545 Lake Shore Boulevard West: Difference between revisions

'''545 Lake Shore Boulevard West''' is a former media studio complex located along the harbourfront of [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of [[Bathurst Street, Toronto|Bathurst Street]] and [[Lake Shore Boulevard]] West.

The [[Art Deco]] building was designed by Toronto architects [[Chapman and Oxley]], and was completed in 1927 as the '''[[Crosse & Blackwell|Crosse and Blackwell]] Building''' for its namesake food products manufacturer.<ref>[http://torontohistory.org/Pages_ABC/Crosse_and_Blackwell_Building.html Crosse and Blackwell Building Historical Plaque]. Accessed online January 27, 2010.</ref> It has been listed as a [[City of Toronto Heritage Property Inventory|heritage property]] by the City of Toronto's Heritage Preservation Services since 1973,<ref>[http://secure.toronto.ca/HeritagePreservation/details.do?folderRsn=2438228&propertyRsn=650777 City of Toronto's Heritage Property Search]. Accessed online January 27, 2010.</ref> and following restoration became the '''CFMT Building''' in 1979 to house Toronto multicultural television station [[CFMT-DT|CFMT-TV]]; it was joined by sister station [[CJMT-DT|CJMT-TV]] upon its launch in 2002. The two stations (now part of [[Omni Television]] under [[Rogers Media]]) moved to a new studio location at [[Yonge-Dundas Square]] ([[33 Dundas Street East]]) on October 19, 2009, although the Omni Television signage remained until August 2018 on the building.

It was also the original home for [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]] when the service began its operations on September 1, 1988, with YTV moving out of the building, to 64 Jefferson Avenue, in the overnight hours between November 12 & 13, 1990.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/6Bajxw3FPow Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20201217004458/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bajxw3FPow Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Bajxw3FPow| title = MovetoYTV | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Until recently the building housed the offices and on-air operations for Rogers Media. The building has never housed the main studios of [[CITY-DT|Citytv Toronto]], despite featuring Citytv signage on its exterior, but did house the master controls for the station.

[[Sportsnet]] is based at the [[Rogers Building (Toronto)|Rogers Building]] located at [[Jarvis Street]] and [[Bloor Street]], where most of the Rogers-owned operations such as its other Toronto radio stations are based. [[The Shopping Channel]] is also based at a separate studio in [[Mississauga]].

On April 13, 2017, it was announced that Rogers had sold the property to developer Canderel.<ref>[http://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/canderel-acquires-prime-lake-shore-site-in-toronto-from-rogers-media-inc-619393284.html Google cache]{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref>

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