The Rogers Building, located in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Canada, is part of the corporate campus of Canadian media conglomerate
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of mobile phone operator, wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet access, Intern ...
, as well as the home of most, but not all, of the company's Toronto operations.
The facade walls of the
postmodern[https://www.acotoronto.ca/building.php] building are light pink, with light green roof and light green window frames.
Overview
Located at 1 Mount Pleasant Road / 1
Ted Rogers Way (formerly 777
Jarvis Street
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), the complex occupies almost all of the block bounded by Jarvis,
Bloor, Huntley and Isabella streets.
Mount Pleasant Road
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divides the northwest corner of the block from the remainder of the site, but Rogers occupies separate buildings on both sides of Mount Pleasant which are connected by a bridge and a tunnel. Collectively, all of the interconnected buildings (in addition to nearby buildings at 333 and 350 Bloor Street East) are referred to as the Rogers Corporate Campus.
Rogers acquired various parts of the block over time, as expansion of the facility was planned and executed. Part of the facility's parking garage now occupies the location once used by the original studios of ''100 Huntley Street''. The Rogers Building was originally built as the new head office of the now defunct
Confederation Life
Confederation Life Insurance Company, also known as Confederation Life, was a major Canada, Canadian insurance company and financial services provider. Its global head office was located in Toronto in what is now the Rogers Building (Toronto), Rog ...
insurance company, which became insolvent in 1994.
In 2002, the building received a major expansion.
The company's cable television and magazine publishing operations, as well as its local
radio station
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s (including
CFTR
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and
CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM (98.1 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media, it broadcasts an adult contemporary format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. The studi ...
), operate from 333 Bloor Street East.
Sportsnet
Sportsnet is a Canadian English-language sports specialty channel owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It was established in 1998 as CTV Sportsnet, a joint venture between CTV, Liberty Media, and Rogers Media. CTV parent Bell Globemedia then ...
is the latest addition to the complex, launching their new studios on April 30, 2008.
Rogers-owned Toronto television stations
CFMT-DT (OMNI.1),
CJMT-DT
CJMT-DT (channel 40) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of two flagship stations of the Canadian multilingual network Omni Television. CJMT-DT is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside sister Omni out ...
(OMNI.2), and
CITY-DT
CITY-DT (channel 57) is a television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving as the flagship station of the Citytv network. It is owned and operated by network parent Rogers Sports & Media alongside Omni Television outlets CFMT-DT (chan ...
(
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian television network owned by the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications. The licence of the original Citytv station, granted the callsign of CITY-TV by the CRTC on November 25, 1971 to Cable Television Ass ...
) are based at
33 Dundas Street East, located at Victoria and
Dundas streets. Rogers-owned specialty channels, including
Viceland Canada and
OLN
OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel. OLN primarily broadcasts factual-based and adventure-related reality programming aimed at male audiences. OLN is wholly owned by Rogers Sports & Me ...
, were based at
545 Lake Shore Boulevard West; that location also housed the master controls for its Toronto television stations.
The Shopping Channel
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is based at a separate facility in
Mississauga
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,
Ontario
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.
See also
*
Rogers Park, Brampton
Rogers Park, Brampton (formerly Nortel Brampton Centre and Northern Electric Brampton Works) is a business complex and the corporate offices of Rogers Communications in Brampton, Ontario. It is not the company head office, which is located in dow ...
References
External links
*
Rogers Communications
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Buildings and structures in Toronto
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Mass media company headquarters in Canada
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