Maple Leaf Square
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Maple Leaf Square's North Tower
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 Location in Toronto
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Public square, Hotel, Condominium, Office, Retail |
| Location | 15 York St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°38′33″N 79°22′49″W / 43.642632°N 79.380200°WCoordinates: 43°38′33″N 79°22′49″W / 43.642632°N 79.380200°W |
| Construction started | January 2007 |
| Completed | 2010 |
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| Roof | 186 m (610 ft) |
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| Floor count | 54 (topped out) |
| Floor area | 1,800,000 sq ft (170,000 m2) |
| Grounds | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects with Page & Steele Architects (Architect of Record) |
| Main contractor | PCL Construction |
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| Number of units | 872 |
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| Public square | |
 Fans watching the Toronto Maple Leafs play the Boston Bruins in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs |
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| Features: | Video screens |
| Opening date: | 2010 |
| Owner: | City of Toronto |
| Location: | Toronto, ON, Canada |
 Maple Leaf Square
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| Coordinates: 43°38′35.5″N 79°22′49.4″W / 43.643194°N 79.380389°W | |
Maple Leaf Square is a multi-use complex and public square located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the west of the Air Canada Centre in Downtown Toronto in the former Railway Lands. The $500 million development was jointly developed by Cadillac Fairview, Lanterra and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), who owns the nearby Air Canada Centre. The complex has 1,800,000 square feet (170,000 m2) of usable space covering 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) on one city block.
The name of the square and complex is Maple Leaf Square, after the Toronto Maple Leafs that play in the Air Canada Centre next to the square.
On September 25, 2014, it was reported that official name of the square would be changed to Ford Square from Maple Leaf Square, after the Ford Motor Company of Canada's purchase of naming rights to the square. After public uproar to the rename, five days later, MLSE said that those reports were "premature and unfounded" and they would not get rid of the name. Instead, they announced that the square would be branded as the Ford Fan Zone at Maple Leaf Square due to a five-year sponsorship deal with Ford Canada.
Construction on the project began in January 2007.
The two glass and precast concrete towers are 65 storeys, containing 872 residential units, a 167-room Hotel LeGermain Boutique Hotel, 230,000 square feet (21,000 m2) of office space, 110,000 square feet (10,000 m2) of retail space, a 7,000-square-foot (650 m2) daycare centre, a high-definition theatre that will broadcast Leafs TV and Raptors NBA TV 24-hours a day, and four levels of underground parking with nearly 900 spaces.
The retail complex includes a Longo's grocery, a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) sports bar called Real Sports Bar and Grill, a sports retail store called Real Sports Apparel, a fine dining restaurant called E11even, and a branch of the Toronto Dominion Bank. For residents, there is a rooftop garden and swimming pool. The development was designed to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver status for the project's environmental sustainability. The LEED rating system recognizes leading-edge buildings that incorporate design, construction and operational practices that combine healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages with reduced environmental impacts.
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