban conditions and creates a network of public laneways connecting King and Adelaide streets to generate a vibrant inner block life lined with restaurants, outdoor patios, and passageways that encourage pedestrian discovery.
The development optimizes the complex urban conditions and creates a network of public laneways connecting King and Adelaide streets to generate a vibrant inner block life lined with restaurants, outdoor patios, and passageways that encourage pedestrian discovery.
An early model study of the King Portland Centre shows the residential and office towers, set back from the podium and spanning the entire site. A true mixed-use project, the King Portland Centre assembles a complex block of disparate buildings and functions into a cohesive development.
An early model study of the King Portland Centre shows the residential and office towers, set back from the podium and spanning the entire site. A true mixed-use project, the King Portland Centre assembles a complex block of disparate buildings and functions into a cohesive development.
This new, urban-infill development spans north-south from King Street to Adelaide Street, occupying an irregular-shaped site and creating a village-like neighbourhood completed with an interconnected network of lanes.
This new, urban-infill development spans north-south from King Street to Adelaide Street, occupying an irregular-shaped site and creating a village-like neighbourhood completed with an interconnected network of lanes.
Light-filled, brick-paved laneways are lined with shops and cafés, directly connecting to Adelaide, King, and Portland Streets. Stepping back from the street, the base podium will feature large bricked arches to frame the ground floor retail and help connect the existing buildings with the new. Pedestrian access will be encouraged between the spaces.
Light-filled, brick-paved laneways are lined with shops and cafés, directly connecting to Adelaide, King, and Portland Streets. Stepping back from the street, the base podium will feature large bricked arches to frame the ground floor retail and help connect the existing buildings with the new. Pedestrian access will be encouraged between the spaces.
The design takes advantage of this unique site by creating a housing community with high-end office space and ground-level retail that will not only transform the neighbourhood, but also set an example for future buildings of this kind in Toronto.
The design takes advantage of this unique site by creating a housing community with high-end office space and ground-level retail that will not only transform the neighbourhood, but also set an example for future buildings of this kind in Toronto.
A tinted curtainwall glazing with curved corners differentiates the office levels from the red-brick King Street frontage and the Kingly condominiums that connect to Adelaide on the north end of the block.
A tinted curtainwall glazing with curved corners differentiates the office levels from the red-brick King Street frontage and the Kingly condominiums that connect to Adelaide on the north end of the block.
Fostering professional connections, community engagement, and luxury downtown living, the King Portland Centre will be an iconic hub in one of Toronto’s most dynamic neighbourhoods.
Fostering professional connections, community engagement, and luxury downtown living, the King Portland Centre will be an iconic hub in one of Toronto’s most dynamic neighbourhoods.
