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545 Lake Shore Boulevard West
is a former media studio complex located along the harbourfront of
Toronto
, Ontario, Canada, at the intersection of
Bathurst Street
and
Lake Shore Boulevard
West.
The
Art Deco
building was designed by Toronto architects
Chapman and Oxley
, and was completed in 1927 as the
Crosse and Blackwell
Building
for its namesake food products manufacturer.
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It has been listed as a
heritage property
by the City of Toronto's Heritage Preservation Services since 1973,
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and following restoration became the
CFMT Building
in 1979 to house Toronto multicultural television station
CFMT-TV
; it was joined by sister station
CJMT-TV
upon its launch in 2002. The two stations (now part of
Omni Television
under
Rogers Media
) moved to a new studio location at
Yonge-Dundas Square
(
33 Dundas Street East
) on October 19, 2009, although the Omni Television signage remained until August 2018 on the building.
It was also the original home for
YTV
when the service began its operations on September 1, 1988, with YTV moving out of the building, to 64 Jefferson Avenue, in the overnight hours between November 12 & 13, 1990.
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Until recently the building housed the offices and on-air operations for Rogers Media. The building has never housed the main studios of
Citytv Toronto
, despite featuring Citytv signage on its exterior, but did house the master controls for the station.
Sportsnet
is based at the
Rogers Building
located at
Jarvis Street
and
Bloor Street
, where most of the Rogers-owned operations such as its other Toronto radio stations are based.
The Shopping Channel
is also based at a separate studio in
Mississauga
.
On April 13, 2017, it was announced that Rogers had sold the property to developer Canderel.
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Some assets listed above are or were only partially owned by Rogers Communications. Refer to each individual article for detailed information.
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