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An esports complex with a 7,000 seat auditorium and a 30-storey Lake Shore Blvd, it will rise beside the Officers’ Quarters of the old earmarked for building. An organization called Overactive Media hotel is coming to Exhibition Place. Facing south over Stanley Barracks on a site the Exhibition Place master plan has has a lease, expects City Council approval this year, and ambitiously aims to open in 2025. The architects are Populous, a huge firm based in Kansas City that specializes in stadiums. They faced the Design Review Panel in early May and, among a variety of concerns, the DRP “felt that there was little to no sensitivity given to the barracks” (according to urbantoronto.ca) by the original proposal. This is the revision, released on October 29, which does indeed better connect the heritage building to its imposing new neighbour. The quarters are leased to Hotel X (just out of sight to the right) and, although they’ve gained a lovely garden on the south side, and a thoughtful plaza to the north, the building has been dormant since the hotel opened. Rendering by Populous
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