Bay Street is on the move. Three Toronto law firms are moving into the brand new Bay Adelaide Centre, while other firms are relocating to more historic quarters. For some, the move brings nostalgia (some partners at Faskens remember watching from their offices as the antenna was airlifted onto the CN Tower in 1974) and for others it brings big change (like one-size-fits-all offices for partners and associates).
A long last, “the stump” has been replaced. The new Bay Adelaide Centre fills in the sad space that was long occupied by nothing by a concrete service shaft, left over from a failed attempt in the ’80s to build a mammoth 57-storey office tower
Blakes is moving up in Commerce Court
This story is from the 2009 edition of PrecedentJD Magazine
Photograph of Commerce Court courtesy of GWL Realty Advisors Inc.
Photograph of Bay Adelaide courtesy of Brookfield Properties