PHOTO: Deep in Duncan Street

Below-grade work continues at 19 Duncan Street in Toronto on the mixed-use project by Westbank Corporation and Allied Properties REIT.

The construction manager is EllisDon Corp. and the work includes some demolition of the heritage-designated Southam Press Building with renovations to add office space and a new mixed-use tower containing 10 storeys of office space that will be occupied by Thomson Reuters with a 49-storey rental tower above and four levels of underground parking. Amenities will include a health club, a restaurant and retail at ground level. The project was designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects. Consultants are: Jablonsky, Ast & Partners (structural); Reinbold Engineering Group (mechanical); Nemetz & Associates Ltd (electrical); and ERA Architects Inc. (heritage). Subtrades include: Rafat General Contracting; GFL; Ontario Cutting and Coring; and Verdi.