Fairmont Royal York Hotel

The Fairmont Royal York
Fairmont Royal York hotel
Hotel chain	Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
General information
Location	100 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 1E3
Coordinates	43°38′46″N 79°22′54″W / 43.646133°N 79.381561°W / 43.646133; -79.381561Coordinates: 43°38′46″N 79°22′54″W / 43.646133°N 79.381561°W / 43.646133; -79.381561
Opening	1929
Owner	KingSett Real Estate Company (60%) Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec via Ivanhoe Cambridge (20%)
Management	Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
Height	124 m (407 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	28
Design and construction
Architect	Ross and Macdonald Sproatt & Rolph
Other information
Number of rooms	1,365
Number of suites	Signature Rooms Executive Suites One Bedroom Suites Governor General Suite Prime Minister's Suite Royal Suite
Number of restaurants	Benihana Japanese Steakhouse EPIC Restaurant and Lounge Library Bar Piper's Gastropub York's Deli & Bakery York's Kitchen York Station
Website
www.fairmont.com/royalyork

The Fairmont Royal York, formerly the Royal York, is a large historic hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at 100 Front Street West. Opened on June 11, 1929, the Royal York was designed by Ross and Macdonald (with Sproatt and Rolph) and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway across the street from Toronto Union Station. With 28 floors, the Château-style building was the tallest building in Toronto at that time, and the tallest building in the British Empire until the construction of Canadian Bank of Commerce tower on King Street the following year.

The underground walkways linking the hotel with the Royal Bank Plaza and Union Station form part of the PATH walkway system.

The Royal York is the third hotel and one of several establishments to occupy the site.

In 1843, Captain Thomas Dick built the Ontario Terrace at this site. It consisted of four brick houses, and was later occupied by Knox College, a theological school.

Following refurbishment in 1853, the building was renamed the Sword's Hotel, and then the Revere Hotel after a change in ownership in 1860. Thomas Dick bought the hotel back in 1862, renovated it again, and named it Queen's Hotel.

Later, the Queen's Hotel was purchased by Thomas McGaw and Henry Winnett, hoteliers of Upper Canada, who also owned the Queen's Royal Hotel in Niagara on the Lake. Upon McGaw's death in 1901, Winnett acquired McGaw's interests in their hotels. After Winnett died in 1925, his estate sold the Queen's Hotel to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), run by then-president Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty.