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Pinnacle Changes Course on Former Toronto Star HQ Demolition

Pinnacle International Realty Group has pivoted away from its plan to demolish the former Toronto Star building, Urban Toronto reported.

The developer is now looking to construct a hotel in the newspaper’s former headquarters, according to the report, which cited a revised development plan submitted to the city.

Pinnacle plans to operate the hotel for a number of years before resuming plans to develop two multi-residential towers on the site, which straddles 1 and 7 Yonge Street in the Financial Core. The former Star building also contains a five-storey podium that comprises office spaces.

Pinnacle submitted the revised development application through Bousfields due to Toronto’s struggling condominium market, according to Urban Toronto.

The proposed hotel development would include 468 new suites, with 308 serving as typical rooms and the others comprising larger extended-stay units.

Pinnacle purchased the land for a reported $250-million in 2012 and has already completed a 65-storey building on the site, according to The Globe and Mail.

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About Monte Stewart

Monte Stewart serves as Content Director - Canada for Connect Commercial Real Estate. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Monte provides daily news coverage of major Canadian commercial real estate markets, including Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary. He has written about the real estate sector for various media outlets and Avison Young since the early 2000s. In addition, he has covered sports, general news and business for several leading wire services and publications, including The Canadian Press, The Associated Press, The Calgary Herald, The Globe and Mail, Research Money, The Daily Oil Bulletin, Natural Gas World and The Toronto Star. Monte is active in his community as a youth basketball coach and raises funds for such charitable causes as Movember.

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