Author: Milan
In the spring of 2005, I graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in International Relations and a general focus in the area of environmental politics. Between 2005 and 2007 I completed an M.Phil in IR at Wadham College, Oxford. I worked for five years for the Canadian federal government, including completing the Accelerated Economist Training Program, and then completed a PhD in Political Science at the University of Toronto in 2023. View all posts by Milan
The historic Toronto Coach Terminal at Bay and Dundas closed to bus traffic back in 2021 and has sat awaiting redevelopment ever since. But with a two-tower complex soon to begin construction, the two adjacent sites on Bay and Elizabeth streets will soon bite the dust, and are now in the process of being primed for demolition.
A major redevelopment of the Toronto Coach Terminal sites at 610 Bay St. and 130 Elizabeth St. will see the former transportation hub replaced by a large-scale rental development housing 873 new rental units, including almost 300 desperately-needed affordable units, as well as a new Toronto Paramedic Services Hub, laboratory, and office space.
The new complex will feature a 15-storey building incorporating the Art Deco bus terminal facades along Bay St., designed by Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang, alongside a 41-storey tower from Toronto-based firm architects—Alliance on Elizabeth St. to the west. Both firms are working with Hamilton firm Smoke Architecture on the project’s Indigenous components.
https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2026/01/toronto-coach-terminal-demolition/