As one of the last remaining developable lands to enjoy such a prime location to the downtown core and Lake Ontario, the largely under-utilized Queens Quay East is set to be transformed into Toronto’s neighbourhood of the future for work and play thanks to investment and interest from local developers and global businesses.

Now under construction on Toronto’s east end, the Waterfront Innovation Centre is a cutting-edge project that will lead the next wave of commercial office development by creating an environment that sustains and prioritizes creativity, collaboration and community, and be as useful for recreation as it is for production.

Part of the renewal of Toronto’s waterfront and an answer to the city’s rapidly evolving creative and technology sectors, the Waterfont Innovation Centre will include built-in workshops and lab spaces for productivity, as well as direct fiber connection that can achieve speeds as fast as one terabyte per second.

The centre’s smart design also includes sustainability goals, with green roofs and reflective high-albedo surfaces, multiple outdoor terraces for lounging, geothermal heating, purposeful solar orientation and reduced mechanical systems.

Upon completion, the Waterfront Innovation Centre will blend seamlessly into Toronto’s revitalized waterfront and is projected to create approximately 40,000 new jobs.

In early 2020, Google announced that one of its three new offices on Canadian soil would be located on Toronto’s eastern waterfront, just a seven-minute drive from Quay House at 65 King Street East.

In line with the area’s next generation of technological development and sustainability, the Google office will feature over 18,000 sq.ft. of outdoor terraces and bike stalls, over 10,000 sq.ft. of public retail space and over 40,000 sq.ft. of office space across 18 floors. Their office is expected to be complete in 2022 and bring 5,000 new jobs to the area.

Employment, education and recreation opportunities are all at Quay House’s doorstep.