Swartz & Swartz, P.C.

2015 23,451 2013�14 One King Street West Is A Hotel That Incorporated A Postmodern Tower Into The Former Dominion Bank Building The Original Building Was Completed In 1914 Many Of Toronto's Early Hotels Were Small Inns And Taverns That Were Built Along Each Of The Major Routes Out Of The City The Oldest Surviving Hotel In Toronto Is Montgomery's Inn Which Was Built In 1832 The Lambton House Is Another Surviving Hotel Structure That Also Served Those Travelling On Dundas Both Hotels Had Since Been Converted As Museums The Arrival Of The Railroad In The Mid-nineteenth Century Dramatically Changed Travel Patterns And New Hotels From This Era Were Clustered Around The Railroad Stations Outside The Central Core Smaller Hotels Grew Up To Serve The Stations In What Were Then The Outer Reaches Of The City In The West These Included The Gladstone Hotel And The Drake Hotel While In The East New Broadview House Hotel And The New Edwin Hotel Were Built The Twentieth Century Saw A New Generation Of Hotels Much Larger And More Monumental Than Before As The Skyscraper Came To Prominence The King Edward Hotel Was Established In 1903 And Is The Oldest Major Hotel Still In Operation In The City In 1927 The Queen's Was Demolished And Replaced By The Royal York Hotel At The Time The New Hotel Was The Tallest Building In Canada And Quickly Became The City's Most Elite Lodging In The Northern Part Of The City This Era Also Saw The Erection Of The Park Plaza In 1929 The 1970s And 1980s Saw A Number Of Major Hotel Projects In Central Toronto With The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hilton Sutton Place And Four Seasons Adding Thousands Of New Rooms To The Market The Economic Downturn At The End Of The 1980s Saw Several Hotels Run Into Financial Trouble Since The Mid-2000s A Booming Real Estate Market Especially In Downtown Toronto Has Led To A Number Of New Hotel Projects Often In Combination With Condominium Projects An Unprecedented Number Of Major Hotel Projects Were Completed In Central Toronto Including The St Regis Toronto (formerly Known As Trump International Hotel And Tower Then The Adelaide Hotel Toronto) The Ritz-Carlton Living Shangri-La And A New Four Seasons Hotel And Residences Toronto Main Streets